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Has Kimi's transponder packed in? He's been stuck in sector one for a very long time!

Session over and the top 8 are: Hamilton, Piquet, Kovalainen, Alonso, Raikkonen, Massa, Heidfeld and Kubica

In the final minute Nakajima spun off and nudged the tyre barrier going backward. He ended up 14th.

Snowy wrote:Has Kimi's transponder packed in? He's been stuck in sector one for a very long time!

Yes it looked like a problem with the timing system for Raikkonen towards the end of the session.

My computer just gave me the "blue screen of death" haven't seen that in a while.

Full results

Rank Driver Team Fastest lap Gap Total laps
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.554 35
2 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:20.748 0.194 38
3 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.760 0.206 33
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:20.928 0.374 35
5 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:21.009 0.455 36
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:21.010 0.456 36
7 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.138 0.584 46
8 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:21.363 0.809 36
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.505 0.951 42
10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:21.581 1.027 34
11 Timo Glock Toyota 1:21.662 1.108 39
12 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:21.733 1.179 43
13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:21.837 1.283 34
14 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:21.902 1.348 33
15 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:21.955 1.401 41
16 Jenson Button Honda 1:22.150 1.596 41
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:22.197 1.643 36
18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:22.358 1.804 37
19 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:22.448 1.894 33
20 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:22.945 2.391 5

Team by team summary following Friday practice sessions (GMM)

MCLAREN-MERCEDES

In the morning, championship leader Lewis Hamilton was the slowest of the marquee McLaren and Ferrari runners, but after another 90 minutes of practice he was back to the top of the timesheets. "Things look very promising for tomorrow," said Heikki Kovalainen, who was a tenth quicker than his teammate in the morning and third at the end of both sessions.


RENAULT

The French team's drivers made their presence known at the circuit near Budapest on Friday -- both inside the top eight in the morning, before Nelson Piquet ended the afternoon just two tenths shy of pacesetter Hamilton. "Our fuel load was slightly lower than normal, but even so we look competitive," said engineering chief Pat Symonds. Fernando Alonso was fourth.


FERRARI

In the morning, it seemed Ferrari - despite not usually shining at the Hungaroring - might dominate on the circuit's tight turns in 2008, but by the end of the afternoon Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa were just fifth and sixth fastest. "Our main rivals seem to be still a little bit quicker than us," said the reigning world champion, referring to McLaren.


BMW-SAUBER

Nick Heidfeld, seventh fastest, is continuing to put his disappointing first half of the season behind him, pipping teammate Robert Kubica for pace in the grippier afternoon session.


TOYOTA

Timo Glock had a cameo in the top-six on the morning timesheet, but the Cologne-built car is about a second per lap slower than the leading pace on the twisty Hungaroring layout. "The car has been competitive recently," Jarno Trulli commented.


WILLIAMS-TOYOTA

After a slow morning, Williams' lead driver Nico Rosberg was tenth overall at the end of the afternoon session. "The competition is looking quite strong, especially the Renaults," he noted.


RED BULL-RENAULT

Albeit narrowly ahead of teammate David Coulthard in both 90 minute sessions, Mark Webber admits the team has "some work to do" to pull out of the midfield in Hungary.


TORO ROSSO-FERRARI

An awful day for Sebastian Vettel; hydraulic problems in both sessions meant he hardly turned any laps. Teammate Sebastien Bourdais was 13th and 15th respectively.


HONDA

Despite a new rear suspension and 'shark fin' engine cover, the RA108 - driven fastest at the Hungaroring so far by Jenson Button - is still among the slowest cars on track.


FORCE INDIA-FERRARI

The team put mileage on its new seamless gearbox on Friday, before it is race-debuted at Valencia in three weeks. In both the morning and afternoon sessions, the time deficit to the rest of the field was minimal. "The 'box ran without any problems," technical boss Mike Gascoyne confirmed.

Saturday practice session underway.

Air temperature is at 28 degrees while track temperature is at 32 degrees.

A number of drivers are out on their installation laps headed by Fisichella and Sutil

Only the 2 Ferrari and 2 Honda drivers have yet to go out

Sutil is back out on the track

Fisichella follows

Sutil sets a 1:24.375

Piquet and Alonso are on the track as well. Piquet is on the softer compound

Vettel also on the track

Alonso is on the harder compound. Both Piquet and Alonso are cruising!

Vettel goes fastest with a 1:22.610

Raikkonen fastest with a 1:22.032

Bourdais in second with a 1:22.448