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2013 Belgian Grand Prix Friday practice two
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49 min: Hamilton gets a better lap and moves up the list to seventh position with 1m50.751s.
47 min: A huge lock-up from Button at the Bus Stop chicane, the Brit lying 11th and clearly not happy.
47 min: Maldonado uses medium tyres and moves up to seventh spot with a time of 1m50.991s.
46 min: Vettel is also back out there. He opts for the medium tyre - the quicker of the two types on offer this weekend.
45 min: Raikkonen improves again, but stays a place behind his Lotus team-mate Grosjean in fourth.
44 min: Raikkonen has quietly made his way up to fourth and sets a best first sector time on the next lap.
44 min: Webber heads out to begin another run on hard tyres.
44 min: He slows down to avoid taking too much life out of the tyre in these early stages.
43 min: Hamilton has backed off considerably on this first effort.
42 min: Bottas heads out to begin his medium tyre run, as Hamilton rounds La Source on his first fast attempt on mediums.
41 min: Hamilton is seventh in the classification with a best time so far of 1m51.180s. He is 1.849s shy of the leading pace.
40 min: Lewis Hamilton heads out for another run and this is medium tyres for the Briton.
40 min: We've been devoid of incident during this session, much like we were for most of the morning running.
39 min: Not a very crowded track right now. Only Grosjean - who pumps in a quick one to go third - Alonso, Gutierrez, van der Garde and Pic are out.
37 min: Interestingly, Vettel pits straight away. No cooling lap followed by another hot attempt for the German.
37 min: ...so is Massa, who says on radio that his balance is off 'everywhere'
36 min: Button is still complaining about the amount of rear grip available to him. Clearly the McLaren is struggling.
35 min: Massa - fourth - gets majorly out of shape coming out of Rivage.
35 min: Webber has pitted the sister car, while Rosberg has recently moved into third place with a time of 1m50.601s. Massa is fourth.
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34 min: Vettel rounds the final chicane and loses a little bit of time, but nevertheless goes fastest with 1m49.331s.
34 min: That is followed by a personal best for Vettel in the second sector of the lap. This is looking conclusive...
33 min: And the answer is coming - Vettel is fastest of all in the first sector with 31.621s.
32 min: Vettel joins the circuit on medium tyres. He will clearly be shooting at Webber's benchmark time.
31 min: The Lotuses haven't shown anything in this session, even though Raikkonen - 11th - has completed more laps than anybody else (12).
30 min: Good lap from Bianchi as he climbs to 19th in the Marussia, half a second clear of van der Garde.
30 min: Rosberg joins the track for another run - this time on medium tyres.
30 min: The Ferraris now lie third and fourth as a result of the Webber lap, Massa ahead of Alonso, but each 1.7s off the pace.
30 min: That lap puts Webber 1.165s clear of team-mate Vettel, with Massa third, Alonso fourth, Hamilton fifth and Sutil in sixth position.
Stopwatch
29 min: The Australian goes fastest of all on medium tyres with a time of 1m49.390s.
29 min: Webber's Red Bull looks good - especially in the change of direction - as he sweeps round the twisty part of the circuit.
28 min: Ricciardo was not able to find any more time on his second hot lap after cooling. Webber is now fastest of all in the first sector on his latest lap.
26 min: Button has reported his McLaren suffering bad oversteer under entry to Les Combes.
26 min: Mark Webber has joined the circuit with the option tyres on his car.
26 min: Ricciardo has cooled his tyres down for a lap and is now on a second effort.
25 min: Interestingly, both Williams drivers are back out there with the harder of the two compounds bolted on.
24 min: Pic is currently slowest as the half-hour point gets closer. Only four cars are on track, Ricciardo, Bottas, Maldonado and Hulkenberg.
24 min: Pic himself reports problems and suggests a forward shift in mechanical balance and a toe change. The former is accepted.
23 min: Bottas heads out to begin his second run, as Ricciardo comes round on his option compound to go seventh with 1m51.447s.
22 min: Hamilton completes his next timed lap and moves up the list to fourth position, with a time of 1m51.180s.
21 min: Medium compound tyres for Ricciardo on this run. He is the first to blink.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Jamie O'Leary
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