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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:16 pm
by mlittle
Current track temps...............39 degreesC
Air temps..............................30 degreesC
Humidity...............................54%
Winds fluctuating from 1.2 mps to 2.1 mps
(all info from the F1 T/S system)
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:16 pm
by mlittle
14 minutes left; top-5 at present
Button, Massa, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Vettel
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:25 pm
by mlittle
Approaching 5 minutes remaining.................
Top-5: Button, Massa, Barrichello, Raikkonen, Hamilton
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:28 pm
by mlittle
Top-5 with 2 minutes remaining...............
1 Jenson Button Brawn 1:36.430
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0:00.131
3 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 0:00.185
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:00.216
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 0:00.269
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:29 pm
by mlittle
Button resets fastest S1 time[24.8]
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:29 pm
by mlittle
Rosberg resets fastest S2 time[31.7]
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:33 pm
by mlittle
SESSION OVER! SESSION OVER!!!
Right now, Sir Frank's probably a happy man as both Nico Rosberg and Kaz Nakajima sit P1 and P2[1:36.260 & 1:36.305, respectively]

Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:35 pm
by mlittle
Session 1 times......................
(quoting Yahoo/Eurosport)
1 Nico Rosberg Williams 1:36.260
2 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 0:00.045
3 Jenson Button Brawn 0:00.170
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0:00.301
5 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 0:00.355
6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:00.386
7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 0:00.439
8 Mark Webber Red Bull 0:00.443
9 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 0:00.485
10 Timo Glock Toyota 0:00.720
11 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0:00.765
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0:00.880
13 Nelson Piquet Renault 0:00.939
14 Adrian Sutil Force India 0:00.981
15 Fernando Alonso Renault 0:01.135
16 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 0:01.374
17 Nick Heidfeld BMW 0:01.380
18 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 0:02.008
19 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 0:02.230
20 Robert Kubica BMW 0:02.230
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:37 pm
by mlittle
LAPS COMPLETED IN SESSION 1......................
Rosberg-27
Nakajima-25
Button-20
Barrichello-22
Massa-21
Raikkonen-18
Hamilton-16
Webber-23
Vettel-25
Glock-27
Trulli-26
Fisichella-20
Kubica-18
Piquet-20
Sutil-18
Alonso-12
Buemi-22
Heidfeld-17
Bourdais-19
Kovalainen-7
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:11 pm
by Ed
Thanks mlittle for the great coverage of the first session. We got our times wrong!!
The second session is underway and the cars are straight out.
It is overcast and the air temperature is 33 degrees and track temperature at 44 degrees.
Currently Hamilton fastest ahead of Raikkonen and Rosberg
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:19 pm
by Ed
Kovalainen now fastest with a 1:37.640.
Top 10 after 20 minutes: Kovalainen, Hamilton, Glock, Raikkonen, Piquet, Rosberg, Button, Vettel, Nakajima and Fisichella.
Top 10 separated by 0.5 seconds
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:19 pm
by Ed
Trulli goes fastest with a 1:37.185
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:25 pm
by Ed
25 minutes into the session
Webber goes fastest with a 1:36.666
Sutil is second and Vettel in 3rd.
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:29 pm
by Ed
Nakajima goes fastest ....
Now Button goes fastest with a 1:36.614
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:33 pm
by Ed
30 minutes into the session and the top 10 are: Button, Nakajima, Glock, Webber, Vettel, Sutil, Trulli, Raikkonen, Massa and Buemi.
Top 10 separated by 0.7 seconds.
Alonso who is reported to suffer an ear infection is 17th while the 2 BMWs are 18th and 19th!