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2013 Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix

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2nd Thursday Practice

Monaco Grand Prix - 2013 - 2nd Thursday Practice

(23/05/2013)

14:02

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix

14:03

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Second Thursday practice gets underway with air temperature at 22 degrees while track temperature is at 43 degrees

14:03

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Drivers head out onto the track straight away

14:06

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Only Vettel, Webber and Alonso yet to go out

14:07

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This morning it looked like Mercedes and Ferrari were the quickest

14:10

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Alonso and Webber on the track now

14:10

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Grosjean quickest so far with a 1:16.096

14:11

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The two types of tyres here are the softs and supersofts

14:11

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Massa is second and Rosberg is third

14:12

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Alonso jumps into second with a 1:16.300

14:12

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Now Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:15.843

14:13

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Hamilton goes second with a 1:15.963

14:13

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Webber up into 4th

14:14

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Now Alonso goes quickest with a 1:15.519

14:14

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Vettel still in the pits

14:15

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Grosjean looking strong here, goes second

14:15

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Top 10
Alonso
Grosjean
Rosberg
Hamilton
Webber
Massa
Button
Raikkonen
Sutil
di Resta

14:17

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Vergne switches to supersofts

14:19

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Raikkonen on a quick lap

14:19

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Red Bull working on Vettel's car at the moment

14:20

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Vergne 10th on the supersofts

14:21

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Raikkonen 6th also on the supersofts

14:22

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Vettel heading out now

14:25

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After a couple of tries hampered by traffic, Raikkonen tops the timesheets with a 1:15.511 on the supersofts

14:26

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Vettel manages 7th with a 1:16.014

14:26

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Both Rosberg and Hamilton on the track on supersofts

14:26

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Both Rosberg and Hamilton on the track on supersofts

14:27

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Rosberg jumps into first with a 1:14.759 on the supersofts

14:28

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Hamilton unable to get a clean lap on the supersofts yet

14:30

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Hamilton now on a quick lap as Alonso heads out on the supersofts

14:30

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Grosjean and Webber follow

14:30

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Hamilton goes second with a 1:15.077

14:32

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Grosjean hits the barriers at Ste Devote

14:33

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Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:15.303. His middle sector wasn't very good

14:33

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It is double waved yellows at turn 1

14:34

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Everyone pits as Grosean's car is being cleared

14:37

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Now session is stopped!

14:39

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Not related to Grosjean's stop. This is for kerb damage at turn 13 (swimming pool)

14:40

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Kerb has been fixed. Session restarting in a minute

14:43

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Session resumes

14:44

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Nearly everyone goes out!

14:45

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Grosjean was doing well prior to his incident. He will lose valuable time now

14:45

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Webber improves to 4th with a 1:15.404 on the supersofts

14:46

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Alonso almost crashes into the back of Hulkenberg!

14:47

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Now Alonso trying again

14:48

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Alonso improves his time but remains in 3rd

14:48

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Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Alonso
Webber
Raikkonen
Massa
Grosjean
Vettel
di Resta
Sutil
Best time in FP2 in 2012 - 1:15.746 (Button)

14:54

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Massa goes 4th with a 1:15.278

14:55

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The 2 Mercedes are now on long runs on the supersofts

14:55

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They are lapping in the mid 1:20

15:00

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Hamilton drops into the mid 1:21s

15:01

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Alonso now on the track, likely on a long run as well

15:02

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Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Alonso
Massa
Webber
Raikkonen
Grosjean
Button
Vettel
di Resta
Best time in FP2 in 2012 - 1:15.746 (Button)

15:03

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Alonso also in the mid 1:20s

15:05

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The tyres seem to be lasting here which is expected!

15:05

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The tyres seem to be lasting here which is expected!

15:07

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Rosberg on the same run is now lapping in the high 1:19s

15:07

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Hamilton lapping in the low 1:21s

15:08

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20 cars on the track with just over 20 minutes remaining

15:13

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Hard to read much into the times as there is so much traffic but overall the tyres are holding up well, both the softs and the supersofts

15:15

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Plenty of cars missing the apex at turn 10

15:20

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Both Rosberg and Hamilton switch to softs

15:21

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Clearly their focus is tyre degradation so they are doing as much running as possible

15:25

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5 minutes remaining in the session and most of the drivers are focusing on the long runs

15:26

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Everyone except Grosjean is on the track

15:28

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Alonso switches to softs

15:30

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Session over

15:30

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Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Alonso
Massa
Webber
Raikkonen
Grosjean
Button
Vettel
di Resta
Best time in FP2 in 2012 - 1:15.746 (Button)

15:52

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11th to 22nd:
Sutil, Perez, Hulkenberg, Maldonado, Gutierrez, Ricciardo, Vergne, Bottas, Bianchi, Pic, Chilton, van der Garde

15:53

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Most laps by Hamilton with 51 then Bottas with 47
Least laps by Grosjean with 10 laps then van der Garde with 31

15:54

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Join us on Saturday at 11:00 am local time (that is 9:00 GMT) for the 3rd practice session

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