Les commentaires instantanés sur le GP du Japon 2017

[Hugues]

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Autosport: Teams will probably want to get cracking quickly when this session starts. It's dry and overcast for now, but rain is forecast. #F1

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F1 Fanatic: First practice for round 16 of the championship at Suzuka is go! #F1 #JapaneseGP https://t.co/VE9ThYHIYd

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Autosport: The session begins, with the Toro Rossos, Sebastian Vettel, Pascal Wehrlein and Jolyon Palmer leading an initial group out. #F1

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Autosport: Already 15 of the 20 cars have headed out of the pitlane. #F1

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Autosport: No Friday testers today. Teams want to give their race drivers maximum milage on this demanding track, so it's 20 familiar faces. #F1

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Autosport: There's a huge aero rake on the side of Carlos Sainz Jr's Toro Rosso, while Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari is well decorated with flow-vis paint.

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Autosport: Everyone has now set out for an installation lap. #F1

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Valtteri Bottas prend la 1ère place en 1:46.041.

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Daniel Ricciardo déloge Valtteri Bottas, pour la 1ère place en 1:32.372.

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Lewis Hamilton déloge Daniel Ricciardo, pour la 1ère place en 1:31.544.

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Autosport: Sainz suggests to Toro Rosso that rain is already coming in. #F1

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F1 Fanatic: The track is busy right away. Most drivers out already, no test drivers running, this could be the only driver practice session. #F1

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Autosport: Lewis Hamilton is already doing flying laps, kicking off with a 1m31.544s on softs. #F1

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Max Verstappen s'approprie la 3ème place en 1:32.883.

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Autosport: Daniel Ricciardo is second to Hamilton on super-softs, 0.828s off. #F1

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Valtteri Bottas en termine et sur la ligne s'octroie le 2ème temps en 1:31.551.

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F1 Fanatic: Hamilton sets the initial pace with a 1'31.544 - that's immediately nine-tenths inside last year's best FP1 time. #F1 #JapaneseGP

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Autosport: Last week's race winner Max Verstappen goes third, half a second down on team-mate Ricciardo. #F1

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Autosport: Valtteri Bottas set the best time so far in sector one, but around the full lap he falls 0.007s shy of Hamilton. #F1

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F1 Fanatic: OK Lewis we are seeing a couple of little drop-outs on the rear wing but we're happy for you to stay out, maximise dry running time. #F1

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Lewis Hamilton améliore son meilleur temps en 1:31.072.

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Autosport: Times so far: 1 Hamilton 1m31.544s; 2 Bottas 0.007s; 3 Ricciardo 0.828s; 4 Verstappen 1.339s #F1

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Daniel Ricciardo améliore son 3ème temps en 1:31.723.

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Autosport: Hamilton goes faster - a 1m31.072s pulls him 0.479s clear. #F1

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Autosport: Ricciardo stays third, but is now within 0.651s of Hamilton. #F1

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F1 Fanatic: Hamilton knocks almost half a second off his best time with a 1'31.072 on softs, that's just four-tenths off last year's pole time. #F1

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Romain Grosjean conquiert le 5ème temps en 1:34.379.

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Max Verstappen en termine et sur la ligne accroche le 2ème temps en 1:31.435.

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Autosport: Verstappen splits the Mercedes to go second, 0.363s behind Hamilton. #F1

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F1 Fanatic: Ricciardo's car running very low approaching Spoon, huge amount of sparks. Verstappen goes second, just 0.363s off Hamilton. #F1 #JapaneseGP

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Kevin Magnussen s'octroie le 5ème temps en 1:34.308.

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F1 Fanatic: Verstappen on super-softs, Hamilton on softs. #F1 #JapaneseGP

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Nico Hulkenberg prend la 5ème place en 1:33.062.

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Autosport: The Haas of Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean put in times, but they're 3s off the pace. #F1

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F1 Fanatic: Bottas: "The upshifts are really slow even though they are already synced." "Strat 12" Bottas: "Stil slow." "OK, go back to strat 11." #F1

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Valtteri Bottas en termine et sur la ligne décroche le meilleur temps en 1:30.517.

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F1 Fanatic: Despite those slow upshifts Bottas goes quickest with a 1'30.517, a tenth inside last year's pole position time. #F1 #JapaneseGP

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Autosport: Bottas popped back to the Mercedes garage for a bit, but rejoins now and goes fastest with a 1m30.517s, 0.555s quicker than Hamilton. #F1

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Sebastian Vettel accroche la 5ème place en 1:32.468.