The 2008 German Grand Prix Thread

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I suspect he is ligher on fuel, by how much though ?

I think McLaren and Ferrari will be close this weekend but we'll know more tomorrow!
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Full results from the second Friday practice session

Rank Driver Team Best Laptime/Gap Total laps
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.025 37
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0.697 31
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0.735 34
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 0.965 37
5 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 0.992 25
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1.205 38
7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1.330 41
8 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1.338 36
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1.352 40
10 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1.353 35
11 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1.397 41
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1.505 45
13 Jenson Button Honda 1.517 38
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1.652 28
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1.709 42
16 Timo Glock Toyota 1.756 44
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1.804 21
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1.835 14
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1.983 39
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 2.022 37
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Team by team summary following Friday practice (GMM)

MCLAREN-MERCEDES

Lewis Hamilton dominated the opening day of the German grand prix; a tenth faster than his teammate in the damp morning, and seven tenths ahead of the Ferraris (and nearly a full second in front of Heikki Kovalainen) with his late afternoon effort. "While we don't know the respective fuel loads of our rivals, we nonetheless feel comfortable with our pace," said team boss Ron Dennis.


FERRARI

Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen showed similar pace on the dry afternoon tarmac, but both were a whopping 7 tenths shy of McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton's best lap, set late in the session. "Right up until the final minutes, the times were all very similar," Raikkonen noted. "We can take them on," Massa added.


RED BULL-RENAULT

A promising P5 for Mark Webber in the afternoon, despite an electrical problem. David Coulthard completed the afternoon top-ten.


RENAULT

Fernando Alonso had a solid Friday; P4 in the showery morning, and P6 in the dry. Nelson Piquet's pace was several tenths slower.


WILLIAMS-TOYOTA

Nico Rosberg was P6 and P7 at the end of the two 90-minute sessions, with Kazuki Nakajima slumping to P17 in the afternoon with a misfire. "We can look forward to a better weekend than recently," Rosberg said.


BMW-SAUBER

Robert Kubica slid into the barriers in the morning drizzle, but he was back on teammate Nick Heidfeld's afternoon pace with P8.


TORO ROSSO-FERRARI

Sebastien Bourdais didn't look on teammate Sebastian Vettel's pace on Friday, but the Frenchman grappled with technical problems in both sessions. Vettel was a solid P7 and P11.


TOYOTA

Jarno Trulli was P12 in the afternoon, with Timo Glock - who got airborne during a trip over the grass - a couple of tenths further back. "Qualifying in the top ten should be possible," the latter said.


HONDA

P13 and 14 for Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello in the dry afternoon session.


FORCE INDIA-FERRARI

The two VJM01s were slowest of all in the dry afternoon.
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Saturday practice session underway. Fisichella is the first out onto the track
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The track is dry but there are a lot of dark clouds

Air temperature is 21 degrees, track temperature is 25 degrees

Most drivers complete their installation laps
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It is all quiet at the moment
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Button and Trulli on the track at the moment, no timed laps yet
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Timo Glock goes out again
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Button is the first to go for a timed lap. Trulli and Glock follow
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Button sets a 1:18.645
Trulli second with a 1:18.674
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Bourdais who had limited running yesterday is on the track again

Glock sets a 1:18.805
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Trulli now fastest with a 1:17.784
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Bourdais fastest with a 1:17.242
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15 minutes into the session and 7 drivers have set time and their order is: Bourdais, Button, Vettel, Glock, Trulli, Fisichella and Barrichello
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