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2013 Italian Grand Prix Friday practice one
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30 min: Button requests a wing-flap change: “We need to go down on the front wing, very oversteery in Ascari and Parabolica.”
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30 min: Perez goes quickest on a 1m27.238s.
29 min: Signs of movement elsewhere, as Bottas and Rosberg are getting ready and moving towards their mounts.
29 min: Button's backed off, but Perez is pushing. He's quickest in sector one on this flier.
28 min: Chilton splits his compatriot and his team-mate on a 1m29.075s before Perez sets a 1m27.899s.
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28 min: Button improves on a 1m27.715s, while Gonzales has set a 1m29.075s.
27 min: Gutierrez is back on the circuit now too.
27 min: His team-mate Perez has also joined in the fun, and has started a lap.
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26 min: Button crosses the line and stops the clock at 1m29.494s for a new session benchmark.
25 min: Chilton makes it both Marussias on track.
25 min: Button completes his out lap and crosses the line to start a lap on the hard tyre. He's purple in sector one.
24 min: Gonzalez improves again to a 1m30.277s, on his sixth lap in the session.
23 min: Button doubles the number of cars on track, joining the action in his McLaren.
23 min: Across the other side of the garage, Webber is in deep conversation with one of the Red Bull engineers.
22 min: Two purple sectors for Gonzalez as he continues to push. He improves to a 1m30.795s.
22 min: Vettel is quite content to take a sip from his drink at the back of the garage, while the mechanics continue to fettle his car.
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21 min: He continues to cross the line. 1m34.918s for the Marussia driver is the first timed lap of the session.
20 min: Two personal bests for Gonzalez on this effort, could this be the first flier? He's approaching Parabolica now...
19 min: Gonzalez picks up the baton though and continues to start another lap.
19 min: Gutierrez returns to the pits again, and this time he's wheeled back into his garage. No times yet.
18 min: Gonzalez joins the Mexican on the circuit in his Marussia.
17 min: Race control is quick to remind the teams via its communication system that practice starts must be carried out before the end of the pitwall on the left. Naughty, naughty...
17 min: Hard tyre-shod Gutierrez now rounds Parabolica and starts another lap. Will we see the first time of the session now?
16 min: Rosberg also returns to the pits at the end of the lap leaving Gutierrez out there on his own.
16 min: Gutierrez continues through to the end of the pitlane for a practice start. Done, and he's on his way again.
15 min: Vettel returns to the pits in the Red Bull and he is in to stay for a while.
15 min: The Sauber of Gutierrez rounds Parabolica but peels into the pits once more.
14 min: Engineer Rocquelin gives his driver plenty of instructions for the second lap, as Rosberg heads back out in the Mercedes.
14 min: Gutierrez heads back out on to the circuit.
13 min: Alonso sits very calm in the Ferrari garage. Flo-vis paint was visible on his team-mate Massa's rear wing on his installation lap.
13 min: Vettel crawls through the pitlane to the end. He practices a start and rejoins the circuit for a second tour.
11 min: The inevitable lull while that takes place offers a chance to read James Hunt's harrowing account of the 1978 Monza crash that claimed Ronnie Peterson's life, and his efforts to save the Lotus racer.
James Hunt's diary: A black day at Monza
James Hunt's diary: A black day at Monza
11 min: Vettel is the final driver to join the circuit this morning.
10 min: Once the telemetry analysts are satisfied that all is okay, they will signal to each race engineer that it is fine to continue with the morning programme.
9 min: Widespread data analysis taking place in the pitlane now after that raft of installation runs.
8 min: A wave to the crowd from Alonso, who is back into the pits.
8 min: And Raikkonen brings his Lotus into the pits at the end of his second lap.
7 min: Alonso is now on track, and the Tifosi are on their feet.
7 min: Webber rounds the Parabolica and veers right into the pitlane. He is wheeled into the garage.
6 min: Kimi Raikkonen has stayed out for a second tour of the circuit.
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