Start of session delayedpublished at 06:58 British Summer Time 7 April 2017Breaking
Start of the second practice delayed. Once again, the medical helicopter is unable to operate.
Summary
No running in second practice - medical helicopter unable to fly in bad weather
First practice also disrupted
Start of session delayedpublished at 06:58 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Postpublished at 06:53 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
It is still misty in Shanghai but just how misty it is at the local hospital is the important factor. If it is bad there and the medical helicopter cannot get there safely, then we could have more waiting about again until it lifts.
Postpublished at 06:51 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Postpublished at 06:50 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Right, second practice (hopefully!) gets under way at 07:00 BST and there will be live BBC Radio 5 live sports extra commentary from five minutes before.
Get involved #bbcf1published at 06:49 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Malaysian Grand Prix off the calendar and two European ones added to it. What's you feelings about that? Let us know via #bbcf1, external
Get involved #bbcf1published at 06:46 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Mad Pauly: No more Malaysian GP after this year. Shame it wasn't somewhere like Bahrain, Baku or China that was dropped.
No more Malaysian GPpublished at 06:45 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
BreakingSome early morning news - this year's Malaysian Grand Prix will be the last after 19 years on the calendar.
“It’s always sad to say goodbye to a member of the Formula 1 family,” said Sean Bratches, managing director of Formula 1 commercial operations. “Over nearly two decades, the Malaysian Formula 1 fans have proven themselves to be some of the sport’s most passionate supporters.
“We will have 21 exciting events to look forward to in the 2018 calendar, with the additions of the French and German races."
Image source, .Image caption, The first Malaysian Grand Prix was in 1999
Postpublished at 06:41 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Or maybe this is more accurate?
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Image source, Getty ImagesIn the 17 minutes of track time that was managed we did get to see McLaren's new T wing.
Looks like a paperclip to me...
Image source, .First practice recappublished at 06:37 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writerPractice started on time on a damp track under smoggy, grey, misty skies but was red-flagged after just five minutes.
There was a 45-minute delay before the cars were sent out again, only for the session to be stopped again after less than 15 minutes. In that time, both Haas drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen spun at Turn 10 and were able to continue, before Renault's Nico Hulkenberg spun into the gravel at Turn Two.
A virtual safety car period was started to recover the Renault but the session was stopped before that could even be completed.
Image source, Getty ImagesVerstappen set a best time of one minute 50.491 seconds, 1.5secs quicker than Felipe Massa's Williams in second place. The Brazilian was 0.5secs quicker than team-mate Lance Stroll in third.
Only 14 drivers set a time and championship leaders Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes were not among them.
Postpublished at 06:34 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Yes, fog/smog/whatever you want to call it meant pretty much 90% of the session was suspended because the medical helicopter could not fly due to poor visibility. If the chopper can't take off, the cars can't go out for safety reasons.
That resulted in lots of this...
Image source, Getty ImagesAnd not a lot of this...
Image source, Getty ImagesWhat did you miss?published at 06:31 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Hello!
Just waking up in the UK? Want to know what you missed in first practice? Well go get a cup of a coffee and sit down because there's absolutely loads to fill you in on, where do I even begin?
Nah, just kidding. Pretty much nothing happened because of this...
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What did we learn from that? Not a lot is the long and short of it.
Hopefully the fog lifts for second practice, which starts at 07:00 BST. Join us again for build up from 06:30.
See you then!
Postpublished at 04:32 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
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Fourteen drivers managed to get a timed lap in in the 15 minutes or so we had of proper running.
1) Verstappen (1:50.491) 2) Massa 3) Stroll 4) Sainz 5) Grosjean 6) Kvyat 7) Alonso 8) Ricciardo 9) Bottas 10) MAgnussen
11) Hulkenberg 12) Vandoorne 13) Ericsson 14) Giovinazzi
Postpublished at 04:28 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Postpublished at 04:28 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analystFrustrating for the teams because it compresses their programme for second practice.
Postpublished at 04:26 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
That's it then.
Max Verstappen finishes the session fastest, for what it is worth.
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SESSION WILL NOT BE RESTARTED
Postpublished at 04:25 British Summer Time 7 April 2017
Lewis Hamilton has abandoned sitting in his car and has opted to stretch his legs, Felipe Massa zips up his coat over his race overalls. With five minutes to go, the drivers appear to be resigning themselves to the session not restarting.