Summary
Hamilton out with car problem in second practice
Rosberg fastest, Grosjean destroys rear wing
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Verstappen top in first practice as Rosberg crashes into wall
Vettel & Alonso brush wall, Hamilton tests halo
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Daniel Ricciardo is 0.4 seconds down on Nico Rosberg as he goes fourth quickest.
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Romain Grosjean tip toes his way around the track with what remains of his rear wing wobbling about.
"The rear wing is gone but even before something was not right," he says.
Meanwhile, Daniel Ricciardo has finally emerged for his ultrasofts run.
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There could be some more sweary radio incoming as Romain Grosjean loses the rear end of his Haas and spins into the wall at the final corner. He is able to recover and get back on his way, minus a large amount of his rear wing which is now embedded in the barrier.
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Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystMcLaren will be looking to build on performances in recent races but this is a track with very different characteristics and it will be interesting to see if they can build on the momentum from Spa and Monza.
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Fernando Alonso is just about to start his flying lap on the ultrasofts.
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Lewis Hamilton is having some real trouble keeping within track limits in this session. He's had a couple of offs and we haven't seen what he is truly capable of on those ultrasofts. He's currently sixth.
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Grosjean's groaning. "What's going on? The brakes are inconsistent as BEEP."
Loves a swear word does that lad.
He's currently 19th, having done a 1:48.39 on ultrasofts.
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Still waiting to see what Lewis Hamilton has got on the ultrasofts. He has struggled to get in a clean lap on that compound so far.
Meanwhile, Max Verstappen is third quickest, four tenths down on Nico Rosberg. Daniel Ricciardo is still in the pits.
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Looks like Sebastian Vettel lost time somewhere on his lap as his Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen finds much more on his first ultrasoft run, clocking 1:44.427.
The Finn's stay at the top of the timesheet is brief as Nico Rosberg goes quickest with 1:44.125.
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Sebastian Vettel crosses the line to go quickest with 1:45.266. That's only 0.009s faster than the time Lewis Hamilton set on the super softs.
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There's more and more purple out on the track now as drivers switch their prep focus to qualifying. Sebastian Vettel is the first of the front runners to emerge on the fastest of the compounds. Let's see what he's got...
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All about the Estebans at the moment as Gutierrez also pops out with ultrasofts on.
I tell you something, Esteban Ocon is having a bit of trouble on the quicker compound at the moment, sliding all over the place. He gives the wall a proper wallop coming into Turn 20, and then side swipes a barrier soon after.
Gets away with it, though.
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Everyone is back in the pits apart from Esteban Ocon, who is the first to whack on ultrasofts in this session.