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2014 Malaysian Grand Prix Saturday - Qualifying
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Still waiting for a lap from Massa.
Vergne takes 10th from team-mate Kvyat.
The Russian rookie knocks Gutierrez out.
Vettel snags second place right at the end with a 1m59.399.
Kvyat makes it into the top 10 in 10th!
Bottas takes 12th, he'll miss Q3.
Grosjean on a slow one too, he looks done. Currently 12th.
Perez is on a slow lap, so he's out.
Gutierrez takes 10th, knocking Perez out.
Button goes from 10th to eighth.
Perez was on course to improve from ninth until a mistake at the final hairpin.
Raikkonen and Magnussen still in the pits, they're sticking with their current times.
Two minutes left, here's the order in the key area:
6 Alonso, 7 Raikkonen, 8 Magnussen, 9 Perez, 10 Button, 11 Grosjean, 12 Gutierrez, 13 Massa, 14 Vergne, 15 Kvyat, 16 Bottas
6 Alonso, 7 Raikkonen, 8 Magnussen, 9 Perez, 10 Button, 11 Grosjean, 12 Gutierrez, 13 Massa, 14 Vergne, 15 Kvyat, 16 Bottas
Rosberg moves into second with a 1m59.445s.
Massa also tried intermediates but has given up on them. Both Williams now on wets.
Magnussen lost it at the last corner and spun into the gravel, pretty much taking him into the pitlane, so he headed for the garage.
Crash
Magnussen slides into the gravel. He's currently eighth. He keeps going and makes it into the pits.
Raikkonen then improves from 10th to seventh.
Button brings himself up to ninth with four minutes to go.
Button on a better lap, he's currently 13th but set to improve.
Vettel goes to second, 0.4s off Hamilton. Rosberg on a quick lap.
Bottas improves his time but is 16th and still 6.2s off.
Order:
1 Hamilton
2 Ricciardo
3 Rosberg
4 Vettel
5 Hulkenberg
6 Alonso
7 Magnussen
8 Perez
9 Raikkonen
10 Grosjean
11 Gutierrez
12 Massa
13 Button
14 Kvyat
15 Bottas
16 Vergne
1 Hamilton
2 Ricciardo
3 Rosberg
4 Vettel
5 Hulkenberg
6 Alonso
7 Magnussen
8 Perez
9 Raikkonen
10 Grosjean
11 Gutierrez
12 Massa
13 Button
14 Kvyat
15 Bottas
16 Vergne
Alonso's repaired Ferrari takes sixth.
Bottas's lap on inters puts him 14th, 9s off the pace.
Vettel and Hulkenberg up for fourth and fifth.
Ricciardo goes second for Red Bull, seven tenths off Hamilton.
Perez puts the Force India fourth.
Magnussen, Raikkonen, Gutierrez slot into third, fourth and fifth.
Rosberg is a second slower than Hamilton in second place on a 2m00.407s.
Stopwatch
Hamilton puts in a 1m59.419s, 2s off the Q1 pace on a less soaked track.
The Kvyat/Alonso incident will be investigated after qualifying.
Hamilton on course to set the provisional fastest time right now.
But Bottas is one and a half seconds off the early pace in sector one.
Bottas appears happy enough with intermediates, he's staying out for a flying lap.
Great stuff from Ferrari, Alonso rejoins. Le Mans standard.
Bottas is giving intermediates a go now.
Back to green, 12m46s on the clock.
Ferrari team are working hard to try and get Alonso back out. Racing the clock now.
Either way, restart will be in one minute.
By: Scott Mitchell, Edd Straw, Ben Anderson, Andrew van Leeuwen, Jonathan Noble, Pablo Elizalde
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