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Driver of the day ?

Felipe Massa
6
100%
Lewis Hamilton
0
No votes
Kimi Raikkonen
0
No votes
Robert Kubica
0
No votes
Nick Heidfeld
0
No votes
Fernando Alonso
0
No votes
Mark Webber
0
No votes
Nico Rosberg
0
No votes
Hiekki Kovalainen
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 6
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 6:47 pm

Alonso up into 5th with a 1:27.725
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 6:48 pm

Less that 2 tenths separate the top 5 but we don't know fuel loads though!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 6:49 pm

Trulli is struggling down in 20th while Glock is in 15th almost a second quicker!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 6:51 pm

The sun is now appearing through the clouds and the track temperature is up to 25 degrees.

Button 6th!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 6:52 pm

Coulthard fastest with a 1:27.340.

Expect the times to start dropping now.

8 minutes remain
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 6:54 pm

Raikkonen is on a flyer on the softer compound. He goes wide but recovers!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 6:55 pm

Raikkonen only manages 10th.

Meanwhile Webber sets the fastest time in S1!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 6:56 pm

Significantly faster with a 1:27.030 for Webber.

The 2 Red Bulls top the timesheets!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 6:57 pm

All 20 cars are on the track with just 2 minutes remaining!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 6:59 pm

Alonso fastest in S1!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 7:00 pm

Loses time in the second sector!

But moves into second with a 1:27.172!

3 Renault powered cars in the top 3!!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 7:04 pm

Session over and the top 8 are: Webber, Alonso, Coulthard, Rosberg, Massa, Trulli, Hamilton and Glock make the top 8.

Raikkonen was 11th and Kovalainen 12th.

Glock covered the most number of laps with 22 while Alonso and Massa did the least number of laps with 13.

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Rank Driver Team Best Lap/Gap Number of Laps
1 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:27.030 16
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 0.142 13
3 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 0.163 15
4 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 0.335 16
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0.500 13
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0.584 15
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0.628 18
8 Timo Glock Toyota 0.703 22
9 Jenson Button Honda 0.736 16
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 0.751 14
11 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0.807 14
12 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 0.819 13
13 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 0.869 18
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 0.916 14
15 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 0.918 17
16 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 0.941 16
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1.271 14
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1.543 18
19 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1.625 19
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 2.101 19
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 8:56 pm

1st Qualifying session about to start.

Track temperature is at 26 degrees while track temperature is at 16 degrees
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 9:10 pm

1st qualifying session is underway and Hamilton is currently fastest ahead of Massa and Kovalainen with Raikkonen in 4th
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Post by Ed » Sat May 10, 2008 9:15 pm

5 minutes remain in the session and the top 8 are: Hamilton, Raikkonen, Massa, Kovalainen, Coulthard, Webber, Heidfeld and Alonso.

Hamilton's time is an impressive 1:26.192!
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