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Driver of the day ?

Mark Webber
27
71%
Sebastian Vettel
1
3%
Felipe Massa
3
8%
Nico Rosberg
1
3%
Jenson Button
0
No votes
Rubens Barrichello
0
No votes
Fernando Alonso
1
3%
Heikki Kovalainen
0
No votes
Adrian Sutil
5
13%
 
Total votes: 38
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:26 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:So we have a Mercedes powered car fastest in Germany, a german driver in second, and a Cologne built car way up there. (Pity Fisi stuck it in the bushes again)
Was this practice or a publicity stunt????? 8)
Norbert Haug said this:
"We certainly did not post ‘show times’ for our home race; our speed was genuine and quite a bit better than in the last races. I certainly don’t expect us to be fastest tomorrow, but if everything comes together we probably will be in a position to deliver a solid job on race day"

It sounds like halfway between genuine pace and a publicity stunt!
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:56 pm

Saturday practice session starting in around 5 minutes. It is cloudy with air temperature at 12 degrees and track temperature at 20 degrees
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:00 pm

Session underway and cars stream out of the pitlane
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:03 pm

Installation laps nearly completed. Only Barrichello yet to go out
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:08 pm

All the cars are back in the pits.

Ferrari, Toyota and Brawn all have a modified front nose that resembles that of the Red Bull
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:10 pm

10 minutes into practice and no timed laps yet!
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:11 pm

Massa on the track
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:13 pm

More drivers go back out including Raikkonen, Trulli and Fisichella
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:15 pm

Massa sets a 1:35.232. First time of the day
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:16 pm

Massa improves with a 1:34.548. Sutil in second and Raikkonen in third
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:18 pm

Sutil now fastest! A 1:33.974. Heidfeld in second
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:19 pm

Button on a flyer!
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:19 pm

Button goes second
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:21 pm

20 minutes into the session and the top 10 are: Glock, Button, Sutil, Massa, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Fisichella, Heidfeld, Trulli and Buemi
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Post by Ed » Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:22 pm

Button quickest as Hamilton locks up and goes wide
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