Temat: China - Fri Practice 1&2

Raikkonen tops first practice - China

By Matt Beer Friday, October 5th 2007, 03:40 GMT


Kimi Raikkonen set the pace in the first practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix.

The Ferrari driver beat McLaren's Fernando Alonso by 0.084 seconds at a dry Shanghai, with their teammates Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton taking third and fourth.

Hamilton had been the first leading driver to set a flying lap, moving to the head of the field with a 1:37.510 after half an hour. The championship leader only spent a few minutes on top before Massa beat his time by 0.014 seconds.

The top four all gained 0.3-0.5 seconds on their second runs, and this time it was Raikkonen who emerged fastest on a 1:37.094.

Alonso - who had been four tenths of a second adrift of the other three earlier on - improved to second, 0.014 seconds behind Raikkonen. At this stage, all four of the leading contenders were covered by just 0.116 seconds.

Only Raikkonen improved when all four rejoined for their final runs, with the Finn extending his advantage by 0.070 seconds. His teammate Massa had a spin at Turn 1, while Hamilton also took a brief trip off the road on his last lap.

Raikkonen and Alonso had got their mistakes out of the way earlier on - both running wide on to the run-off at the final corner on their first flying laps of the morning.

For much of the session the McLarens and Ferraris had been a second clear of the rest of the field, but at the end of the morning Williams' Nico Rosberg used the softer Bridgestones to vault to fifth, 0.6 seconds off the pace.

Rosberg's lap pushed Robert Kubica (BMW-Sauber) back to sixth place. His teammate Nick Heidfeld came to a halt on track after developing a gearbox oil leak with 35 minutes to go, but was returned to the pits in time to rejoin for a final run and take 10th.

Jarno Trulli had been fifth for much of the morning, but ended up being edged back to seventh, ahead of Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella and Williams test driver Kazuki Nakajima, who replaced Alex Wurz for the session.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:37.024 24
2. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:37.108 + 0.084 18
3. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:37.128 + 0.104 21
4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:37.210 + 0.186 20
5. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:37.707 + 0.683 23
6. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:38.055 + 1.031 23
7. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:38.208 + 1.184 30
8. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:38.217 + 1.193 16
9. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:38.270 + 1.246 30
10. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:38.445 + 1.421 13
11. Kovalainen Renault (B) 1:38.551 + 1.527 17
12. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:38.661 + 1.637 23
13. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:38.700 + 1.676 25
14. Button Honda (B) 1:38.942 + 1.918 18
15. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:38.945 + 1.921 22
16. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:39.238 + 2.214 23
17. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:39.497 + 2.473 22
18. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:39.535 + 2.511 23
19. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:39.539 + 2.515 20
20. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:39.898 + 2.874 24
21. Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:40.126 + 3.102 27
22. Sutil Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:40.149 + 3.125 26

Temat: China - Fri Practice 1&2

Heidfeld znow miala awarie ... juz druga dzis.

Temat: China - Fri Practice 1&2

czyzby karta sie odwrocila ? teraz Nick ma awarie a Robert ma zdrowy bolid ???

Temat: China - Fri Practice 1&2

Raikkonen fastest in practice 2 - China

By Matt Beer Friday, October 5th 2007, 07:37 GMT

Kimi Raikkonen remained on top in the second practice session at Shanghai, but only after a last-minute lap that beat Fernando Alonso's previous benchmark by just six thousandths of a second.

Felipe Massa was third, only 0.023 seconds off the pace, with points leader Lewis Hamilton fourth again.

World champion Alonso had been fastest for most of the afternoon, swiftly overcoming teammate Hamilton's initial 1:37.657 with a lap 0.077 seconds faster.

Both found more time when they rejoined ten minutes later, and again it was Alonso who came through marginally faster, his 1:36.828 lap beating Hamilton by 0.048 seconds.

The McLarens then switched to soft tyres for their next appearance. While Alonso found another 0.2 seconds and lapped in 1:36.613, Hamilton had a spin at Turn 1 and failed to improve.

Massa then came through to split the McLarens, lapping 0.017 seconds slower than Alonso. With the top drivers then focusing on long runs, the leading times were set for the next 40 minutes.

Morning pacesetter Raikkonen had not threatened the top of the timesheets for most of the afternoon, instead languishing on the outskirts of the top six.

But in the final moments the Finn switched to soft tyres and threw in a 1:36.607 to beat Alonso by just 0.006 seconds.

Jarno Trulli was just half a second off the pace for Toyota in fifth place, with his teammate Ralf Schumacher seventh behind Red Bull's Mark Webber.

The Australian's teammate David Coulthard had also appeared in the top five early in the session, and ended the day in eighth.

Nico Rosberg and Giancarlo Fisichella completed the top ten positions.

After his gearbox problem in practice one, Nick Heidfeld's bad luck continued as a hydraulic problem sidelined his BMW just 11 minutes into the session.

Once again the car was recovered to the pits in time for repairs to be carried out, and he rejoined the track later in the afternoon, although he could only manage 15th.

Heikki Kovalainen was similarly fortunate when his Renault struck fuel pressure problems after 42 minutes. The car was recovered to the pits and repaired before resuming running and taking 11th.

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:36.607 31
2. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:36.613 + 0.006 28
3. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:36.630 + 0.023 29
4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:36.876 + 0.269 33
5. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:37.151 + 0.544 36
6. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:37.450 + 0.843 34
7. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:37.524 + 0.917 32
8. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:37.617 + 1.010 27
9. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:37.646 + 1.039 36
10. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:37.970 + 1.363 32
11. Kovalainen Renault (B) 1:38.062 + 1.455 21
12. Button Honda (B) 1:38.205 + 1.598 41
13. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:38.304 + 1.697 40
14. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:38.379 + 1.772 39
15. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:38.388 + 1.781 16
16. Wurz Williams-Toyota (B) 1:38.531 + 1.924 32
17. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:38.975 + 2.368 38
18. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:39.065 + 2.458 36
19. Sutil Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:39.224 + 2.617 37
20. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:39.360 + 2.753 37
21. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:39.404 + 2.797 34
22. Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:40.051 + 3.444 38

Temat: China - Fri Practice 1&2

Niech teraz wygra Kimi przed Alonso a Robert 3.
Hamiltona powinni przesunać na 10 pozycje i niech chlopak walczy.

Temat: China - Fri Practice 1&2

Tomek, jakim cudem Robert moze byc 3?
Czyzby Alonso i Massa zapomnieli jak sie jezdzi bolidami? A hamilton by nie dal rade swoim McLarenem wyprzedzic Roberta, nawet startujac +10 pozycji?