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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:18 pm
by Ed
That wasn't for long Snowy!

Massa now very fast, a 1:20.981 and puts half a second on Hamilton!

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:19 pm
by Snowy
Are they on soft tyres?!

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:20 pm
by Ed
Raikkonen about to go back out with a 'shark fin' engine cover

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:21 pm
by Ed
Snowy wrote:Are they on soft tyres?!
No, none of the front runners are.

Kovalainen is on a fast lap!

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:22 pm
by Ed
Kovalainen moves into second with a 1:21.410

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:24 pm
by Snowy
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. :?

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:24 pm
by Ed
Final 5 minutes in the session

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:25 pm
by Ed
Alonso moves into 4th!

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:26 pm
by Ed
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

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:26 pm
by Ed
Raikkonen on the track with the modified engine cover. His time isn't fast on this lap

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:28 pm
by Ed
Final runs now ... all 19 drivers on the track. Vettel has stopped earlier

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:30 pm
by Snowy
They appear to be trying very hard. Lewis has had some very big moments!

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:31 pm
by Ed
Raikkonen goes into second with a 1:21.345

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:36 pm
by Ed
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

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:02 pm
by Ed
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