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2012 Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Brazilian Grand Prix - 2012 - 2nd Friday Practice

(23/11/2012)

14:03

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

14:03

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2nd Practice session is underway

14:04

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Air temperature is at 32 degrees while track temperature is at 48 degrees!

14:04

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19 cars already on the track

14:06

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Currently Hamilton is quickest from Webber and Grosjean

14:08

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Massa now quickest from Webber and Alonso

14:08

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Massa's quickest time is a 1:15.473

14:11

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Button goes 3rd with a 1:15.599

14:11

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Vettel down in 18th but is on a quick lap

14:12

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Alonso goes quickest with a 1:15.274

14:12

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Vettel betters that with a 1:15.226

14:14

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Hamilton goes 3rd

14:14

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2nd Friday Practice - Top 10
Vettel
Alonso
Hamilton
Massa
Schumacher
Webber
Button
Rosberg
Senna
Kobayashi

14:14

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Now Button jumps into second. Amazingly the top 3 are separated by 0.048 seconds

14:18

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The first run has finished. Most cars are back in the pits

14:19

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Once again de la Rosa and Karthikeyan are limiting their running. They have yet to go out. Clearly the team is struggling financially

14:23

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A few drivers are back on the track

14:27

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Webber on a quick lap

14:28

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Webber goes 4th and the quickest in S2

14:30

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2nd Friday Practice - Top 10
Vettel
Button
Alonso
Webber
Hamilton
Rosberg
Massa
Schumacher
Senna
di Resta

14:30

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Alonso is back for his second run

14:32

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Rosberg and Massa on good laps

14:32

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Rosberg goes 5th with a 1:15.377

14:33

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Massa doesn't improve

14:33

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Alonso goes quickest in S2 but doesn't improve

14:33

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The top 8 are currently separated by just 0.251 seconds!

14:35

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Alonso goes quickest with a 1:15.150

14:38

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Grosjean goes second on the mediums with a 1:15.182

14:39

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The 2 HRTs are on the track now

14:39

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Grosjean improving ...

14:40

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Grosjean sets a 1:14.994

14:42

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Raikkonen goes 6th with a 1:15.371

14:44

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2nd Friday Practice - Top 10
Grosjean
Alonso
Vettel
Button
Webber
Raikkonen
Rosberg
Hamilton
Massa
Schumacher

14:48

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Rosberg on a quick lap on the mediums

14:49

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And Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:14.822

14:50

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Massa now goes quickest with a 1:14.553

14:52

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And Hamilton goes quicker still with a 1:14.026

14:54

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Button goes 4th with a 1:14.863

14:54

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Webber goes second with a 1:14.523

14:55

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Hamilton is much quicker on the mediums than the rest although Alonso and Vettel have yet to set a time on those

14:56

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Alonso goes 4th with a 1:14.607

14:58

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Vettel now on the track on mediums

14:59

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Vettel quickest in S1

15:01

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He only manages second with a 1:14.300

15:02

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2nd Friday Practice - Top 10
Hamilton
Vettel
Webber
Massa
Alonso
Schumacher
Rosberg
Button
Gorsjean
di Resta

15:05

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The run on the mediums with low fuel has ended for most. The teams will now focus on long runs to simulate race conditions

15:09

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Pic in the Marussia has slowed down

15:10

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He stops on the side of the track

15:11

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Drivers now on long runs

15:13

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Only the 2 HRTs in the pits

15:19

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The top 3 teams are very close with in their race pace

15:21

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Mercedes isn't far behind although their tyre wear has been a consistent problem all year

15:21

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Mercedes isn't far behind although their tyre wear has been a consistent problem all year

15:22

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The 2 HRTs head out for their second run

15:24

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5 minutes remains in the session. No time improvements as the teams are on long runs with a heavy fuel load

15:30

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Session over

15:33

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2nd Friday Practice - Top 10
Hamilton
Vettel
Webber
Massa
Alonso
Schumacher
Rosberg
Button
Gorsjean
di Resta

15:34

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11th to 24th: Hulkenberg, Raikkonen, Senna, Perez, Kobayashi, Ricciardo, Maldonado, Vergne, Petrov, Kovalainen, de la Rosa, Glock, Pic and Karthikeyan

15:36

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Most laps by Maldonado with 47, least laps by de la Rosa and Karthikeyan with 15 laps each

15:38

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The 3rd practice session starts tomorrow at 11:00 (that is 13:00 GMT)

15:56

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