Austrian GP practice and debate

Summary

Vettel fastest in second practice
Hamilton struggling in cool, windy conditions, Button out
Many cars lost control under braking
Get involved & vote: when was F1's best era? #bbcf1
Ferrari boss nearly run over by Massa in FP1

Live Reporting

Jamie Strickland

Thanks and bye for nowpublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
We're done for the day. That was a pretty satisfactory start to the weekend, with cars off left, right and centre and the Mercedes very much under pressure from the Ferraris, which may be fragile but are at least very quick.
We're back with you tomorrow from 09:30 BST, kicking off with third practice and then qualifying from 13:00.
In the meantime, here's another picture of Keke Rosberg.
Truly, the 1980s were wonderful.
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Postpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer
So, people complain about fuel- and tyre-management. But what won best F1 era in BBC vote? The '80s. Go figure.
It had to be, didn't it? Vote resultpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
The votes are in, and I have to say I'm not wholly surprised that the decade that gave us all THIS...
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... has been named the best F1 era by you, esteemed readers.
A convincing 33.5% voted for the 1980s, with the 1990s second (23.3%) and 2000s in third (21.6%).
Thanks for your votes.
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Postpublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Force India on Twitter:, external A solid day of work at the track today, with the rain mercifully staying away. 95 laps on the board for us this afternoon!
FP2 timespublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
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FP2 - 11-20published at 14:33 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
11 Sainz, 12 Kvyat, 13 Ericsson, 14 Bottas, 15 Massa, 16 Alonso, 17 Ricciardo, 18 Button, 19 Stevens, 20 Merhi
FP2 - top 10published at 14:32 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
1 Vettel, 2 Rosberg, 3 Raikkonen, 4 Maldonado, 5 Hamilton, 6 Hulkenberg, 7 Grosjean, 8 Verstappen, 9 Nasr, 10 Sainz
Chequered flagpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
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Postpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter
"They've stopped Alonso going out too to prevent his engine getting damaged. We're not sure if that means Button's engine is damaged, but they're certainly looking like they'll have to remove it. More questions than answers at the end of another bad day."
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Maldonado off at turn threepublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Pastor Maldonado of Lotus has been one of the stars of this session, up in P4, but he cannot escape without a quick run through the scenery.
He locks up into turn three and rumbles through the gravel before rejoining via an escape road.
Teasing us down at Williamspublished at 14:27 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Williams tell Felipe Massa on the radio: "No fuel saving now, flat out to the end."
Oh to hear those words come Sunday afternoon.
Postpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Sauber on Twitter:, external Only 10 minutes remaining in FP2. Marcus went out for another long-run on supersoft tyres.
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#bestf1era - 2000spublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Your final memory-jogger is for the 2000s.
Giancarlo Fisichella has your year-2000 model...
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While the 2009 McLaren of Lewis Hamilton closes out the noughties.
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Get involved - #bestf1erapublished at 14:22 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Oliver George: For me the current era (2010-2014) of F1 is best: It's on TV, it's developing, it's exciting. It's happening now...
Ahmet Douas: Has to be the screaming Honda V12s in 1991. Its amazing to watch videos of Senna and Berger manually downshifting!
Alessandro Martins: 80s - where drivers made the difference. After this decade, the technology changed everything…
Postpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Mercedes on Twitter:, external With 10mins to run, it's practice starts and pit stop rehearsals on the menu for FP2 dessert...
All over down at McLarenpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter
At McLaren: "Game over. Both cars in the garage. They are not telling us much - you can probably assume it's a Honda issue. Nobody left on the pit wall."
Speed trap timespublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
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Postpublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Force India on Twitter: Both drivers out on longer runs so don't expect times to improve, as the clock marks 15 minutes left.
#bestf1era - 1990spublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
The 1990s began like this...
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And bowed out looking rather like this...
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Postpublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 19 June 2015
Formula 1 on Twitter: Plenty of cars have experienced problems on Spielberg's turns today and Roberto Merhi is the latest
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