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2013 Italian Grand Prix Friday practice one
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But back to the present and it's Hamilton up front in the early going. Join us later for all the action from second practice at Monza.
That Ferrari faux pas between the two drivers is small potato compared to the 1993 Friday practice incident at this circuit, when Jean Alesi attempted to move out of the way of team-mate Gerhard Berger approaching Ascari, just as the Austrian was on a hot lap and moving the same way to get past him.
The resulting shunt was enormous and was one of the main headlines for the rest of that particular weekend.
The resulting shunt was enormous and was one of the main headlines for the rest of that particular weekend.
His Sauber team-mate Nico Hulkenberg had a less enjoyable session, struggling on-track before a gearbox problem ended his morning early. He finished just ahead of Charles Pic, who won the battle of the backmarkers.
Perez's early effort ended up good enough for sixth and that will leave the Mexican encouraged. Ditto his countryman Gutierrez, who finished a strong 11th.
Perez is sixth just ahead of McLaren team-mate Jenson Button, with Webber eighth, Maldonado ninth and Vergne rounds out the top 10.
Alonso is second, just 0.035s down on the British driver, with Rosberg third, Vettel fourth and Raikkonen in fifth for Lotus.
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Massa reports: "The light was red so I braked and I stopped after the line, so I don’t know if it’s OK or not." Rob Smedley tells him to stop there and they'll come and get him.
Some mild amusement there at the end of the session, but it's Lewis Hamilton who tops first practice at Monza with a time of 1m25.565s.
Massa was likely set to follow Alonso's example, but the red light came on just as he arrived at the end of the pitlane. The Brazilian stamped on the brake but crossed the white line. He's out the car now.
Alonso heads into the pitlane, and stops at the end to do a practice start. His team-mate Massa nearly runs into him!
The session has ended. Drivers already on a timed lap may complete it.
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89 min: Rosberg is advised by his engineer: “Less apex speed in Turn 8, [Ascari chicane] more kerb to get a better exit.”
88 min: On board with Alonso and the Spaniard backs off exiting the first chicane. Is the Ferrari driver winding up for one final flier?
88 min: Kovalainen has found a turn of speed in the Caterham, improving to a 1m28.192s.
87 min: We then see a replay of Perez skating over the gravel on the exit of the second Lesmo.
86 min: Another mistake at the first chicane for Grosjean. He slightly locks the front right tyre and takes to the escape road.
85 min: No improvement for Raikkonen, but he has gone green yet again in sector one.
84 min: While a host of others are out on track and not improving, Raikkonen sets a personal best in the first sector. His second sector is uninspiring though.
82 min: Vergne moves up the order to ninth position with 1m26.155s, as we see replays of Calado running slightly wide exiting the second Lesmo. He continued without too much problem.
82 min: Make that 20, as Alonso completes another lap. Team-mate Massa has only completed 12 laps in this morning's session.
81 min: According to the timing screens, Alonso's just clocked a 70s first sector. The crowd favourite has 19 laps to his names thus far.
79 min: Hulkenberg's session goes from bad to worse. As he exits his garage to rejoin the session, his Sauber stops halfway down the pitlane. His mechanics are rolling him back now.
78 min: Kovalainen gets his time down to 1m28.839s, but he stays 21st and is still a second behind regular driver Pic.
78 min: James Calado joins the circuit for a final run of laps in the Force India. He is 17th so far after 16 laps, just 0.4s down on di Resta's time.
77 min: Raikkonen has a bit of a wobble through Parabolica and, despite setting a personal best through sector one, doesn't improve this time.
76 min: Kovalainen is posting green sectors but not improving his lap as a whole. He's not moving from his penultimate place on the timing screen.
75 min: Raikkonen is out again in the Lotus. He's still fifth, team-mate Grosjean is 10th and in the pits.
73 min: Vettel also joins the racetrack, while Ricciardo comes into at the end of his second run.
73 min: Gonzalez hits the 20-lap mark in his Marussia. He's slowest on a 1m29.526s.
73 min: Hamilton leaves the garage and he also practices a start from the right-hand side of the pitlane exit, as he heads out onto the circuit.
73 min: Meanwhile, his Ferrari team-mate Alonso is starting another lap having rejoined the action.
72 min: And as we say that, he backs right off in the first sector.
72 min: Massa's been racking up the laps on this run, he's now on his fifth tour. That last lap saw him turn up the wick a touch with a personal best in the final sector.
71 min: Rosberg improves by just over one-tenth of a second with 1m25.784s but he remains in fourth position, behind Hamilton, Alonso and Vettel.
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70 min: Hulkenberg reports: "Problem exit of Turn 1, something in the gearbox." He's told to "come back without shifting".
70 min: Hulkenberg's difficult session continues, he's in the pits now having been stuck in third gear.
69 min: Pic does now move himself up the leaderboard. He's 19th now, winning the Caterham-Marussia battle on a 1m27.818s.
68 min: Hulkenberg keeps it together this time and completes the lap in 1m27.224s. He stays 18th, more than a second behind team-mate Gutierrez.
68 min: Replays coming through of Maldonado's incident and no wonder he came straight back in. He locked his brakes approaching Turn 9 and skated across the grass at high speed.
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68 min: Webber reports: "I think it's important to we make one more lap"
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