Monza: Take twopublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 2 September 2016
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Welcome back to coverage of Friday's action - second practice is looming.
Summary
Hamilton fastest in second practice
Verstappen warned about driving
Monza seals Italian GP future
Mercedes top in first practice, Button and Verstappen test halo device
Monza: Take twopublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 2 September 2016
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Well, that'll do for now from a steady morning of practice.
Maybe we can turn it up a notch this afternoon?
I'll be back at 12:30 BST, the BBC Radio 5 live chaps are with you from 12:55 BST and the action starts at 13:00 BST.
Until then, comfort yourself with the words of our chief F1 writer Andrew Benson, reflecting on that first session.
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It's a Ferrari three-four on their home track, with Kimi Raikkonen - a second down on the Mercedes - three tenths quicker than team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
The Red Bull's of Max Verstappn and Daniel Ricciardo are down in eighth and ninth respectively, which won't impress Christian Horner.
And a shout out for Force India reserve driver Alfonso Celis, who finished in P12, nine tenths down on team-mate Sergio Perez.
Image source, Getty ImagesRosberg tops first practicepublished at 10:33 British Summer Time 2 September 2016
Nico Rosberg is quickest in first practice, 0.2secs quicker than team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
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Sergio Perez has a go at breaking the Ferrari P4-P5 occupation but stays half a second short.
Lewis Hamilton repeats his trick of going straight on at the second chicane - he's still finding out the limits.
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The flag drops and there's half a dozen or so cars still out there.
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Lewis Hamilton will struggle to beat Nico Rosberg's time if he keeps driving off the track - that's exactly what he's just done at the second chicane.
It's become a theme of practice sessions for Hamilton to push the track limits and come a cropper. It seems to work though, get all the mistakes and experimenting out of the system early in the weekend.
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Fernando Alonso's McLaren has an issue, you'll be stunned to hear.
The Spaniard reports a gearbox issue and he splutters towards the garage.
"Just drive slowly. You can still shift but drive slowly," comes the team radio message.
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Sebastian Vettel complains of traffic - it's not hard to see why with all but three cars out on the Monza track.
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Kimi Raikkonen has given the hoards of Ferrari fans something to get happy about by jumping up to third, closely followed by team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
Raikkonen is more than a second behind the Mercedes duo, which could be mildly ominous.
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Lots of yellow-edged soft tyres out on track right now, which are slower than the super-softs, but Nico Rosberg's session-leading lap was set on the softs.
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Ten minutes left of first practice.
If we were to describe its excitement level, it's probably on a par with thinking you've lost your keys but finding them in your pocket four seconds later.
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Sun hats are optional...
Banking on itpublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 2 September 2016
'Most difficult race for us'published at 10:15 British Summer Time 2 September 2016
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer at Monza
Image source, Getty ImagesMcLaren announced back in January that they had recruited VW motorsport boss Jost Capito as the new chief executive officer of McLaren Racing - and this weekend, just the eight months or so later, the German has finally officially started his new job.
It does not promise to be the easiest of starts, with Fernando Alonso expecting “the most difficult race of the year for us”.
The Spaniard added: “Despite the recent progress we are still struggling here a lot. From Singapore onwards, we will enjoy the coming races because the car is capable to be in the points every race and both cars in Q3. Here, being in the points will be completely unexpected.”
People were expecting a strong showing from McLaren in Singapore - where the number of corners will help them, and where Alonso in particularly is mighty. But he said he was expecting things elsewhere, too.
“Not only Singapore - Suzuka, Austin and especially Abu Dhabi will be very good. Even last year we expected a lot in Singapore but we were OK but not as good as Austin and Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi was very strong for us last year. Let’s try to be just behind Red Bull (in those races).”
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Little change at the top of the time chart. The Mercedes still lead the way.
Valtteri Bottas has usurped Kimi Raikkonen in P5, while Bottas' Williams team-mate is drifting down in 17th - but his session has been disturbed by a turbo booster issue.
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Ohhh, pretty colours.
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Jose A. Hernandez: My #MassaMemory, the 2011 #SingaporeGP & Massa going up 2 Hamilton & saying “Good job, man” & Hamilton replies “Don’t touch me, man”!
Renaat Dasseville: The emotions Massa's dad went through on that final lap op the 2008 Brasilian GP... Maybe Felipe deserved the drivers' championship
Munro Malcolm Gow: Met him in my store 1 night. Talked classic races, footy and movies for 30mins. True gent and will be missed in F1
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Almost as if I planned it - which I definitely did not do - Nico Rosberg goes quickest moments after we hear from his discussing tyres.
He's set a 1:22.9 - 0.2secs quicker than Lewis Hamilton.
It's on a set of soft yres, on case you were interested.
There's 26 minutes left.
Image source, Getty Images'Super-soft a bit saturated'published at 10:00 British Summer Time 2 September 2016
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer at Monza
Image source, ReutersTyres were a big talking point in Spa, with many drivers complaining of the high minimum pressures set by Pirelli. The super-soft tyre brought the field together in qualifying and Nico Rosberg expects a similar situation here.
“It’s easier on the tyres,” the German said. “We’re expecting two-stop, one-stop, so easier but we are expecting it to be close in qualifying again. The super-soft is a bit saturated and all the teams just close up.”