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Driver of the day ?

Felipe Massa
7
88%
Lewis Hamilton
0
No votes
Robert Kubica
0
No votes
Heikki Kovalainen
0
No votes
Jarno Trulli
0
No votes
Sebastian Vettel
1
13%
Timo Glock
0
No votes
Nico Rosberg
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 8

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:31 pm

Massa goes fastest with a 1:40.654! He gets all sectors right this time!

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:32 pm

Session over but Vettel responds to Massa and goes fastest with a 1:40.496!

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:34 pm

Top 8: Vettel, Massa, Hamilton, Bourdais, Kovalainen, Kubica, Raikkonen, and Nakajima

Full results

Position Driver Team Best Lap/Gap Laps
1 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:40.496 29
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0.158 27
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0.326 21
4 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 0.603 31
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 0.667 23
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 0.785 24
7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0.821 27
8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0.833 26
9 Fernando Alonso Renault 0.889 31
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1.210 22
11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1.334 27
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1.434 27
13 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1.455 23
14 Timo Glock Toyota 1.540 27
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1.611 32
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1.957 23
17 Jenson Button Honda 1.964 29
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 2.579 25
19 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 2.816 23
20 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 3.028 24

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:14 pm

Second Friday practice underway. Track temperature is at 43 degrees while air temperature is 31 degrees

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:16 pm

Currently Hamilton is fastest ahead of Bourdais and Massa. Sutil is 4th

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:21 pm

Kimi Raikkonen moves into second with a 1:40.878

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:25 pm

Rosberg goes fastest with a 1:40.607

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:27 pm

Raikkonen goes fastest with a 1:40.536

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:30 pm

30 minutes into the session and the top 8 are: Raikkonen, Rosberg, Hamilton, Bourdais, Button, Heidfeld, Massa and Kovalainen

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:33 pm

Massa goes fastest with a 1:39.976.

The first driver to drop under the 1:40 mark

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:35 pm

Kubica moves into 3rd with a 1:40.542

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:38 pm

Coulthard has only managed 4 laps while Webber has done 6 laps

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Post by Snowy » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:40 pm

Incident involving car #5. :shock: Any info on that Ed? :roll:
Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button World Champions :)

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:43 pm

Rosberg loses is and goes sideways but somehow manages to recovers. His tyres are in bad shape though!

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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:46 pm

Snowy wrote:Incident involving car #5. :shock: Any info on that Ed? :roll:
It appears that Alonso decided to get into the pits too late. It could be deemed dangerous and he could get penalised

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