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Driver of the day ?

Jenson Button
3
19%
Nick Heidfeld
1
6%
Timo Glock
5
31%
Jarno Trulli
0
No votes
Rubens Barrichello
0
No votes
Mark Webber
4
25%
Lewis Hamilton
2
13%
Nico Rosberg
1
6%
 
Total votes: 16
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:52 pm

Even though its' only the first practice session, no one's sandbagging...........top-5 at the moment are separated by 0.196 seconds; they aren't leaving anything to the winds............. :lol: :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:53 pm

Approaching 35 minutes remaining in session #1

Top-5 still unchanged; Kaz Nakajima has run the most laps so far w/14 total
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:54 pm

Could Hamilton be struggling?.............currently he's P16 w/a 1:38.009
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:56 pm

While we were away, the Force India of Giancarlo Fisichella shot all the way up to 3rd w/a 1:37.025............ :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:57 pm

Top-5
Rosberg, Glock, Fisichella, Button, Vettel(separated by 0.187 sec)

From P1-P20 the gap is 1.705 seconds(P1-Rosberg, P20-Heidfeld)
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:59 pm

Piquet resets fastest S3 time[39.5]

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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:00 pm

Button unseats Rosberg for 1st w/a 1:36.676

Other notables at present............
Hamilton, 8th
Alonso, 13th
Raikkonen, 14th
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:01 pm

Massa moves into P2 w/a 1:36.678, just 2/1,000ths' back of Button
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:01 pm

Hamilton moves into 3rd, 1:36.699

The times are starting to fall................TIMBER!!!! :lol: :lol: :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:03 pm

Button resets fastest time in the session[1:36.430]
Massa remains in 2nd[1:36.561]
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:04 pm

26 minutes remaining
Top-5 in the session.............Button, Massa, Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:06 pm

Rosberg resets fastest S2 time[31.9]
Barrichello moves into 5th[1:36.813].............only to have Rosberg jump back into 5th in turn............. :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:07 pm

Massa's on the gas..........fastest S1 time of the session so far[24.9]...........can he take P1 from Button?........................no; Massa remains in 2nd.........
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:10 pm

20 minutes left in the session............
Top-5: Button, Massa, Hamilton, Webber, Vettel
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Post by mlittle » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:14 pm

Fastest speeds in each sector so far....................
S1--Fisichella, 290kph
S2--Bourdais, 150kph
S3--Kovalainen, 274kph
Trap--Massa, 298kph
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