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Driver of the day ?

Felipe Massa
1
10%
Kimi Raikkonen
0
No votes
Jarno Trulli
8
80%
Heikki Kovalainen
0
No votes
Robert Kubica
0
No votes
Mark Webber
1
10%
Nelson Piquet
0
No votes
Fernando Alonso
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 10

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:12 pm

Alonso goes 4th with a 1:15.939!

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:13 pm

The 2 BMWs are on the track

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:14 pm

Kubica in 14th and Heidfeld in 18th! That is slow!!

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:14 pm

Kubica improves to 9th

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:15 pm

5 minutes remains and the top 8 are: Hamilton, Raikkonen, Massa, Alonso, Kovalainen, Vettel, Glock and Webber

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:16 pm

Massa and Raikkonen return to the track.

Heidfeld remains in 18th after 3 flyers! He is struggling in the middle sector

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:18 pm

Massa and Raikkonen start their flyers!

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:19 pm

Everyone back on track except for Hamilton.

Massa goes fastest with a 1:15.024, Raikkonen in second with a 1:15.133

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:20 pm

Kubica in 4th with a 1:15.687.

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:21 pm

Trulli in 3rd with a 1:15.521

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:22 pm

Heidfeld manages 12th!

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Post by Kapel » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:24 pm

Trulli 3rd..brilliant lap...Nick barely made it..BMW struggling here :shock:
An F1 Idiot!!!

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:24 pm

The times are very close. Just over a second separates the top 15!

Top 8: Massa, Raikkonen, Trulli, Hamilton, Kubica, Glock, Alonso and Coulthard.

Knocked out: Nakajima, Button, Barrichello, Fisichella and Sutil

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:27 pm

Second qualifying session about to start. Track temperature is up to 46 degrees while air temperature is at 27 degrees

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Post by Ed » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:28 pm

Session underway but no one is out yet

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