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2015 Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

 

  

Saturday Practice

 
Chinese Grand Prix - 2015 - Saturday Practice
(04/09/2015) 
12:01
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix. Saturday practice gets underway under sunny skies with air temperature at 18 degrees while track temperature is at 43 degrees
12:02
NewsOnF1: 
Drivers are on their installation laps
12:03
NewsOnF1: 
Smoke coming out of Alonso's car. He stops on the track!
12:04
NewsOnF1: 
Team tells Button: "The issue is not fixed so be careful"
12:08
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso's car is pulled behind a safety barrier. If an engine change is needed, he may not make qualifying. We'll keep you updated
12:09
NewsOnF1: 
McLaren was showing some good signs yesterday, seems they have hit trouble again
12:10
NewsOnF1: 
Felipe Nasr is the first to set a time with a 1:42.144
12:11
NewsOnF1: 
Ericsson goes second fastest with a 1:42.174
12:11
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton and the 2 Red Bull drivers have yet to go out
12:12
NewsOnF1: 
Sainz goes quickest with a 1:41.302
12:13
NewsOnF1: 
Verstappen in second with a 1:41.700
12:14
NewsOnF1: 
Now Vettel goes quickest with a 1:40.713
12:14
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg betters that with a 1:40.055
12:17
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen goes 3rd with a 1:40.736
12:17
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel improves with a 1:40.175
12:19
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes quickest wit a 1:39.776
12:20
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Ricciardo has yet to complete an installation lap
12:20
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Kvyat takes to the track
12:21
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Massa goes 5th with a 1:40.768
12:22
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Bottas aborts his flying lap
12:23
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Button makes it out on the track as Kvyat goes 6th with a 1:40.846
12:24
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12:25
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Button goes 9th with a 1:41.653
12:26
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Alonso's car has arrived back in the garage
12:27
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Everyone so far has been on the medium compound
12:27
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Ricciardo goes out onto the track
12:29
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Ricciardo goes 7th with a 1:41.119
12:30
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton complaining that his seat is too hot. He pits
12:31
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas back out on the track. He has yet to set a time
12:32
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Ericsson goes 7th with a 1:41.047
12:32
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12:33
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas takes 4th splitting the 2 Ferraris
12:33
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But Raikkonen takes 4th back with a 1:40.426
12:38
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All the drivers have now set lap times except for Alonso who stopped on his installation lap. His car is back in the garage getting repaired.
12:39
NewsOnF1: 
Drivers about to switch to the soft compound for a pre-qualifying run
12:41
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Kvyat in the Red Bull is the first out on the soft tyre
12:42
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg heads out on the softs as well
12:43
NewsOnF1: 
A 1:39.106 for Kvyat, quickest!
12:44
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Rosberg going quicker
12:44
NewsOnF1: 
A 1:37.841 for Rosberg!
12:45
NewsOnF1: 
Button on the softs doesn't improve!
12:46
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Hamilton on the track on the softs
12:47
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton quickest in S1
12:49
NewsOnF1: 
He goes quickest with a 1:37.615
12:49
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It will be interesting to see how far back the Ferraris are
12:50
NewsOnF1: 
Ricciardo goes 3rd with a 1:39.020 on the softs
12:50
NewsOnF1: 
Massa only 5th with a 1:39.410
12:51
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel and Raikkonen are on the track on the softs
12:54
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Vettel and Raikkonen set the exact same S1 time!
12:54
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel slightly quicker in S2 than Raikkonen
12:55
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes 3rd with a 1:38.313, Raikkonen 4th with a 1:38.512
12:57
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FP3 - Top 10









12:59
NewsOnF1: 
Kvyat reporting no power! He is still going but slow
13:01
NewsOnF1: 
Very strange, Kvyat doesn't pit and goes around again, still going slowly!
13:01
NewsOnF1: 
Session over
13:03
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FP3 - Top 10










Massa, Hulkenberg, Ericsson, Nasr, Button, Maldonado, Perez, Stevens and Merhi make the rest of the field.
Fernando Alonso didn't set a time after stopping on the track on his installation lap

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