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2014 Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix

1st Friday Practice  2nd Friday Practice  Saturday Practice  Qualifying  Race

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1st Friday Practice

 
Japanese Grand Prix - 2014 - 1st Friday Practice
(03/10/2014) 
10:02
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. Weather is overcast but warm with air temperature at 26 degrees while track temperature is at 30 degrees
10:02
NewsOnF1: 
Session is underway and the drivers are on their installation laps
10:06
NewsOnF1: 
The two tyre compounds for this event are the hard and mediums
10:06
NewsOnF1: 
A number of drivers have completed two installation laps
10:07
NewsOnF1: 
Max Verstappen makes his official test debut today for Toro Rosso
10:07
NewsOnF1: 
Another test driver this session is Roberto Merhi with Caterham
10:12
NewsOnF1: 
The only driver not to go out yet is Max Chilton
10:14
NewsOnF1: 
Ricciardo heads out
10:16
NewsOnF1: 
Ricciardo pits without setting a time
10:16
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas, Merhi and Verstappen are on the track
10:19
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas sets a 1:37.436
10:20
NewsOnF1: 
Merhi spins and is facing the wrong way and Bottas brakes hard to avoid hitting him
10:21
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes quickest with a 1;36.745
10:21
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg also on a quick lap
10:21
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg sets a 1:36.437
10:22
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton improves with a 1:36.550
10:23
NewsOnF1: 
Early signs is that Mercedes are dominant here
10:24
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas improves with a 1:37.029
10:24
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes 4th with a 1:37.070
10:25
NewsOnF1: 
Another improvement by Rosberg with a 1:36.244
10:29
NewsOnF1: 
Max Chilton did an installation lap
10:31
NewsOnF1: 
Magnussen and Chilton have not set times and lose out on practicing on the set of tyres that has to be returned fter the first 30 minutes of practice
10:31
NewsOnF1: 
FP1 - Top 10










10:35
NewsOnF1: 
A period of quiet now as the teams prepare for their next runs
10:41
NewsOnF1: 
Still no track activity
10:42
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel heads out, he is currently in 11th
10:43
NewsOnF1: 
Merhi heads back out
10:46
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes 8th with a 1:38.020
10:46
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen and Ricciardo on the track
10:49
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel improves to 5th with a 1:37.686
10:49
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg and Hamilton head out
10:50
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen takes 5th with a 1:37.187
10:50
NewsOnF1: 
Magnussen heads out, he has yet to set a time
10:51
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso on the track as well
10:52
NewsOnF1: 
Magnussen goes 7th with a 1:37.802 as Rosberg is set to go quicker
10:52
NewsOnF1: 
A 1:35.461 for Rosberg
10:52
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton improves but remains in second with a 1:35.612
10:54
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes 3rd with a 1:36.037
10:55
NewsOnF1: 
Ricciardo goes 6th with a 1:37.466
10:57
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas improves slightly with a 1:36.576, he remains 4th
10:57
NewsOnF1: 
FP1 - Top 10










10:59
NewsOnF1: 
Chilton is on the track after a long delay
11:01
NewsOnF1: 
Teams now going for the long runs
11:05
NewsOnF1: 
A lot of work going on Vettel's car at this stage
11:09
NewsOnF1: 
Not much activity at this stage. Just 5 cars on the track. Teams must be concerned with engine allocations as the season nears its end
11:10
NewsOnF1: 
Under twenty minutes remain
11:12
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg and Hamilton head back out
11:14
NewsOnF1: 
More drivers head out on a heavy load
11:16
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg last lap was a 1:40.657 while Hamilton's was a 1:42.167. So far it is Rosberg who has the upper hand
11:17
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton sets a 1:40.304
11:18
NewsOnF1: 
Ricciardo lapping in the low 1:41s while Vettel in the mid 1:41s
11:19
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton sets a 1:40.274 while Rosberg sets a 1:40.662
11:20
NewsOnF1: 
Of course this is only a time, we don't know the amount of fuel on board
11:22
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen sets a 1:38.568 on used hards, he obviously is on a lighter fuel load
11:22
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso sets a 1:40.439 while Rosberg sets a 1:40.628
11:23
NewsOnF1: 
Verstappen has a blow engine it appears. He stops on the side of the track
11:26
NewsOnF1: 
Verstappen's best time was a 1:38.157 compared to Kvyat who set a best time of 1:37.714
11:28
NewsOnF1: 
The hard compound is holding well. In the afternoon session we will see how the medium, compound behaves here
11:30
NewsOnF1: 
Session over
11:33
NewsOnF1: 
FP1 - Top 10










Massa, Verstappen, Perez, Hulkenberg, Grosjean, SUtil, Maldonado, Gutierrez, Ericsson, Merhi, Bianchi and Chilton make the rest of the field
Verstappen stopped on his debut due to an engine failure
11:34
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg and Ricciardo completed the most laps with 27 while Hulkenberg did the least laps with 9 then Perez and Bianchi with 10 laps each
11:35
NewsOnF1: 
The second Friday practice is at 14:00 local time (that is 5:00 GMT), joins us then

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