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2014 Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix

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

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1st Friday Practice

 
Spanish Grand Prix - 2014 - 1st Friday Practice
(09/05/2014) 
10:00
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Welcome to our coverage of the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix
10:00
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1st Friday Practice gets underway
10:01
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Drivers stream out of the pitlane for their installation laps
10:03
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Weather is sunny with air temperature at 20 degrees while track temperature is at 19 degrees
10:05
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It will be interesting to see which teams have made big steps compared to the others
10:08
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The teams are also testing ways to make the cars noisier with various attachments to the exhaust
10:09
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All drivers have completed their installation laps. Daniel Kvyat set a time of 1:36.471
10:10
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The tyre compounds for this event are the hard and medium compounds
10:16
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The cars are actually louder, not as loud as the V8s but they are louder than before
10:16
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A few drivers head back out
10:18
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Button on a quick lap
10:18
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A 1:30.717 for Button
10:19
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Magnussen quicker
10:19
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Magnussen sets a 1:30.300
10:20
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And now Alonso goes quickest with a 1:29.874
10:21
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Perez has the left side mirror loose! He pits
10:22
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Rosberg goes quickest with a 1:29.623
10:22
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Alonso quick!
10:23
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He goes quickest with a 1:28.770
10:23
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Hamilton quickest in S1
10:24
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Hamilton quickest with a 1:28.028
10:24
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Rosberg goes second with a 1:28.168
10:25
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Vettel has stopped on the track!
10:26
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As Ricciardo goes third with a 1:28.755
10:28
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Raikkonen goes 5th right behind Alonso as Hamilton is flying!
10:29
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He was quickest in S1 and S2 but pits
10:30
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30 minutes into the session and everyone has set a laptime
10:30
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Button goes 5th
10:31
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FP1 - Top 10










10:32
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Vettel's car is being cleared. Vettel is spraying some fire retardant on the back of the car even though there is no visible fire
10:33
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Felipe Nasr is in 7th, he is the Williams test driver replacing Bottas for this session
10:39
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After a short lull in activities, the 2 Lotus cars are back on the track
10:42
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Grosjean goes wide as Maldonado goes 3rd
10:43
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Have Lotus made that big step ?
10:45
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Vergne on the Toro Rosso joins in the action
10:46
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Button on the track as well
10:47
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Vergne goes 9th
10:49
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Vettel's car arrives back in the pits
10:50
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Kvyat goes 6th with a 1:28.792
10:50
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Ricciardo and Alonso are back on the track
10:51
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Button jumps into second with a 1:28.042
10:52
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Alonso quickest in S1
10:52
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He goes 3rd with a 1:28.128 after a poor middle sector
10:53
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Ricciardo goes quickest with a 1:27.973
10:54
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Button goes quickest with a 1:27.891
10:56
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FP1 - Top 10










Vettel has stopped
10:58
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Raikkonen goes 6th with a 1:28.337
11:01
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Sutil goes wide but recovers
11:03
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Van de Garde goes off and narrowly avoids hitting the tyre barrier. He tells the team he has a brake failure
11:04
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Strange that neither Mercedes cars have gone back out
11:05
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The 2 Williams cars haven't gone back out either
11:06
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Looks like some engine problem for Vettel as he heads back to the hospitality area
11:06
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Meanwhile Alonso is doing a long run
11:08
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The 2 Lotus cars are back on the track and so is Ricciardo
11:09
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Alonso pits for a wing change. Probably doing a comparison
11:11
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Only Alonso and Maldonado on the track
11:12
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Alonso pits
11:14
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The 2 Toro Rosso cars head back out
11:16
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And Button heads back out
11:17
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A wing change for Maldonado, again most likely for comparison
11:17
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More drivers head out including Hamilton and Raikkonen
11:18
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FP1 - Top 10










Vettel has stopped
Quickest time in 2013 in FP1: 1:25.252 (Alonso)
11:18
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Just over 10 minutes remaining in the session
11:19
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Hamilton quickest in S1
11:20
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But has a very poor S2
11:20
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Hamilton trying again
11:22
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Quickest in S1 and S2 but has a slow S3
11:22
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Rosberg is out of his car, he isn't going back out this session
11:23
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Massa on a quick lap
11:24
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Massa goes 10th with a 1:28.791
11:25
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Hamilton gets a lap together and goes quickest with a 1:27.109
11:28
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With less than 4 minutes to go, it appears that the Mercedes remains ahead while Red Bull and Ferrari are behind. McLaren and Lotus may have made a big step
11:28
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Hamilton complaining of wear to the rear tyres
11:30
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Hamilton improves slightly in 1st with a 1:27.023
11:30
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Session over
11:31
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FP1 - Top 10









11:33
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Kvyat, Hulkenberg, Vergne, Nasr, Sutil, Bianchi, Grosjean, van der Garde, Chilton, Vettel, Kobayashi and Ericsson make the rest of the field
11:34
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Most laps by Magnussen with 27 then Button with 26. Least laps by Vettel with 4 laps (he stopped early in the session) then Rosberg with 9 laps (he had an ERS issue)
11:35
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Join us for second practice at 14:00 local time (that is 12:00 GMT)
11:36
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