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Formula 1 Italian GP

2013 Italian Grand Prix Qualifying

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13 min: Raikkonen, Grosjean, Button and Perez are all out and desperate to improve.
12 min: Vettel comes round and tops the pile with 1m23.977s.
12 min: Webber crosses the line and goes second with a time of 1m24.263s.
11 min: Hamilton and Maldonado are back out there. The former really needs to get a clean lap on the board.
11 min: Work to do for Perez and Grosjean who are 11th and 13th respectively and in the garage at the moment.
11 min: Sutil, di Resta, Perez, Grosjean, Maldonado and Hamilton will be the dropzone order, assuming the Red Bull pair move towards the front.
11 min: Sutil believes he needs fuel for two laps: “I think it’s the second lap. The first lap is very difficult in the first corner.”
10 min: Everyone on track is out there using medium compound tyres.
10 min: Vettel now comes out and this is going to be the late show here from the Red Bull duo.
9 min: Perez is 11th after that run, he stops the clock at 1m25.077s.
9 min: Webber joins the racetrack, leaving Vettel in the garage.
9 min: Button's first real effort is a 1m24.937s. Still time to gain based on his previous pace, but he slots in ninth for now.
8 min: Rosberg also skirts the edge of the track limits at the Parabolica exit. He does complete the lap and goes second to Alonso with 1m24.538s.
8 min: Perez is now on track and getting ready for his first flier.
8 min: Button reports: "Oversteer into Turn 4. Can you look into that please?"
8 min: Button's winding up for a big effort, his first lap was again slower. 1m32.220s for the Brit.
8 min: Hulkenberg says: “At Parabolica the rear-end is on the loose side.”
7 min: Grosjean has a tidier second lap and is ninth on a 1m25.133s.
7 min: Hamilton had completed one lap in the 1m30s bracket and was just completing his first quick lap, when he made that error.
7 min: Raikkonen improves on his second flier and goes fourth on a 1m24.824s.
7 min: Replays of Hamilton who ran wide exiting Parabolica. He took a wild ride through the end of the gravel trap and pitted immediately.
6 min: Still no move just yet from the Red Bull duo or Sergio Perez.
5 min: His first effort, as a result, is a slow 1m29.809s. Team-mate Raikkonen is fourth on a 1m25.005s.
5 min: A slow first sector for Grosjean as he botches the first corner, locks up heavily and clouts a sleeping policeman as he runs wide.
5 min: Ricciardo is straight back into the pits after one timed lap.
5 min: Alonso is told: “We have two laps of fuel, we target the first one.”
4 min: Hamilton, Rosberg and Sutil are on track. Everyone on medium compound tyres.
4 min: Hulkenberg, quickest of anyone in the middle and final sectors, goes an impressive second on his first run. 1m24.846s for the Sauber.
4 min: Maldonado's opening effort in Q2 is 1m29.540s as he works on building his pace.
3 min: The two Ferraris get involved in Q2 for the first time.
3 min: Di Resta comes through slightly slower than the Australian, with 1m25.077s.
3 min: Ricciardo gets the ball rolling with 1m24.746s.

By: Emlyn Hughes, Scott Mitchell, Charles Bradley

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