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2013 German Grand Prix Friday practice two
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14 min: Grosjean did not like the balance of his Lotus in that run. Tyre pressures too high apparently.
13 min: Vettel rounds the final corner and he makes it a Red Bull one-two now with a lap of 1m32.428s - 0.638s down on Webber.
13 min: Raikkonen and Hulkenberg also back in the pits now, Pic is again fastest of the backmarkers, narrowly clear of Caterham team-mate van der Garde.
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12 min: Yes, Webber takes the benchmark further away with a time of 1m31.790s.
12 min: Grosjean is back in the pits having set the third quickest time during a six-lap run in his Lotus.
12 min: Webber is fastest through the first two sectors and looks set to move this thing forward considerably...
11 min: Webber is going quick again and is fastest of all through the first sector.
11 min: Button also struggling with the same issue as Massa in his McLaren.
11 min: Hamilton completes a better lap and he moves up to second spot with 1m32.749s.
10 min: Rosberg is finally out there and he has just started his first timed lap.
10 min: Massa has a big front-right lock-up at Turn 1 in his Ferrari. Needs a brake-bias adjustment there.
9 min: Kimi Raikkonen is suffering a radio issue on his Lotus.
9 min: Sutil is another man on the move and he is up in third with 1m33.284s.
9 min: Grosjean goes second fastest for Lotus: 1m33.020s.
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9 min: Webber takes the top time away with his first timed lap of the session - 1m32.333s.
9 min: Di Resta moves up the order to fourth with 1m33.704s, but only briefly.
8 min: Vettel starts his first timed lap, but Webber is already quickest through the first sector on his first effort at a time.
8 min: Gutierrez is a tenth up on Sauber team-mate Hulkenberg after four laps. They round out the top six at present.
8 min: Ricciardo completes another tour and he moves into fourth place with 1m34.002s.
7 min: Hamilton's opening effort is 1m39.494s but that lap featured a wide run through the first corner. He goes again.
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7 min: Raikkonen now fastest for Lotus with a 1m33.537s best. Dumps Button to second by a tenth.
7 min: Vergne moves into fourth spot with a lap of 1m34.045s in the Toro Rosso.
6 min: Alonso is 11th fastest with his first proper flying lap of the weekend.
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6 min: Button goes fastest for McLaren with a 1m33.646s.
6 min: Hamilton is already on track and he crosses the line to start a timed lap.
5 min: Alonso back in action in FP2, after electrical issues with his engine in the first session.
5 min: Webber is now on the circuit, leaving Vettel and Rosberg as the last two drivers in the pits.
5 min: Maldonado slots into fifth spot with his opening effort - 1m35.534s.
5 min: Hulkenberg is second, just 0.022s shy of Grosjean's Lotus.
5 min: Ricciardo takes third away from the Finn with a lap of 1m34.817s.
4 min: Bottas moves into third position with a time of 1m35.055s.
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4 min: Grosjean immediately leaps to the top with a 1m34.342s.
4 min: Di Resta and Hamilton have joined the racetrack for a run.
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3 min: Chilton sets a 1m36.542s to kick us off.
2 min: Chilton, Hulkenberg, Gutierrez, Raikkonen, Grosjean, Bianchi, van der Garde all out on track.
2 min: The drivers will tend to work through a run of between six and eight laps straight out of the box here, as Sutil joins the fray.
1 min: Bottas and Ricciardo join the racetrack, followed by Maldonado and Vergne.
0 min: Jules Bianchi is back in the #22 Marussia for FP2, in place of Rodolfo Gonzalez.
0 min: The practice session is underway.
Pirelli says teams cannot swap tyres left to right any longer because it causes rubbing with sharp edges on the metal belts, leading to blowouts.
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