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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:53 pm
by Ed
Sutil is on a timed lap. His first this session.

Hamilton is out of his car and talking to his mechanics. Is he not returning to the track ?

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:54 pm
by Ed
VEttel in 3rd with a 1:25.880.

5 minutes remain

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:55 pm
by Ed
Kubica goes 3rd with a 1:25.852

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:55 pm
by Ed
15 cars on the track

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:56 pm
by Ed
Kubica imprves slightly in 3rd.

He is very quick in S1 but is losing time later in the lap.

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:57 pm
by Ed
16 cars on the track now but neither the Ferrari or McLaren drivers are on the track!!

Kubica goes fastest!

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:57 pm
by Ed
Alonso up into 4th with a 1:25.799

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:58 pm
by Ed
Piquet fastest! A 1:25.580

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:59 pm
by Ed
Hamilton, Massa, Raikkonen and Kovalainen are not going out!

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:00 pm
by Ed
Heidfeld fastest with a 1:25.474

Massa on the track! He won't be able to set a time!!

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:01 pm
by Ed
Kubica goes fastest with a 1:25.087

Glock second just 0.084 seconds behind

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:03 pm
by Ed
Session over and the top 8 are: Kubica, Glock, Piquet, Heidfeld, Nakajima, Coulthard, Massa and Webber.

Full Results

Position Driver Team Best Lap/Gap Number of laps
1 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:25.087 19
2 Timo Glock Toyota 0.084 25
3 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 0.328 19
4 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 0.387 24
5 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0.476 23
6 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 0.527 20
7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0.622 15
8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 0.698 20
9 Fernando Alonso Renault 0.712 19
10 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 0.793 24
11 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0.814 8
12 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 0.897 22
13 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0.926 21
14 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1.126 19
15 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1.152 10
16 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1.190 18
17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1.575 22
18 Jenson Button Honda 1.835 26
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 2.270 12
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 2.831 17

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:01 pm
by Ed
First qualifying session starting shortly. Track is dry and no rain is predicted during qualifying.

Air temperature is at 21 degrees while track temperature is at 22 degrees

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:02 pm
by Ed
A number of drivers go straight out

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:03 pm
by Ed
Piquet is sets a 1:19.286. Rosberg in second