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Driver of the day ?

Jenson Button
3
19%
Nick Heidfeld
1
6%
Timo Glock
5
31%
Jarno Trulli
0
No votes
Rubens Barrichello
0
No votes
Mark Webber
4
25%
Lewis Hamilton
2
13%
Nico Rosberg
1
6%
 
Total votes: 16
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:16 pm

Current track temps...............39 degreesC
Air temps..............................30 degreesC
Humidity...............................54%
Winds fluctuating from 1.2 mps to 2.1 mps
(all info from the F1 T/S system)
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:16 pm

14 minutes left; top-5 at present
Button, Massa, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Vettel
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:25 pm

Approaching 5 minutes remaining.................
Top-5: Button, Massa, Barrichello, Raikkonen, Hamilton
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:28 pm

Top-5 with 2 minutes remaining...............
1 Jenson Button Brawn 1:36.430
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0:00.131
3 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 0:00.185
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:00.216
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 0:00.269
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:29 pm

Button resets fastest S1 time[24.8]
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:29 pm

Rosberg resets fastest S2 time[31.7]
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:33 pm

SESSION OVER! SESSION OVER!!!

Right now, Sir Frank's probably a happy man as both Nico Rosberg and Kaz Nakajima sit P1 and P2[1:36.260 & 1:36.305, respectively] 8)
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:35 pm

Session 1 times......................
(quoting Yahoo/Eurosport)

1 Nico Rosberg Williams 1:36.260
2 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 0:00.045
3 Jenson Button Brawn 0:00.170
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0:00.301
5 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 0:00.355
6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:00.386
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 0:00.439
8 Mark Webber Red Bull 0:00.443
9 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 0:00.485
10 Timo Glock Toyota 0:00.720
11 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0:00.765
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0:00.880
13 Nelson Piquet Renault 0:00.939
14 Adrian Sutil Force India 0:00.981
15 Fernando Alonso Renault 0:01.135
16 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 0:01.374
17 Nick Heidfeld BMW 0:01.380
18 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 0:02.008
19 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 0:02.230
20 Robert Kubica BMW 0:02.230
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:37 pm

LAPS COMPLETED IN SESSION 1......................
Rosberg-27
Nakajima-25
Button-20
Barrichello-22
Massa-21
Raikkonen-18
Hamilton-16
Webber-23
Vettel-25
Glock-27
Trulli-26
Fisichella-20
Kubica-18
Piquet-20
Sutil-18
Alonso-12
Buemi-22
Heidfeld-17
Bourdais-19
Kovalainen-7
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Post by Ed » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:11 pm

Thanks mlittle for the great coverage of the first session. We got our times wrong!!

The second session is underway and the cars are straight out.

It is overcast and the air temperature is 33 degrees and track temperature at 44 degrees.

Currently Hamilton fastest ahead of Raikkonen and Rosberg
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Post by Ed » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:19 pm

Kovalainen now fastest with a 1:37.640.

Top 10 after 20 minutes: Kovalainen, Hamilton, Glock, Raikkonen, Piquet, Rosberg, Button, Vettel, Nakajima and Fisichella.

Top 10 separated by 0.5 seconds
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Post by Ed » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:19 pm

Trulli goes fastest with a 1:37.185
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Post by Ed » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:25 pm

25 minutes into the session

Webber goes fastest with a 1:36.666

Sutil is second and Vettel in 3rd.
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Post by Ed » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:29 pm

Nakajima goes fastest ....

Now Button goes fastest with a 1:36.614
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Post by Ed » Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:33 pm

30 minutes into the session and the top 10 are: Button, Nakajima, Glock, Webber, Vettel, Sutil, Trulli, Raikkonen, Massa and Buemi.

Top 10 separated by 0.7 seconds.

Alonso who is reported to suffer an ear infection is 17th while the 2 BMWs are 18th and 19th!
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