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2014 US Grand Prix Friday - Practice
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Maldonado brings the Lotus into the top 10 in ninth. His team-mate Grosjean is currently slowest of those that have been out.
Vergne is wrestling with his Toro Rosso in the final sector - and the car gets away from him in the final corner, forcing him very wide.
Hamilton had a big snap of oversteer at the end of the backstraight which got him very out of shape.
Hamilton's middle sector was slower, and he aborts the lap and heads for the pits.
Hamilton is now on a better lap than his first effort, but it's slightly off Rosberg's mark so far.
Mercedes, once again, has a big margin over the rest at present. Rosberg is 1.538s clear of third-placed Magnussen.
Vergne thrusts his Toro Rosso up to fifth.
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Rosberg deposes Hamilton from first place with a 1m40.078s lap, 0.537s ahead.
Ricciardo and Kvyat improve to go sixth and seventh ahead of Massa.
Hamilton has gone eight tenths quicker than Rosberg with that lap, but the German is now quicker than his team-mate in sectors one and two.
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Here comes a quicker lap from Hamilton, who does a 1m40.615s.
Ricciardo says he's "having a lot of problems controlling the rear. I'll try a cool-down [lap], but the rear is giving me a hard time".
Further back:
7 Ricciardo
8 Kvyat
9 Vergne
10 Hulkenberg
11 Bottas
12 Perez
13 Gutierrez
14 Sutil
15 Raikkonen
16 Grosjean
17 Maldonado
7 Ricciardo
8 Kvyat
9 Vergne
10 Hulkenberg
11 Bottas
12 Perez
13 Gutierrez
14 Sutil
15 Raikkonen
16 Grosjean
17 Maldonado
With everyone bar Vettel having done a lap, here's how we stand:
1 Hamilton
2 Rosberg
3 Magnussen
4 Button
5 Alonso
6 Massa
1 Hamilton
2 Rosberg
3 Magnussen
4 Button
5 Alonso
6 Massa
Rosberg now puts together a tidier lap and goes second, 0.506s behind Hamilton.
Hamilton cruises around the outside of Turn 1 after setting that fastest time.
Rosberg had been quicker than Hamilton early in their first flying laps before that error.
Prior to Hamilton's lap, Magnussen had briefly taken first with a lap now 0.9s off the pace, but which had been 0.032s up on Button.
Rosberg has a minor lock-up at Turn 13, sending him wide off track at the tight right-hander.
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Hamilton puts together a clean lap and jumps to fastest on a 1m40.993s.
Button is losing his cool on the radio as he's told that one of his messages didn't come through in full. He responds by shouting his feedback a second time regarding how the wind is affecting the car's balance, and signs off with "sort the radio out!".
Still waiting for fully committed laps from the two Mercedes, which are out on track but circulating slowly.
Massa spins at Turn 1, and quickly rejoins.
Alonso splits the McLaren one-two, placing his Ferrari between his potential future employer's cars with a lap 0.6s off Button.
Kvyat moves ahead of Gutierrez into fourth.
Raikkonen's first competitive laptime puts him sixth.
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Button improves the top time to 1m41.945s, eight tenths up on Magnussen.
Gutierrez pops up to fourth for Sauber.
Bottas gets back up to pace and goes third for Williams, 0.4s behind Button.
Magnussen's rear end steps out as he hits the brakes for Turn 1. He misses the apex by a long way, but keeps the McLaren on track.
Grosjean and Maldonado put Lotus fourth and fifth, with Sutil going sixth behind them for Sauber.
Perez is told that his target laptime is a 1m49s. That's around seven seconds slower than Button's P1 time at the moment.
Raikkonen has done several laps but none at full speed. He's 8.6s off the pace.
Hulkenberg goes third for Force India, behind the McLarens and ahead of the Toro Rossos.
It's now a McLaren one-two, as was the case for much of the morning, with Magnussen second, 0.3s behind Button.
More on the wind, this time from Button: "Wind is playing a big part, wind playing a big part."
Raikkonen is told that the wind seems stronger than it was this morning, but in the same direction. Mercedes reveals on Twitter that track temperature has increased by 10 degrees since the end of FP1.
Magnussen, Raikkonen and Hulkenberg have also now exited the pits.
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Grosjean goes briefly second, before Button leaps ahead of Bottas and the Lotus to go quickest on a 1m42.427s.
No free practice session would feel right without an unfortunate Lotus driver hitting trouble. Grosjean gets out of shape through the twisty first sector and runs off track.
By: Pablo Elizalde, Jamie Klein, Ben Anderson, AUTOSPORT staff, Glenn Freeman, Matt Beer
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