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2012 Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Japanese Grand Prix - 2012 - Saturday Practice

(6/10/2012)

10:59

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix

11:00

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Saturday practice underway with air temperature at 24 degrees and track temperature is at 35 degrees

11:01

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All the drivers have completed their installation laps

11:01

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Rosberg sets a time of 1:35.169

11:03

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Schumacher also sets a time as Rosberg pits

11:05

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A 1:34.234 for Michael

11:12

Comment From nihil:

what is the fastest time on FP2?
ED - 1:32.493

11:06

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Raikkonen and Grosjean on the track

11:08

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Schumacher improves with a 1:34.008

11:09

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Raikkonen pits without setting a time

11:09

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More drivers head out

11:10

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A 1:34.098 for Grosjean

11:12

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Senna takes 3rd with a 1:34.619

11:12

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Karthikeyan goes wide but recovers

11:13

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Now Button goes 3rd with a 1:34.255

11:13

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Hamilton betters that with a 1:34.217

11:13

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Maldonado goes quickest with a 1:33.999

11:15

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Webber complains on the radio of an engine misfire

11:15

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Vettel heads out. Alonso and Massa still in the pits

11:16

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Now Button goes quickest with a 1:33.621

11:16

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Note that Button will take a 5 place grid penalty due to a gearbox change

11:17

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:33.569

11:18

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Vettel goes 6th with a 1:34.017

11:19

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So far everyone is on the hard compound

11:19

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Webber improves but remains in 3rd

11:20

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Alonso on the track as Maldonado is quickest in S1

11:20

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Maldonado improves but remains in 4th

11:21

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Vettel on a quick lap

11:21

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Indeed he goes quickest with a 1:33.215

11:22

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Alonso goes 10th

11:22

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Massa on the track

11:22

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Massa on the track

11:23

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Saturday practice - Halfway into the session
Vettel
Hamilton
Button
Webber
Maldonado
Schumacher
Perez
Senna
Grosjean
Alonso

11:24

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Raikkonen still in the pits

11:24

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Massa goes 6th with a 1:33.951

11:25

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Raikkonen heads out onto the track

11:27

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Schumacher goes 5th with a 1:33.902

11:28

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Alonso moves into 8th with a 1:33.988

11:31

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Drivers now going on the soft compound

11:32

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Raikkonen still without a time. He is complaining to the team of a wrong part on the car

11:32

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Rosberg goes 5th on the softs

11:34

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Hulkenberg is off

11:34

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He goes into the barrier

11:36

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A fair bit of damage to his car. Will be a challenge to his team to get it fixed before qualifying

11:37

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Raikkonen back on the track, still yet to set a time

11:38

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Schumacher on the softs

11:39

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Schumacher goes quickest with a 1:32.918

11:39

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Raikkonen goes 18th

11:41

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Paul di Resta on the track on the softs

11:42

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di Resta goes 3rd with a 1:33.299

11:43

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Vettel improves in second (still on the hard)

11:46

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Button is out on the softs with 7 minutes to go

11:49

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Nearly everyone is on the track on the softs

11:50

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Button's lap isn't quick as he is slowed down in S3

11:50

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Hamilton and Webber on quick laps

11:50

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Hamilton makes mistake at S3

11:51

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Webber goes quickest with a 1:32.371

11:51

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Vettel in second with a 1:32.499

11:51

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Button goes 4th

11:52

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Massa goes 3rd

11:53

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Raikkonen goes 9th after struggling all session

11:53

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Kobayashi in 5th

11:54

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Perez betters that and he goes 5th

11:54

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Session over, awaiting final times

11:55

NewsOnF1:

Vettel goes quickest with a 1:32.136

11:58

NewsOnF1:

Saturday practice
Vettel1:32.136
Webber1:32.371
Massa1:32.824
Schumacher1:32.918
Perez1:32.920
Kobayashi1:32.924
Grosjean1:33.008
Button1:33.025
di Resta1:33.094
Maldonado1:33.160

11:59

NewsOnF1:

11th to 24th: Alonso, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Vergne, Rosberg, Senna, Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, Kovalainen, Petrov, Glock, Pic, Karthikeyan and de la Rosa

12:01

NewsOnF1:

Most laps this session by Rosberg with 23 laps, least laps by Hulkenberg and Glock with 11 laps each

12:02

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Qualifying gets underway at 14:00 local time, that is 5:00 GMT

12:02

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