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2012 Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix

1st Friday Practice  2nd Friday Practice  Saturday Practice  Qualifying  Race

 

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Japanese Grand Prix - 2012 - 2nd Friday Practice
(05/10/2012) 
13:58
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix
13:58
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Second Friday practice session is underway
13:58
NewsOnF1: 
Second Friday practice session is underway
13:59
NewsOnF1: 
It is sunny and warm with air temperature at 27 degrees while track temperature is at 38 degrees
13:59
NewsOnF1: 
Minutes into the session and di Resta has gone off
14:00
NewsOnF1: 
His car hits the tyre barriers
14:00
NewsOnF1: 
His session is over
14:00
NewsOnF1: 
Session is stopped
14:01
NewsOnF1: 
Replay shows that he went slightly off track, lost control and slid into the barriers
14:02
NewsOnF1: 
Session is stopped so his car is cleared
14:04
NewsOnF1: 
So far it is Grosjean from Vettel and Perez
14:05
NewsOnF1: 
The session will restart in 2 minutes
14:06
NewsOnF1: 
Session restarts
14:10
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes quickest with a 1:34.287
14:10
NewsOnF1: 
Webber now in 3rd
14:10
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton takes second with a 1:34.398
14:12
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes 3rd with a 1:34.481
14:13
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso doesn't improve despite setting the fastest 1st and 3rd sectors
14:13
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Kimi has a KERS problem and they ask him to pit
14:14
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton improves in second with a 1:34.304
14:15
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso and Vettel pit
14:16
NewsOnF1: 
Perez on a quick lap
14:17
NewsOnF1: 
Button goes quickest with a 1:34.150
14:17
NewsOnF1: 
Webber goes second with a 1:34.188
14:19
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean on a quick lap
14:20
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean goes 3rd with a 1:24:259
14:25
NewsOnF1: 
2nd Friday Practice - 30 minutes into the session
14:27
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso and Vettel are back on the track
14:36
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Vettel quickest with a 1:33.961
14:36
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Apologies for the interruption
14:37
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Kobayashi goes second with a 1:33.983
14:37
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Button is on the soft compound and is on a quick lap
14:38
NewsOnF1: 
A few more drivers are on the softs now
14:38
NewsOnF1: 
Button goes quickest with a 1:33.349
14:39
NewsOnF1: 
Now Grosjean goes quickest with a 1:33.107
14:39
NewsOnF1: 
Massa goes 3rd. The top 3 are all on the softs
14:40
NewsOnF1: 
2nd Friday Practice - Halfway into the session
14:41
NewsOnF1: 
Robserg has yet to set a time. His car stopped towards the end of the first session
14:42
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Vettel is now on the softs
14:42
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And he goes quickest with a 1:32.836
14:44
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Kimi Raikkonen hasn't gone back out since his KERS issue
14:44
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso on the softs now
14:45
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Alonso goes second with a 1:33.093
14:47
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Interesting that Schumacher has only done 5 laps so far
14:48
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Hamilton is now on the track on the softs
14:57
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:32.707
14:57
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Webber betters that with a 1:32.493
14:59
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg makes it onto the track
15:00
NewsOnF1: 
2nd Friday Practice - 30 minutes remaining
15:01
NewsOnF1: 
Most drivers are now testing on long runs
15:06
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen still in the pits
15:09
NewsOnF1: 
2nd Friday Practice - 15 minutes remaining
15:11
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher goes off
15:12
NewsOnF1: 
Exactly a repeat of di Resta
15:12
NewsOnF1: 
This time yellow flags only
15:15
NewsOnF1: 
Yellow flags have been cleared
15:19
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen is back on the track
15:22
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen nearly runs into the back of Vettel
15:23
NewsOnF1: 
Session over
15:24
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2nd Friday Practice
15:25
NewsOnF1: 
Petrov goes off
15:25
NewsOnF1: 
He is stuck in the gravel
15:26
NewsOnF1: 
Replay shows he lost the rear wing
15:28
NewsOnF1: 
11th to 24th: Rosberg, Perez, Kobayashi, Raikkonen, Maldonado, Ricciardo, Vergne, Kovalainen, Petrov, Glock, Pic, de la Rosa, Karthikeyan and de la Rosa (no time)
15:30
NewsOnF1: 
Most laps by Kovalainen with 41 laps. Least laps by di Resta with 2 laps then Raikkonen with 12 and Schumacher with 13
17:26
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17:27
NewsOnF1: 
Saturday practice gets underway at 11:00 am local time (2:00 GMT)

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