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2014 Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Saturday Practice

Russian Grand Prix - 2014 - Saturday Practice

(11/10/2014)

12:01

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Russian Grand Prix

12:02

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Saturday practice gets underway under sunny skies and air temperature at 21 degrees while track temperature is at 16 degrees

12:03

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Drivers on their installation laps at this stage

12:04

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

12:05

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The tyres appear to be very durable with little degradation. The problem on the softs is that they reach their optimum after 2 or 3 flyers!

12:05

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Sutil stays out and is on a timed lap

12:05

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A 1:43.432 for Sutil

12:06

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Kvyat stays out as well

12:06

NewsOnF1:

Kvyat sets a 1:42.988

12:07

NewsOnF1:

Vettel heads into the pits but the team tells him to stay out, he crosses the pitlane entry lane and goes back on the track, he could be penalised for that

12:08

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Vergne quickest with a 1:42.600

12:09

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Red Bull were struggling yesterday, will be interesting to see if they have found some improvements

12:09

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Now Hamilton quickest with a 1:42.030

12:10

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Red Bull seems to have found something, Vettel goes quickest with a 1:41.999

12:10

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Rosberg now quickest with a 1;41.859

12:11

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Ricciardo, Magnussen and Button have yet to go out

12:11

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Vettel improves with a 1:41.554

12:11

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Hamilton on a quick lap

12:12

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Indeed Hamilton goes quickest with a 1:40.725

12:12

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Kvyat goes second with a 1:41.291

12:14

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The two McLaren drivers head out. Ricciardo doesn't seem to be in a rush to go out. He stopped on the track at the end of the second practice

12:14

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Now Rosberg goes second with a 1:41.139

12:16

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Kvyat improves with a 1:40.960, retakes second

12:18

NewsOnF1:

Magnussen has stopped on the track

12:18

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Session stopped

12:19

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Very strange problem for Magnussen, he appeared to lose steering!

12:20

NewsOnF1:

Magnussen is out of the car and his car is being pushed by the marshals

12:21

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FP3 - Top 10
Hamilton
Rosberg
Kvyat
Vettel
Hulkenberg
Button
Perez
Magnussen
Sutil
Vergne

12:22

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Session restarting in 1 minute

12:22

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Ricciardo is waiting at the end of the pit lane

12:23

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Session resumes and the two McLarens and Ricciardo are the first out

12:27

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Most drivers on the track now

12:29

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Maldonado is the only driver yet to set a time

12:30

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Ricciardo goes 10th with a 1:42.160

12:30

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Alonso goes 4th with a 1:41.058

12:31

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Perez is the first on the softs

12:31

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Bottas quick!

12:32

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And goes quickest with a 1:40.655

12:32

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Hamilton responding

12:33

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Perez is back on the mediums. Probably a computer error

12:33

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Hamilton makes a mistake in S2, doesn't improve

12:34

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Hamilton trying again setting quickest time in S1

12:35

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Again has a poor S2 and pits

12:35

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FP3 - Top 10
Bottas
Hamilton
Rosberg
Kvyat
Alonso
Massa
Vettel
Hulkenberg
Ricciardo
Perez

12:36

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Rosberg on a quick lap

12:37

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Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:40.178

12:38

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Bottas improves but remains in second

12:39

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Just over 20 minutes remaining. A run on the softs about to commence

12:40

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Most drivers back in the pits in preparation for their final run

12:42

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Massa goes 3rd with a 1:40.446, look like Williams are today the closest to Mercedes. Yesterday it was McLaren

12:43

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A lot of wok on Maldonado's car, he has yet to set a time

12:46

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A number of drivers head out on the softs

12:47

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Raikkonen is the first one, he starts a timed lap

12:47

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Raikkonen only 6th on the softs with a 1:41.025

12:48

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Button goes 4th with a 1:40.707, that is really odd as they were near the top of the timesheets yesterday

12:49

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Rosberg doesn't improve

12:50

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But Hamilton continues from his form from yesterday and sets a 1:38.726

12:51

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Ricciardo goes 4th with a 1:40.392

12:51

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These soft tyres keep improving! Now Button sets a 1:40.355

12:52

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Bottas goes second with a 1:39.650

12:52

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Massa goes 3rd with a 1:39.998

12:53

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Rosberg seems to struggle on the softs, he takes 3rd with a 1;39.686 nearly a second slower than Hamilton

12:54

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Hamilton has a big spin, he doesn't hit anything and crawls into the pits

12:55

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Replay shows he lost the rear all of a sudden

12:58

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Ricciardo goes 4th with a 1:39.755

12:59

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Bottas improves with a 1:39.097, remains in second

12:59

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Alonso goes 7th with a 1:40.151

13:00

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg improves with a 1;39.016, takes second

13:00

NewsOnF1:

Session over

13:01

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Raikkonen takes 7th from Alonso with a 1:40.011

13:03

NewsOnF1:

FP3 - Top 10
Hamilton
Rosberg
Bottas
Ricciardo
Massa
Kvyat
Raikkonen
Alonso
Vergne
Vettel
Button, Hulkenberg, Perez, Sutil, Gutierrez, Grosjean, Magnussen, Ericsson, Kobayashi, Chilton and Maldonado make the rest of the field.
Magnussen stopped on the track while Maldonado didn't set a time

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