The 2008 Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix Thread

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All the cars are on the track at the end of the session
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Session over - Top 8: Raikkonen, Kubica, Heidfeld, Hamilton, Rosberg, Massa, Kovalainen and Webber

Full Results

Position Driver Team Best Lap/Gap Laps
1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:23.861 31
2 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 0.070 26
3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 0.086 29
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0.122 25
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 0.249 33
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0.386 34
7 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 0.504 29
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 0.660 35
9 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 0.808 22
10 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 0.912 35
11 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1.239 25
12 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1.331 39
13 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1.343 24
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1.435 25
15 Jenson Button Honda 1.448 34
16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1.469 28
17 Timo Glock Toyota 1.536 28
18 Fernando Alonso Renault 1.620 22
19 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1.892 29
20 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 2.334 23
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Team by team summary following Friday Pratice (GMM)

FERRARI

After doing just five laps in the morning rain, Kimi Raikkonen - whose renewed stay at Ferrari to the end of 2010 was announced on Friday - showed he is back on form at Monza as he topped the drier afternoon session. Felipe Massa was nearly 4 tenths slower and sixth. "I struggled a bit to find the right grip level on the first timed lap, unlike the others," the Brazilian said.


BMW-SAUBER

Neither driver turned a timed lap in the morning deluge, but Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld were right on Raikkonen's leading pace in the afternoon. "The lap times don't look too bad, which was also the case when we were here for testing," said Heidfeld.


MCLAREN-MERCEDES

After the morning wash-out, Lewis Hamilton ended Friday about a tenth off the leading pace, with Heikki Kovalainen seventh. "We concentrated on running on heavy fuel loads in order to refine our race setup and tyre choice," said boss Ron Dennis.


WILLIAMS-TOYOTA

Among the 14 drivers who set times in the morning wet weather, Nico Rosberg was fifth, and the German was still competitive in the drier afternoon session. "Because the car is performing well for this one-off low downforce race, we need to make the best of it," he said. Kazuki Nakajima did not run in the morning and was more than a second off his teammate's pace in the dry. "I never really had enough clear track to get my times down," he explained.


RED BULL-RENAULT

Mark Webber, among the voluntary non-runners in the morning, was then eighth quickest in the afternoon, sixth tenths faster than his teammate David Coulthard.


FORCE INDIA-FERRARI

Adrian Sutil made the most of the wet weather as per usual, topping the morning timesheet before the rain set in. The other Force India, driven by Giancarlo Fisichella, was also in the fray, but the pair - again led by Sutil - were still looking competitive in the afternoon, with the ninth and 13th quickest laps. "We also looked competitive in the test here," remarked technical boss Mike Gascoyne.


TORO ROSSO-FERRARI

After their wet running in the morning, Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais were 10th and 12th quickest respectively in the mostly dry afternoon.


HONDA

Running in the pre-deluge drizzle meant Rubens Barrichello could feature highly in the morning timesheet, but the dry weather put him and teammate Jenson Button back to 14th and 15th in the pecking order. "The car appears to be performing better than it did at the test," team boss Ross Brawn said.


TOYOTA

The wet morning aside, Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli were totally off the pace in the afternoon, as the cold weather, hard Bridgestone tyres and a low-downforce circuit conspire to make the TF108 car a handful. "This could be another hard race for us," said Trulli, 19th quickest.


RENAULT

Trulli may have been 19th, but Nelson Piquet was dead last after his 23 laps in the drier afternoon. Even Fernando Alonso looked slow. "We ran with a really high fuel load during P2. Taking this into account, we feel we are in a pretty normal position for a Friday," said engineering boss Pat Symonds.
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Saturday practice session about to start. It is wet once again!

Air temperature is 21 degrees while track temperature is 18 degrees
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Session underway and the cars stream out to the track for their installation laps. Most cars are on the full wets.

It isn't raining
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Hamilton is on the intermediates
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The drivers return to the pits.

The 2 Ferrari drivers didn't go out
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Barrichello is the only driver to stay out and he went straight at the first turn!
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Barrichello pits on his second lap
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Barrichello back on the track again. He is on intermediates
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It is raining again!

Glock goes out on the track
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More drivers go out including Alonso, Trulli, Piquet and Sutil

Barrichello sets a 1:40.427
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Glock sets a 1:38.261, he is on full wets
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Sutil goes 3rd with a 1:41.102, on intermediates
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Alonso goes fastest but he crossed the chicane. He is on full wets
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