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Driver of the day ?

Sebastian Vettel
10
50%
Mark Webber
5
25%
Rubens Barrichello
0
No votes
Felipe Massa
4
20%
Jenson Button
0
No votes
Jarno Trulli
0
No votes
Kimi Raikkonen
1
5%
 
Total votes: 20

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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:29 pm

Vettel gets held up by traffic but now he is going for it again!

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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:30 pm

A 1:19.400 for Vettel! Fastest

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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:32 pm

Session over - Top 10: Vettel, Webber, Button. Barrichello, Alonso, Massa, Trulli, Hamilton, Rosberg and Fisichella

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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:34 pm

If this is the true pace of the Red Bulls, they will be untouchable here. Button in 3rd is 0.8 seconds off the pace.

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Post by Julian Mayo » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:36 pm

Ed wrote:If this is the true pace of the Red Bulls, they will be untouchable here. Button in 3rd is 0.8 seconds off the pace.
Hells bells !!!!! :shock:
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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:36 pm

Sutil, Kovalainen, Heidfeld, Raikkonen, Bourdais, Glock, Nakajima, Piquet, Buemi and Kubica make the rest of the field.

Buemi covered the most number of laps with 37 while Kubica covered the least with 16 laps

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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:44 pm

With this kind of pace on Friday, Red Bull could beat the lap record here which was set by Michael Schumacher in 2004 (1:18.739)

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Post by Julian Mayo » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:52 pm

Is there much wind?
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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:00 pm

Second Friday practice session at Silverstone about to start.

Air temperature at 16 degrees and track temperature at 33 degrees

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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:01 pm

Session underway and Bourdais is out straight away. Piquet follows

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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:03 pm

More drivers are on the track as Bourdais and Piquet start their flyers!

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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:04 pm

It's Kovalainen from Trulli and Piquet but the times are still much slower than the morning

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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:06 pm

Piquet now fastest with a 1:22.338.

17 cars on the track

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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:07 pm

Webber on a quick one as Trulli now goes fastest

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Post by Ed » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:09 pm

Alonso in second and Vettel in third. Top 3 Renault powered!

Piquet goes wide but recovers

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