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2014 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

 

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2nd Friday Practice

 
Australian Grand Prix - 2014 - 2nd Friday Practice
(14/03/2014) 
16:31
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Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Australian Grand Prix
2nd Friday practice gets underway in a few minutes
16:32
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Session underway
16:33
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Sutil and Ericsson are the first to go out
16:33
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Vergne is the next to go out
16:37
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13 cars on the track as Sutil sets a 1:35.127
16:38
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Grosjean is on the track. He didn't go out in the first session
16:38
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Bottas now quickest with a 1:33.227
16:39
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Hamilton who stopped on the track in the first session sets a 1:35.748
16:39
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Now Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:32.013
16:40
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Vettel on the track
16:41
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Vettel goes second with a 1:32.755
16:42
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Bottas on a quick lap
16:43
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Bottas goes second with a 1:32.691
16:43
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Alonso on the track
16:44
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Grosjean completes just 1 installation lap
16:44
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Vettel improves slightly with a 1:32.710
16:46
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Button goes second with a 1:32.138
16:47
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All the cars are on the medium compound. They will switch to the softs at a later stage in the session
16:47
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All the cars are on the medium compound. They will switch to the softs at a later stage in the session
16:48
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Vettel goes off at turn 1 but recovers.
16:49
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Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:32.261
16:50
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FP2 Order










16:52
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Alonso takes second with a 1:32.046. Raikkonen goes 8th with a 1:32.841
16:54
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1st run for most is completed
16:55
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen seems to have stalled at the exit of the pitlane. He was expected to do a practice start
16:55
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Raikkonen seems to have stalled at the exit of the pitlane. He was expected to do a practice start
16:56
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Grosjean who has yet to set a time today is back on the track
16:57
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Ericsson, Grosjean, Kobayashi, Maldonado and Gutierrez have all yet to set times
16:58
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Rosberg is the first to go out on the soft tyre
16:59
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Ricciardo goes quickest with a 1:30.597
16:59
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Grosjean goes off but recovers
17:00
NewsOnF1: 
Riccardio is on the mediums but is he on low fuel ?
17:00
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Rosberg goes quickest on the softs with a 1:29.782
17:01
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean sets a time but a very slow one (1:40.575)
17:02
NewsOnF1: 
Now the computer has updated the tyre type for Ricciardo, he is on the softs, apologies
17:02
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Hulkenberg goes 3rd with a 1:31.054 also on the softs
17:03
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Ricciardo improves with a 1:30.538
17:04
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Massa and Bottas are on the softs now as well
17:06
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Bottas goes 3rd with a 1:30.920
17:07
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Vettel on the softs goes second with a 1:30.381
17:07
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FP2 Order










Quickest time in FP2 in 2014: 1:25.908 (Vettel)
17:09
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton in 11th however given that he missed running in FP1, he is probably doing a different programme
17:09
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Button quickest in the mid sector
17:10
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Button goes 3rd with a 1:30.510
17:10
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Alonso and Raikkonen on the track on the softs
17:12
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Raikkonen goes 6th with a 1:30.991
17:14
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Alonso quickest in S1
17:15
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Raikkonen improves to 5th with a 1:30.898
17:15
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Alonso goes second with a 1:30.132
17:17
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FP2 Order










Quickest time in FP2 in 2014: 1:25.908 (Vettel)
17:20
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean has completed 5 laps in total. He is 19th and last. Maldonado has not set a time nor has Kobayashi
17:21
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It does appear that Lotus and Caterham have the most problems
17:22
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Rosberg is on a longer run now
17:23
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Hamilton switches to the softs and goes quickest with a 1:29.625 as the teams start to fine tune their setting for qualifying and the race
17:28
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17:31
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Grosjean trying hard. On the softs goes to 18th but was sliding and locking!
17:32
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Rosberg lapping in the mid 1:33s consistently
17:33
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Vettel lapping in the mid 1:34s
17:34
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Bottas also in the mid a 1:34s
17:35
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Alonso and Raikkonen doing slow out-in laps
17:39
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Bottas continues to run consistently in the mid 1:34s
17:41
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18 cars now on the track with just over 20 minutes remaining
17:42
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Vettel lapping in the low 1:35s and so is Ricciardo
17:42
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Rosberg switches to the medium compound
17:43
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Vettel goes into the mid 1:34s, tyre degradation doesn't seem to be an issue here
17:45
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso now on a long run, he is lapping in the mid 1:34s
17:47
NewsOnF1: 
This year there is a 100kg fuel limit for the race and the teams need the long runs to estimate the fuel consumption
17:48
NewsOnF1: 
With 18 cars on the track, there is a lot of traffic so lap times aren't consistent
17:49
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel pits from his long run. 31 laps so far for him, good recovery by Red Bull
17:56
NewsOnF1: 
In terms of reliability, this is better than what was expected. Brilliant job by all the teams. Caterham and Lotus are the two teams that are struggling
17:57
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Hulkenberg spins and is beached in the gravel
17:58
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And Grosjean slides and is off as well
18:00
NewsOnF1: 
On replay, Grosjean actually hits the wall and goes off. It looked like he had something stuck under his car
18:01
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Yellow flags cleared however there is only a minute remaining
18:03
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FP2 Order










Quickest time in FP2 in 2014: 1:25.908 (Vettel)
18:32
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Join us tomorrow for Saturday practice at 14:00 local time (3:00 GMT) then qualifying at 17:00 local time (6:00 GMT)
18:34
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Full results from second practice at here
18:35
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18:36
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