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2014 Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Japanese Grand Prix - 2014 - Qualifying

(04/10/2014)

13:59

NewsOnF1:

Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix

14:00

NewsOnF1:

Qualifying starting shortly under partly cloudy conditions with air temperature at 24 degrees while track temperature is at 40 degrees

14:02

NewsOnF1:

Q1 gets underway and many drivers go out straight away

14:03

NewsOnF1:

Of course the major news is that Vettel will be leaving Red Bull at the end of the season and his destination is most likely to be Ferrari

14:04

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Hamilton's car has been fixed since his crash earlier in practice today

14:05

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Raikkonen had a power unit change and he is on the track as well

14:05

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton goes quickest from Rosberg, both are on the hard compound

14:06

NewsOnF1:

Vettel had a turbo unit change and he is now on the track

14:07

NewsOnF1:

Bottas is 3rd ahead of Massa as Alonso goes 5th

14:07

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo and Vettel start their flyers

14:08

NewsOnF1:

Vettel goes 8th and Ricciardo 9th

14:09

NewsOnF1:

Vettel changed his helmet this morning and added red to the top of his helmet, a hint perhaps

14:14

NewsOnF1:

In danger at this stage are Maldonado, Grosjean and Perez

14:15

NewsOnF1:

A few drivers have switched to the mediums

14:16

NewsOnF1:

Perez goes 10th and that is dropping Vettel and Ricciardo further down

14:16

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo is currently down in 14th

14:18

NewsOnF1:

Gutierrez in 17th but improving

14:18

NewsOnF1:

Gutierrez goes 12th and pushes Ricciardo to 15th

14:19

NewsOnF1:

Suytil in 18th but is improving

14:19

NewsOnF1:

Sutil goes 16th

14:20

NewsOnF1:

So knocked out of Q1: Maldonado, Grosjean, Ericsson, Bianchi, Kobayashi and Chilton

14:21

NewsOnF1:

Q1 - Top 10
Hamilton
Rosberg
Bottas
Massa
Alonso
Magnussen
Raikkonen
Hulkenberg
Button
Vergne

14:26

NewsOnF1:

Q2 gets underway, air temperature is at 24 degrees while track temperature is at 39 degrees

14:26

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Sutil is the first out followed by Bottas and Massa

14:29

NewsOnF1:

15 cars on the track now, all on the medium compound

14:31

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:32.950

14:32

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton second with a 1:32.982

14:32

NewsOnF1:

Bottas is 3rd from Alonso and Massa

14:33

NewsOnF1:

There is nearly a second between the Mercedes and Williams/Alonso

14:34

NewsOnF1:

Magnussen is 6th but half a second bethind Massa

14:34

NewsOnF1:

Vettel is only 11th and Ricciardo in 12th

14:38

NewsOnF1:

Drivers are heading back out, all drivers from Bottas go back out,

14:38

NewsOnF1:

That is kind of surprising given that the two Williams and Alonso are half a second quicker than those behind

14:39

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The weather forecast for tomorrow is for rain and so dry tryes are not expected to be used hence no need to take the risk today

14:40

NewsOnF1:

Bottas improves but stays in 3rd

14:40

NewsOnF1:

Massa takes 4th

14:40

NewsOnF1:

Vettel 7th

14:40

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Ricciardo takes 6th

14:41

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen takes 8th pushing Vettel to 9th

14:41

NewsOnF1:

Button goes 8th dropping Vettel to 10th

14:42

NewsOnF1:

Knocked out of Q2:Vergne, Perez, Kvyat, Hulkenberg, Sutil and Gutierrez

14:43

NewsOnF1:

Q2 - Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Bottas
Massa
Alonso
Magnussen
Ricciardo
Button
Raikkonen
Vettel

14:48

NewsOnF1:

Q3 underway

14:48

NewsOnF1:

Bottas is the first out

14:50

NewsOnF1:

Now all the drivers are on the track except for Raikkonen

14:52

NewsOnF1:

Bottas sets a 1:33.329

14:53

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen is staying in probably because he ran on the mediums in Q1 and doesn't want to go out on used tyres. He is using an old power unit

14:53

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg is quickest with a 1:32.629

14:53

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton second with a 1:32.946

14:54

NewsOnF1:

Bottas is 3rd ahead of Massa and Alonso

14:54

NewsOnF1:

Everyone will go out again

14:54

NewsOnF1:

Vettel is down in 9th

14:57

NewsOnF1:

Bottas, Ricciardo and Vettel go back on the track now

14:57

NewsOnF1:

The rest follow, all 10 on the track

14:59

NewsOnF1:

Vettel makes a mistake but still improving

14:59

NewsOnF1:

He is down on Ricciardo

14:59

NewsOnF1:

Vettel goes 6th

15:00

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo betters that and takes 6th

15:00

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg improving

15:00

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg improves with a 1:32.506

15:01

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton improves but remains in second with a 1:32.703

15:02

NewsOnF1:

Q3 - Top 10
Rosberg
Hamilton
Bottas
Massa
Alonso
Ricciardo
Magnussen
Button
Vettel
Raikkonen

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