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Driver of the day ?

Fernando Alonso
8
67%
Nico Rosberg
2
17%
Lewis Hamilton
0
No votes
Timo Glock
1
8%
Sebastian Vettel
0
No votes
Nick Heidfeld
0
No votes
David Coulthard
1
8%
Kazuki Nakajima
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 12
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Post by Ed » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:01 pm

Replay shows Kovalainen nearly crashing into the barriers trying to avoid a slower car!
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Post by Ed » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:03 pm

Session over, top 8: Alonso, Hamilton, Massa, Piquet, Rosberg, Button, Kubica and Webber.

Coulthard covered just 5 laps while Glock covered the most with 22 laps
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Post by Ed » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:26 pm

Full results from Saturday practice:

Rank Driver Team Best Lap/Gap Laps
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:44.506 19
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0.613 13
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0.740 16
4 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 0.743 18
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 0.880 17
6 Jenson Button Honda 0.903 20
7 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 0.919 17
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 0.944 21
9 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 0.971 19
10 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1.093 18
11 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1.183 19
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1.476 18
13 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1.476 13
14 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1.567 21
15 Timo Glock Toyota 1.674 23
16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1.715 19
17 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1.976 10
18 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 2.288 6
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 2.660 14
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 3.221 19
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:00 am

Qualifying session underway, air temperature is at 30 degrees while track temperature at 31 degrees
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:01 am

Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil are the first out on the track
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:02 am

More drivers follow
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:03 am

Glock and Sutil start their flyers!
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:05 am

Glock sets a 1:45.717!

Nakajima second with a 1:45.764
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:06 am

Barrichello in 3rd with a 1:46.583.

Only Alonso, Piquet and Fisichella yet to go out!
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:08 am

Kovalainen goes fastest with a 1:45.184.

Vettel quick and Hamilton too!
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:10 am

Hamilton fastest with a 1:44.501, Vettel in second with a 1:45.501.

Alonso on track!
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:11 am

Alonso moves to second with a 1:44.971.

Fisichella yet to go out and he may not due to the crash he had in todays practice session
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:12 am

With 7 minutes remaining, the top 10 are: Hamilton, Alonso, Vettel, Rosberg, Nakajima, Kovalainen, Webber, Heidfeld, Trulli and Glock
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:15 am

Kovalainen sets the fastest S1!

Massa and Raikkonen back on the track. They are 12th and 16th respectively
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Post by Ed » Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:16 am

Kovalainen goes fastest with a 1:44.311!

Fisichella makes it to the track with 3 minutes remaining!
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