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2013 Singapore Grand Prix Saturday practice
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25 min: Vergne briefly moves into second with a time of 1m48.143s.
24 min: Button's McLaren and Massa's Ferrari are also on circuit.
24 min: Hamilton, Rosberg and Vettel are all on track. Rosberg is about to complete his first timed lap of the day.
24 min: Raikkonen now pits, after a brief bit of Williams-induced on-track anger. The two Saubers are also in.
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23 min: Chilton complains: “I just have understeer and no rear-end grip on exit or traction.”
22 min: Perez is now on track in his McLaren.
22 min: Hulkenberg's understeer isn't holding him back too much. He improves to second on a 1m48.185s.
22 min: Bottas has completed a second hot lap after coolling the compound. He is back into second briefly with 1m48.288s.
21 min: Raikkonen's backed off on this lap, as Grosjean brings the other Lotus into the fray.
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21 min: Hulkenberg reports he “Still has too much understeer in the car” but his ride quality is “Quite good.”
21 min: Paul di Resta spun the Force India losing around six seconds. He was able to recover without damage and get going again.
21 min: Replays show Gutierrez has a huge lock-up at Turn 14 and is lucky to gather it all up.
20 min: Raikkonen falls short of usurping the Toro Rosso driver. 1m48.393s after only setting a personal best in sector three.
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19 min: Ricciardo rounds the final corner and he goes quickest so far with a lap of 1m48.001s.
19 min: Chilton reduces the gap to his team-mate to just a couple of tenths, to go 11th. Raikkonen goes purple in the first and second sectors.
18 min: Bianchi does indeed improve, to a 1m51.877s, but he's still a fair way off the Caterhams.
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18 min: Pic reports: “Too much rearwards on mechanical balance. Can we go back on the front bar?”
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18 min: Maldonado briefly holds the top spot for Williams with a time of 1m48.592s.
18 min: Hulkenberg's second lap is much tidier, and he goes second with a time of 1m48.607s.
18 min: Chilton improves to a 1m54.429s, while Bianchi is about to set a personal best lap.
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17 min: Bottas takes over at the head of the list with a lap of 1m48.933s.
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17 min: Sutil is told to drop back from Bianchi for another run but replies: “I think it’s a waste of time because the car is much worse”
17 min: Raikkonen splits Bianchi and Hulkenberg with an unspectacular 1m52.224s.
16 min: Ricciardo, Bottas, Maldonado and Vergne are all out on the circuit following the post-installation data analysis.
16 min: Replays show Hulkenberg having a bit of a wild moment at Turn 9 en route to a tardy 1m56.218s.
16 min: So we have a Force India one-two for the moment, with Gutierrez into third, van der Garde fourth, Pic fifth and Bianchi in sixth spot.
15 min: Gutierrez goes third on his first attempt at a flying lap, half a second down on the Force Indias with a 1m50.095s.
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15 min: No installation lap for di Resta today. He is straight into a run and he immediately tops the pile with a time of 1m49.572s.
15 min: Bianchi crosses the line in 1m52.055s, followed soon after by Chilton who slots in behind his team-mate on a 1m57.666s.
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14 min: Sutil is faster than the Caterham duo in the first and second sectors. He rounds the final corner and retakes the top spot with 1m50.057s.
14 min: Raikkonen and Hulkenberg are winding themselves up for a flier as the latter's Sauber team-mate starts his.
14 min: Sutil reports that he is locking the fronts a ot. The response from his engineer is to go rearwards, but Sutil had already anticipated that and had adjusted the brake bias.
The German's race engineer's next plan of attack is to get Adrian to change the torque setting.
The German's race engineer's next plan of attack is to get Adrian to change the torque setting.
13 min: Pic is enjoying this "one slow lap, one quick lap" tactic. He improves his time to a 1m51.198s.
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13 min: Sutil complains: “I got a lot of front locking.”
13 min: Bianchi has continued and begins his first flying lap, as does Chilton.
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11 min: Vettel’s engineer tells him: “We need a couple of hard stops to break the new brake materials in.”
11 min: Vettel completed that second lap and has just been wheeled into the Red Bull garage. Di Resta now on the circuit.
11 min: They are swiftly joined by Gutierrez's Sauber.
11 min: The Marussias of Bianchi and Chilton emerge and join the fun.
11 min: Sutil is on another attempt after a cooling lap, although he backs off in the final sector and does not improve. He remains in second behind van der Garde.
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