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2012 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

 

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Belgian Grand Prix - 2012 - 1st Friday Practice
(31/8/2012) 
09:59
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Belgian Grand Pirx
09:59
NewsOnF1: 
It has been a very long wait! But finally F1 is back
10:02
NewsOnF1: 
The track is wet
10:03
NewsOnF1: 
A few cars are on the track for their installation laps
10:03
NewsOnF1: 
Air temperature is at 12 degrees while track temperature is at 13 degrees
10:13
Comment From nihil: 
any significant changes on cars? ED - All the cars have updates. Lotus are debuting a double DRS system like the Mercedes one
10:06
NewsOnF1: 
Given the wet conditions, teams are not in a rush to send their drivers out
10:06
NewsOnF1: 
Just over half of the field have completed installation laps
10:07
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi is on a second lap, he is sliding everywhere!
10:08
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi sets a 2:23.141
10:08
NewsOnF1: 
Perez also stays out
10:09
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi is improving his time
10:10
NewsOnF1: 
A 2:17.705 for Kobayashi
10:11
NewsOnF1: 
The conditions seem to get worse!
10:11
NewsOnF1: 
Perez pits after his second lap. Hulkenberg also completes 2 laps
10:12
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi pits
10:15
NewsOnF1: 
Conditions are worsening!
10:15
NewsOnF1: 
15 minutes into the session and only Kobayashi has set a time!
10:16
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton and Alonso have yet to complete their installation laps
10:19
NewsOnF1: 
Grosjean is on the track and so is Hamilton
10:19
NewsOnF1: 
No, Grosjean doesn't feel it is worth staying out and returns to the pits without setting a time
10:21
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton returns to the pits
10:22
NewsOnF1: 
And now it is raining hard!
10:23
NewsOnF1: 
No one on the track
10:24
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso on his installation lap now
10:27
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso completes his installation lap and pits
10:29
NewsOnF1: 
The weather should improve over the weekend. A few showers are forecast on Saturday and a partly sunny day is forecast on Sunday
10:32
NewsOnF1: 
According to the official weather forecast, it should stop raining in the next few minutes
10:34
NewsOnF1: 
Even if it stops raining, it is cold and the track will take a long time to dry
10:35
NewsOnF1: 
So far only Kobayashi has set a time
10:35
NewsOnF1: 
He completed 4 laps (2 timed laps)
10:37
NewsOnF1: 
It hasn't stopped raining, on the contrary the rain is getting heavier!
10:37
NewsOnF1: 
And it is windy as well
10:42
NewsOnF1: 
The latest on the weather front is that is should stop raining in the next 2 minutes!
10:47
NewsOnF1: 
A car is being fired up in the pits!
10:47
NewsOnF1: 
And Riccardo emerges from the pits
10:48
NewsOnF1: 
The rain has eased
10:49
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne also on the track
10:49
NewsOnF1: 
Glock on the track
10:50
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi on the track as well
10:50
NewsOnF1: 
Ricciardo starts a timed lap
10:52
NewsOnF1: 
A 2:14.520 for Ricciardo
10:52
NewsOnF1: 
More drivers head out
10:53
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne goes second with a 2:16.362
10:54
NewsOnF1: 
Ricciardo improves with a 2:13.244
10:55
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi in second now with a 2:13.721
10:56
NewsOnF1: 
Glock in 4th and Petrov in 5th
10:57
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne goes quickest with a 2:13.179
10:59
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi goes quickest with a 2:12.015
11:00
NewsOnF1: 
1st Friday Practice (Wet) - Top 10 after 1 hour
11:01
NewsOnF1: 
Ricciardo now quickest with a 2:12.004
11:02
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado goes quickest with a 2:11.941
11:06
NewsOnF1: 
The track isn't drying!
11:09
NewsOnF1: 
Button goes 11th with a 2:16.861
11:09
NewsOnF1: 
Button goes wide but recovers
11:11
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel, Hamilton and Alonso have yet to set times
11:12
NewsOnF1: 
Kobayashi goes quickest with a 2:11.389
11:13
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado and Webber back on the track
11:14
NewsOnF1: 
1st Friday Practice (Wet) - 1 hr 15 mins
2:11.389
2:11.941
2:12.004
2:12.824
2:13.861
2:13.992
2:15.130
2:15.812
2:16.409
2:16.788
11:15
NewsOnF1: 
Webber goes wide
11:16
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg goes 9th with a 2:15.861
11:19
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg improves to 8th with a 2:15.284
11:19
NewsOnF1: 
Just over 10 minutes remaining
11:20
NewsOnF1: 
Webber goes 5th with a 2:13.191
11:21
NewsOnF1: 
Rosberg goes 7th with a 2:14.210
11:22
NewsOnF1: 
Bottas improves in 8th with a 2:14.660
11:23
NewsOnF1: 
Webber pits. He was actually on intermediates
11:23
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel on a timed lap now on the full wets
11:24
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes 9th with a 2:14.860
11:26
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen goes out but pits again without setting a time
11:26
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher and Hamilton on the track
11:26
NewsOnF1: 
4 minutes remain
11:27
NewsOnF1: 
The rain has returned
11:28
NewsOnF1: 
Looks like neither Ferrari nor Lotus drivers will set times
11:28
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher goes 16th but has a moment at Eau Rouge!
11:29
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton on a timed lap
11:29
NewsOnF1: 
Alonso goes out in the final minute
11:30
NewsOnF1: 
Everyone is on the track in the final minute
11:30
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher goes 10th with a 2:15.402
11:31
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton goes 14th with a 2:16.827
11:31
NewsOnF1: 
Session over
11:33
NewsOnF1: 
Massa stops on the track with smoke coming out of his car
11:33
NewsOnF1: 
Didn't look like an engine failure though
11:34
NewsOnF1: 
1st Friday Practice (Wet) - Top 10
2:11.389
2:11.941
2:12.004
2:12.824
2:13.191
2:13.861
2:14.210
2:14.660
2:14.860
2:15.402
Wet session
11:35
NewsOnF1: 
Most laps by Kobayashi with 20 laps, least laps by Massa with 2 laps
11:36
NewsOnF1: 
Join us in around 2 and a half hours for the second Friday practice session. Hopefully we'll have a dry session
11:37
NewsOnF1: 
For the latest F1 updates, check out the F1 news page, you can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook
13:39
NewsOnF1: 
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