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2014 Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

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2nd Friday Practice

 
Russian Grand Prix - 2014 - 2nd Friday Practice
(10/10/2014) 
13:58
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Russian Grand Prix
13:59
NewsOnF1: 
Second Friday practice about to get underway
14:00
NewsOnF1: 
It is sunny at Sochi with air temperature at 21 degrees while track temperature at 30 degrees
14:00
NewsOnF1: 
Session undeway
14:02
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Chilton is the first to head out followed by Gutierrez
14:03
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The two tyre compounds at this event are the mediums and softs
14:04
NewsOnF1: 
More drivers head out
14:05
NewsOnF1: 
During the morning session, Mercedes were quickest although McLaren were close and so was Alonso
14:06
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas sets a 1:44.352
14:07
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas improves his time with a 1:44.019
14:07
NewsOnF1: 
Magnussen betters that with a 1:43.961
14:08
NewsOnF1: 
Marussia are only racing with 1 car this weekend out of respect for Bianchi who remains in critical condition in Japan following his crash at Suzuka
14:09
NewsOnF1: 
Button goes quickest with a 1:43.155
14:10
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas on a quick lap
14:11
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas goes quickest with a 1:42.669
14:11
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Button about to respond
14:12
NewsOnF1: 
Indeed a 1:41.928 for Button
14:12
NewsOnF1: 
18 cars on the track now
14:13
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Mass is the only driver not to go out yet
14:14
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Hamilton goes second with a 1:42.333
14:14
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Rosberg and Alonso on quick laps
14:15
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:41.882
14:16
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso into 6th with a 1:42.801
14:16
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Hamilton quickest in S1
14:17
NewsOnF1: 
And Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:41.750
14:19
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FP2 - Top 10










14:20
NewsOnF1: 
Both Hamilton and Rosberg are on quick laps
14:20
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Rosberg quickest with a 1:41.508
14:21
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes 4th with a 1:42.527
14:22
NewsOnF1: 
Massa has gone out onto the track
14:23
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean and Raikkonen are at the bottom of the timesheets, it seems both have problems
14:27
NewsOnF1: 
Most drivers have completed their first run. We'll see the softs for the first time shortly
14:27
NewsOnF1: 
Button quick
14:28
NewsOnF1: 
Button improves but remains in 3rd with a 1:41.758
14:31
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean still in 20th, he is struggling with his car
14:32
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FP2 - Top 10










14:34
NewsOnF1: 
Kvyat calls the car lazy and not responsive!
14:35
NewsOnF1: 
Sutil and Gutierrez on the softs now
14:37
NewsOnF1: 
The softs on Gutierrez move him to 12, under a second quicker than on the mediums
14:38
NewsOnF1: 
Hulkenberg quick on the softs
14:38
NewsOnF1: 
Hulkenberg improves more than 1.5 seconds on the softs and goes 4th with a 1:41.969
14:39
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Raikkonen goes out on the softs
14:42
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Hulkenberg goes second with a 1:41.677
14:42
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Raikkonen 5th on the softs with a 1:41.969
14:43
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More drivers switching to the softs
14:44
NewsOnF1: 
Button quickest in S1 on the softs
14:44
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg quicker still
14:45
NewsOnF1: 
Button quickest with a 1:41.196m around half a second quicker than his best time on the mediums
14:46
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg sets a 1:41.027, not much quicker but he had a poor 3rd sector
14:46
NewsOnF1: 
Magnussen goes second with a 1:41.065
14:47
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso still on the mediums and has just improved his time with a 1:41.985
14:48
NewsOnF1: 
It does seem that the soft compounds are also durable here with drivers able to improve on subsequent fast laps
14:48
NewsOnF1: 
Button and Magnussen quick
14:49
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg quickest with a 1:40.596
14:49
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Button second with a 1:40.718
14:49
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Now Magnussen quickest with a 1:40.494
14:50
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And now Hamilton gets a very fast lap in with a 1:39.817
14:51
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Alonso and Vettel yet to set times on the softs
14:52
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Rosberg responding!
14:52
NewsOnF1: 
Again makes a mistake in the 3rd sector and is only 3rd
14:53
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FP2 - Top 10










14:54
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton having a better rhythm now, improving in first with a 1:39.630
14:57
NewsOnF1: 
Red Bull continue to struggle on this track. Ricciardo on the softs has only managed 12th while Vettel is down in 17th
14:58
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel now on the soft as is Alonso
15:00
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel makes a mistake and aborts his flyer
15:01
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso improves just half a second and moves into 8th with a 1;41.404
15:02
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel complaining something is wrong and that he is losing power, team tells him nothing seems wrong and it might just be headwind
15:03
NewsOnF1: 
A very poor lap by Vettel. He is trying again
15:04
NewsOnF1: 
Time for some long runs now
15:06
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso on a better lap on the softs
15:07
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso takes 7th with a 1:40.889
15:09
NewsOnF1: 
A few drivers on long runs on the soft compound now
15:10
NewsOnF1: 
18 cars on the track
15:11
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FP2 - Top 10










15:12
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso still working on his softs on low fuel, he goes 3rd with a 1:40.504. It does appear that the softs reach their optimum after 3 flyers here!
15:13
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton lapping in the mid 1:44's and so is Rosberg
15:17
NewsOnF1: 
Button and Magnussen also in the mid 1:44s now
15:19
NewsOnF1: 
The softs also appear to be durable with lap times consistent
15:21
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton and Bottas lapping in the high 1:43s
15:21
NewsOnF1: 
Ricciardo slow
15:22
NewsOnF1: 
He grinds to a halt at a dangerous part of the track.
15:22
NewsOnF1: 
Session stopped
15:24
NewsOnF1: 
A lot of smoke coming out of the airbox on Ricciardo's car
15:27
NewsOnF1: 
Ricciardo's car has now been cleared and the session resumes
15:27
NewsOnF1: 
Just 3 minutes remaining
15:30
NewsOnF1: 
Session over
15:32
NewsOnF1: 
FP2 - Top 10










Raikkonen, Hulkenberg, Ricciardo, Perez, Sutil, Grosjean, Maldonado, Gutierrez, Ericsson, Chilton and Kobayashi make the rest of the field
Ricciardo stopped on the track late in the session

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