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2012 British Formula 1 Grand Prix

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British Grand Prix - 2012 - 2nd Friday Practice

(07/06/2012)

12:02

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 British Grand Prix

12:02

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The 2nd Friday practice session gets underway shortly

12:03

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The first session this morning was wet and this one is going to be wet as well!

12:03

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Conditions are very similar to those in the morning. Air and track temperature at 17 degrees

12:04

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Session gets underway

12:04

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No one goes out straight away

12:07

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Glock is the first to go out

12:08

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Alonso and Raikkonen follow

12:08

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Alonso didn't set a time in the morning session and only did 3 laps!

12:09

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Alonso pits!

12:09

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Senna on the track

12:10

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Glock starts a timed lap

12:12

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A 2:11.964 for Glock

12:12

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Raikkonen pits without setting a time

12:13

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Senna sets a 2:10.215

12:13

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Glock improves with a 2:10.700

12:14

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These times are over 10 seconds slower than the morning times!

12:16

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Both Senna and Glock pit. Not worth the risk

12:17

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Under these conditions for the race, a safety car would be on the track or the race would be suspended

12:18

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Glock does a practice start and goes back out

12:19

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15 minutes into the session and only 2 drivers have set times, they are Senna and Glock

12:19

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Glock pits, no one on the track

12:21

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Air and track temperature now down to 16 degrees!

12:21

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What a difference from Valencia 2 weeks ago!

12:24

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Still no one back out, conditions are too wet

12:32

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Nearly 30 minutes into the session and only 2 drivers have set lap times

12:36

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Apologies for the lack of commentary but there is really not much action at this stage

12:41

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Rain is expected to ease in around 10 minutes!

12:46

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We are nearly at the half way mark. Rain seem to be easing a bit. Hopefully we'll have some action shortly!

12:47

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There is plenty of water on the track that needs to be cleared!

12:52

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Finally a few cars on the track

12:53

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Kobayashi, Alonso and Pic on the track

12:53

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Kobayashi sets a 2:04.198

12:53

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Perez and Massa on the track

12:54

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Alonso pits again

12:54

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Perez starts a flyer

12:56

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Perez goes quickest with a 2:00.395

12:57

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Kobayashi responds with a 1:59.405

12:58

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Perez goes quickest again with a 1:59.089

12:59

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Kobayashi quickest again with a 1:58.894

13:00

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More drivers are on the track now, the times should continue to improve as the track conditions improve

13:00

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Petrov goes 3rd and Hulkenberg in 4th

13:01

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Senna now in 3rd and Kovalainen in 4th

13:02

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Perez quickest in S1 but makes a mistake in S2!

13:02

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Massa goes 3rd with a 2:00.565

13:03

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Hulkenberg back in 4th as Vettel takes 5th

13:03

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Just 30 minutes remain in the session and the top 9 are: Kobayashi, Perez, Massa, Hulkenberg, Vettel, Senna, Kovalainen, Petrov and Glock

13:04

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Session stopped!

13:04

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Senna has crashed

13:04

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He is ok but his car is badly damaged

13:06

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Just when the drivers started to get out onto the track, we have a red flag

13:07

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Replay shows that Senna aquaplaned then went off into the barriers

13:08

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The conditions out there are pretty poor

13:10

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Session remains stopped as Senna's car is being cleared

13:11

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The car is cleared now. Session restarting shortly

13:11

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Will be a busy 20 minutes!

13:12

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Session resumes

13:12

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Kobayashi is the first back out

13:12

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Air temperature is down to 15 degrees!

13:12

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Vergne is also on the track

13:13

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More drivers on the track now

13:14

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Alonso, Hamilton, Schumacher, Rosberg are all on the track

13:17

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Rosberg jumps into second with a 1:58.237

13:17

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di Resta goes 4th with a 1:59.827

13:18

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Schumacher goes second with a 1:58.192

13:19

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Times are set to drop!

13:19

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Rosberg takes second from teammate with a 1:58.018

13:19

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Kobayashi flying!

13:20

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Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:56.345

13:20

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Kobayashi has a slow(ish) third sector and only manages 1:56.474

13:21

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Button goes 5th with a 1:59.087

13:22

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Rosberg on quick lap

13:23

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Rosberg improves with a 1:56.567 - 3rd

13:23

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10 minutes remain and the top 10 are: Hamilton, Kobayashi, Rosberg, Perez, Schumacher, Button, di Resta, Vettel, Hulkenberg and Massa

13:24

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Rosberg quickest in S1!

13:24

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But has a slow second sector

13:25

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Now Hamilton quickest in S1

13:26

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But Hamilton makes a mistake in S2, loses a lot of time!

13:27

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Raikkonen goes 7th with a 1:58.897

13:27

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Hamilton pushing again!

13:30

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Hamilton pits

13:30

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3 minutes remain

13:31

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Schumacher goes 3rd with a 1:56.545

13:32

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A few drivers are actually trying out the intermediate in these conditions

13:32

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Kobayashi quickest in S2

13:32

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Alonso goes 10th with a 1:59.015

13:33

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Looks like Grosjean, Ricciardo, Webber and de la Rosa will not set a time this session

13:33

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Session over! Awaiting final timed laps

13:36

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Top 10: Hamilton, Kobayashi, Schumacher, Rosberg, Perez, Button, Kovalainen, Raikkonen, Hulkenberg and Alonso

13:37

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A lot of spins in the final minute!

13:40

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11th to 24th: di Resta, Maldonado, Vettel, Vergne, Massa, Glock, Senna, Petrov, Pic, Karthikeyan, Grosjean, Ricciardo, Webber and de la Rosa

13:40

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Grosjean, Ricciardo, Webber and de la Rosa didn't set times

13:41

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Most laps by Kobayashi with 16, least laps by de la Rosa (0) then Webber and Grosejan with 1 lap each

13:42

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Join us tomorrow for the 3rd practice session at 10 am local time (that is 9:00 GMT)

13:43

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