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Driver of the day ?

Lewis Hamilton
4
33%
Nick Heidfeld
1
8%
Nico Rosberg
1
8%
Fernando Alonso
2
17%
Kazuki Nakajima (DNF)
0
No votes
Sebastien Bourdais (DNF)
3
25%
Kimi Raikkonen (DNF)
0
No votes
Robert Kubica (R)
0
No votes
Rubens Barrichello (DSQ)
1
8%
 
Total votes: 12

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:14 pm

Kubica moves into second, Vettel 4th!

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:15 pm

The 2 Ferraris and Heidfeld yet to set a time

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:16 pm

Heidfeld takes second

Massa takes 3rd

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:17 pm

Raikkonen goes 5th

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:18 pm

Top 8 so far: Kovalainen, Heidfeld, Massa, Kubica, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Vettel and Rosberg.

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:20 pm

Raikkonen is slow. He just makes it into the pit lane

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:25 pm

Session over

Top 10: Kovalainen, Heidfeld, Massa, Kubica, Raikkonen, Rosberg, Barrichello, Coulthard, Trulli and Hamilton

Knocked out: Fisichella, Bourdais, Sutil, Sato, Piquet, Davidson

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:30 pm

Raikkonen will not take part in the 2nd session. He will start from 16th

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:31 pm

2nd qualifying session underway

It is a 15 minute session

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:33 pm

Mark Webber is off!

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:35 pm

Session stopped.

Webber was 5th fastest but it is unlikely to be enough for him to make it into the 3rd session

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:38 pm

Apologies Webber did not set a time in this session so he is out of Q3

Only 2 drivers have set times, Coulthard and Vettel

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:39 pm

Session restarted and Massa is on the track, Heidfeld and Kubica as well

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:41 pm

Massa goes fastest with a 1:25.691

Kubica and Rosberg on flyers!

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Post by Ed » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:41 pm

Kubica fastest! Kovalainen second

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