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Driver of the day ?

Heikki Kovalainen
4
36%
Timo Glock
0
No votes
Kimi Raikkonen
0
No votes
Fernando Alonso
0
No votes
Nelson Piquet
0
No votes
Jarno Trulli
0
No votes
Robert Kubica
0
No votes
Felipe Massa
7
64%
 
Total votes: 11
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:18 pm

That wasn't for long Snowy!

Massa now very fast, a 1:20.981 and puts half a second on Hamilton!
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Post by Snowy » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:19 pm

Are they on soft tyres?!
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:20 pm

Raikkonen about to go back out with a 'shark fin' engine cover
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:21 pm

Snowy wrote:Are they on soft tyres?!
No, none of the front runners are.

Kovalainen is on a fast lap!
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:22 pm

Kovalainen moves into second with a 1:21.410
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Post by Snowy » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:24 pm

It's very confusing for me today as the ITV Live Video has a 12 minute delay! :shock: Usually it's about 10-20 seconds. :?
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:24 pm

Final 5 minutes in the session
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:25 pm

Alonso moves into 4th!
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:26 pm

Snowy wrote:It's very confusing for me today as the ITV Live Video has a 12 minute delay! :shock: Usually it's about 10-20 seconds. :?
Probably their video servers are a bit slow
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:26 pm

Raikkonen on the track with the modified engine cover. His time isn't fast on this lap
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:28 pm

Final runs now ... all 19 drivers on the track. Vettel has stopped earlier
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Post by Snowy » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:30 pm

They appear to be trying very hard. Lewis has had some very big moments!
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:31 pm

Raikkonen goes into second with a 1:21.345
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:36 pm

Session over - Top 8: Massa, Raikkonen, Kovalainen, Hamilton, Alonso, Glock, Kubica and Piquet

Fisichella covered the most number of laps with 28 while Coulthard covered just 16 laps. (Vettel only did 4 laps but he stopped early in the session)

Full results

Rank Driver Team Fastest Lap Gap Total Laps
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.981 - 19
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:21.345 0.364 21
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.410 0.429 17
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.535 0.554 18
5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.802 0.821 18
6 Timo Glock Toyota 1:21.931 0.950 22
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:22.267 1.286 18
8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:22.326 1.345 19
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:22.370 1.389 22
10 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:22.457 1.476 25
11 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:22.654 1.673 23
12 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:22.700 1.719 16
13 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:22.900 1.919 26
14 Jenson Button Honda 1:22.917 1.936 27
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:23.093 2.112 26
16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:23.147 2.166 21
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:23.274 2.293 22
18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:23.353 2.372 25
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:23.459 2.478 28
20 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:23.923 2.942 4
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Post by Ed » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:02 pm

The 2nd Friday practice session is underway. Air temperature is at 28 degrees while track temperature is at 31 degrees.

A number of drivers are already on the track
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