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Abu Dhabi GP
2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Friday practice one
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37 min: Meantime, Bottas has taken over at the front with a time of 1m46.085s.
37 min: Raikkonen, Grosjean, Kovalainen and Kobayashi all set off as teams finally think the time is right for some early outings.
37 min: Hulkenberg completed one lap, came back into the pits and reported that his seat was getting very hot. The team quickly checked his cockpit over and sent him back out.
35 min: At his first attempt, Bottas is half-a-second quicker than Maldonado, clocking 1m47.308s to go second, behind Vergne.
35 min: Perez joins the order in fourth fastest with a 1m48.731s tour.
34 min: Maldonado slots into second spot at the completion of his first effort - 1m47.847s.
33 min: Vergne completes his third timed lap in 1m46.708s, finding four-tenths of a second that time round.
31 min: Perez is now heading out for a run in his Sauber.
31 min: Bottas joins Maldonado on track and several drivers are moving towards their cars now.
31 min: Vergne lowers his mark to 1m47.117s as he continues with this first serious run of laps.
30 min: Pastor Maldonado is on track for Williams, with Vergne on his way to a much better time.
29 min: The Frenchman comes through in 1m48.885s to at least give the pack something to aim at.
27 min: Vergne crosses the start-finish line and begins a timed lap.
26 min: Jean-Eric Vergne heads out for a run in the Toro Rosso.
25 min: Chilton is being asked to hit the rev limiter in his Marussia as he heads out for another series of tests.
24 min: The circuit is empty for the time being, with only two timed recorded and 24 minutes of the session gone.
24 min: Just one tour for the young German and he returns to the pitlane.
23 min: With the wiring changed on his Force India, Hulkenberg is out there for a run.
23 min: It's a battle to be slowest as the test drivers complete checks. Hua also comes round in 2m27s, slotting in four-tenths behind Chilton.
21 min: Track temperature continues to climb and is up to 45 degrees Celsius. That is possibly a record for a Formula 1 track session at this venue.
20 min: Hua is heard running up and down through the gears as he works through some checks.
19 min: Hua crosses the start-finish line and begins what should be his first timed lap of the session, as he gathers data for the team.
18 min: A 2m27.380s lap is recorded by Chilton as he tours around to complete the test programme.
17 min: Ma Qing Hua joins the circuit for an early run in the HRT.
16 min: Hulkenberg is advised over the team radio that there will be a delay of around six minutes, while the mechanics change some wiring.
16 min: Chilton is working on aerodynamic testing for Marussia with some constant-speed tests down the long straights.
14 min: Mark Webber is watching carefully, as the mechanics continue to fettle his RB8, in preparation for a run on the circuit once the track has cleaned up a little.
13 min: Alonso is sent out to test the new Ferrari parts while Chilton is also starting his first proper run in the Marussia.
11 min: Once they are happy that all is okay, they will signal to the respective race engineers for each car that it is fine to continue with the planned programme.
11 min: Ferrari mechanics tweak Alonso's car as the team deploy a range of updates to see if the gap to Red Bull can be closed.
10 min: In the back of the garages, telemetry analysts are examining the data following these important checking runs.
10 min: Glock is ready to return to the track in his Marussia.
10 min: Plenty of initial work going on around Webber's machine, as the team pick the bones out of the installation run. All routine of course.
9 min: Schumacher emerges to begin his third tour in the Mercedes.
8 min: Kovalainen completes a second lap with his Caterham, which features extensive updates this weekend.
8 min: Schumacher and Rosberg have completed a similar installation run to the Red Bull pair - two laps split with a pitlane run-through.
7 min: Kobayashi is the last man to head out for a checking lap today.
7 min: Red Bull drivers Vettel and Webber complete their second single tour and come back into the pits.
7 min: Teams will be keen to properly check over the machines after this installation period following a hurried relocation from India last weekend
5 min: Massa has continued into a second lap in his Ferrari.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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