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2014 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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1st Friday Practice

Belgian Grand Prix - 2014 - 1st Friday Practice

(22/08/2014)

10:01

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix

10:02

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The 1st Friday practice from Spa gets underway under dry conditions with air temperature at 12 degrees while track temperature is at 17 degrees

10:03

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Drivers are on their installation laps

10:05

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The two dry tyre types for this event are the medium and the soft

10:07

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For Belgium Andre Lotterer will replace Kamui Kobayashi at Caterham. It isn't clear whether this replacement is only for 1 race or for the rest of the season

10:07

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Grosjean and Maldonado stay out for 2 laps while everyone else just did a single installation lap

10:12

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There was speculation that Alexander Rossi was going to replace Max Chilton at Marussia for the weekend however he is only replacing him for FP1 as a test driver

10:15

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A few drivers head back out

10:16

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Button and Magnussen on the track

10:16

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Button sets a 1:54.221

10:17

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Magnussen betters that with 1:53.405

10:18

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More drivers head out

10:18

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Bottas sets a 1:54.242

10:19

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It is expected that the Mercedes powered teams will dominate on this track

10:19

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Hamilton second with a 1:53.555

10:20

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Rosberg quickest with a 1:52.143

10:24

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Alonso goes quickest with a 1:51.937

10:26

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After setting the fastest time Alonso stopped on the side of the track momentarily then he got going again but very slowly. He makes it back to the pits

10:27

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Rosberg quickest with a 1:51.724

10:27

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Maldonado is the only driver yet to set a time

10:29

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FP1 - Top 10
Rosberg
Alonso
Bottas
Magnussen
Vettel
Perez
Hulkenberg
Hamilton
Button
Ricciardo

10:33

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Maldonado heads out

10:35

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Looking at how Lotterer is doing so far, his best time after 7 laps is a 1:59.640 while his teammate Ericsson has set a best time of 1:57.977

10:37

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Maldonado goes 17th with a 1:56.359

10:40

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There is also a big gap between Alonso and Raikkonen ( 2.864), both only did 5 laps (2 flyers)

10:41

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Maldonado improves to 15th with a 1:55.346

10:42

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The gap between Bottas and Massa is also big ( 1.635)

10:44

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Loterrer joins Maldonado on the track

10:45

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Ericsson joins in the action and Maldonado pits

10:46

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Grosjean heads out

10:47

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Rosberg on the track as well

10:47

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Grosjean goes 9th with a 1:53.597

10:48

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Ericsson spins under braking at the end of the start-finish straight

10:51

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More drivers head back out

10:51

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Hamilton on a quick lap

10:52

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Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:51.674

10:54

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Button on a quick lap

10:55

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Meanwhile Rosberg retakes the top spot with a 1:51.577

10:55

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Button goes 4th with a 1:52.404

10:57

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Raikkonen still in the garage haviong only completed 5 laps. Alonso heads out

10:58

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Raikkonen goes out now

11:00

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FP1 - Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Alonso
Button
Magnussen
Hulkenberg
Ricciardo
Bottas
Vettel
Perez

11:01

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Alonso improves slightly with a 1:51.805, he is the only driver that is close to the Mercedes cars

11:01

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Raikkonen goes 5th with a 1:52.818

11:05

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Perez goes 6th with a 1:52.903

11:09

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Raikkonen has some problem, he is told to head back to the pits slowly

11:11

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Everyone is in the pits with 19 minutes remaining

11:13

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Hulkenberg and Perez on the track

11:15

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15 minutes remain and more drivers head back out

11:18

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Raikkonen goes back out

11:19

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18 car on the track with 10 minutes remaining

11:20

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Now only Vettel and Kvyat in the pits

11:24

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Looks like Vettel has a problem as his mechanics are working on his car

11:28

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Not many improvements towards the end of the session as team test out aero parts

11:31

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FP1 - Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Alonso
Button
Raikkonen
Perez
Magnussen
Hulkenberg
Ricciardo
Bottas
Vettel, Kvyat, Grosjean, Sutil, MAssa, Vergne, van der Garde, Madlonado, Bianchi, Rossi, Lotterer and Ericsson make the rest of the field

11:41

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Join us for the second Friday practice session at 14;00 local time (that is 12:00 GMT)

11:42

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