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2014 Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix

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1st Friday Practice

Spanish Grand Prix - 2014 - 1st Friday Practice

(09/05/2014)

10:00

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix

10:00

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1st Friday Practice gets underway

10:01

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Drivers stream out of the pitlane for their installation laps

10:03

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Weather is sunny with air temperature at 20 degrees while track temperature is at 19 degrees

10:05

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It will be interesting to see which teams have made big steps compared to the others

10:08

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The teams are also testing ways to make the cars noisier with various attachments to the exhaust

10:09

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All drivers have completed their installation laps. Daniel Kvyat set a time of 1:36.471

10:10

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The tyre compounds for this event are the hard and medium compounds

10:16

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The cars are actually louder, not as loud as the V8s but they are louder than before

10:16

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A few drivers head back out

10:18

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Button on a quick lap

10:18

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A 1:30.717 for Button

10:19

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Magnussen quicker

10:19

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Magnussen sets a 1:30.300

10:20

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And now Alonso goes quickest with a 1:29.874

10:21

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Perez has the left side mirror loose! He pits

10:22

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Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:29.623

10:22

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Alonso quick!

10:23

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He goes quickest with a 1:28.770

10:23

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Hamilton quickest in S1

10:24

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Hamilton quickest with a 1:28.028

10:24

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Rosberg goes second with a 1:28.168

10:25

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Vettel has stopped on the track!

10:26

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As Ricciardo goes third with a 1:28.755

10:28

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Raikkonen goes 5th right behind Alonso as Hamilton is flying!

10:29

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He was quickest in S1 and S2 but pits

10:30

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30 minutes into the session and everyone has set a laptime

10:30

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Button goes 5th

10:31

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FP1 - Top 10
Hamilton
Rosberg
Ricciardo
Alonso
Button
Raikkonen
Nasr
Hulkenberg
Massa
Sutil

10:32

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Vettel's car is being cleared. Vettel is spraying some fire retardant on the back of the car even though there is no visible fire

10:33

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Felipe Nasr is in 7th, he is the Williams test driver replacing Bottas for this session

10:39

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After a short lull in activities, the 2 Lotus cars are back on the track

10:42

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Grosjean goes wide as Maldonado goes 3rd

10:43

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Have Lotus made that big step ?

10:45

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Vergne on the Toro Rosso joins in the action

10:46

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Button on the track as well

10:47

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Vergne goes 9th

10:49

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Vettel's car arrives back in the pits

10:50

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Kvyat goes 6th with a 1:28.792

10:50

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Ricciardo and Alonso are back on the track

10:51

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Button jumps into second with a 1:28.042

10:52

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Alonso quickest in S1

10:52

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He goes 3rd with a 1:28.128 after a poor middle sector

10:53

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Ricciardo goes quickest with a 1:27.973

10:54

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Button goes quickest with a 1:27.891

10:56

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FP1 - Top 10
Button
Ricciardo
Hamilton
Alonso
Rosberg
Maldonado
Magnussen
Kvyat
Raikkonen
Vergne
Vettel has stopped

10:58

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Raikkonen goes 6th with a 1:28.337

11:01

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Sutil goes wide but recovers

11:03

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Van de Garde goes off and narrowly avoids hitting the tyre barrier. He tells the team he has a brake failure

11:04

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Strange that neither Mercedes cars have gone back out

11:05

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The 2 Williams cars haven't gone back out either

11:06

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Looks like some engine problem for Vettel as he heads back to the hospitality area

11:06

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Meanwhile Alonso is doing a long run

11:08

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The 2 Lotus cars are back on the track and so is Ricciardo

11:09

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Alonso pits for a wing change. Probably doing a comparison

11:11

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Only Alonso and Maldonado on the track

11:12

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Alonso pits

11:14

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The 2 Toro Rosso cars head back out

11:16

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And Button heads back out

11:17

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A wing change for Maldonado, again most likely for comparison

11:17

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More drivers head out including Hamilton and Raikkonen

11:18

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FP1 - Top 10
Button
Ricciardo
Hamilton
Alonso
Rosberg
Raikkonen
Magnussen
Maldonado
Perez
Kvyat
Vettel has stopped
Quickest time in 2013 in FP1: 1:25.252 (Alonso)

11:18

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Just over 10 minutes remaining in the session

11:19

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Hamilton quickest in S1

11:20

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But has a very poor S2

11:20

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Hamilton trying again

11:22

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Quickest in S1 and S2 but has a slow S3

11:22

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Rosberg is out of his car, he isn't going back out this session

11:23

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Massa on a quick lap

11:24

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Massa goes 10th with a 1:28.791

11:25

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Hamilton gets a lap together and goes quickest with a 1:27.109

11:28

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With less than 4 minutes to go, it appears that the Mercedes remains ahead while Red Bull and Ferrari are behind. McLaren and Lotus may have made a big step

11:28

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Hamilton complaining of wear to the rear tyres

11:30

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Hamilton improves slightly in 1st with a 1:27.023

11:30

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Session over

11:31

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FP1 - Top 10
Hamilton
Button
Ricciardo
Alonso
Rosberg
Raikkonen
Magnussen
Maldonado
Perez
Massa

11:33

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Kvyat, Hulkenberg, Vergne, Nasr, Sutil, Bianchi, Grosjean, van der Garde, Chilton, Vettel, Kobayashi and Ericsson make the rest of the field

11:34

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Most laps by Magnussen with 27 then Button with 26. Least laps by Vettel with 4 laps (he stopped early in the session) then Rosberg with 9 laps (he had an ERS issue)

11:35

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Join us for second practice at 14:00 local time (that is 12:00 GMT)

11:36

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