The 2008 Turkish Formula 1 Grand Prix Thread

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Kubica down in 11th and out of his car. He just did 7 laps.

Massa looks like improving again. Great onboard shots at this track!

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Massa improves slightly with a 1:27.596.

Hamilton back on the track and will try to bridge the gap to Kovalainen.

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Massa shaves nearly three tenths now with a 1:27.323.

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With 3 minutes remaining nearly everyone is on the track. Except for Raikkonen and Kubica

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Kovalianen on the track on the softer compound now.

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Hamilton 3rd just behind Kovalainen!

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Kovalainen improves in second with a 1:27.456

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Session over!

Top 8: Massa, Kovalainen, Hamilton, Alonso, Button, Nakajima, Heidfeld and Barrichello.

Kubica was 12th, Raikkonen was 20th after doing just 1 flyer.

Trulli covered the most number of laps with 24.

Full Results

Rank Driver Team Best Time/Gap Laps
1 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.323 16
2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 0.133 17
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0.429 15
4 Fernando Alonso Renault 0.961 16
5 Jenson Button Honda 1.596 12
6 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1.679 19
7 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1.701 21
8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1.745 11
9 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1.759 23
10 Timo Glock Toyota 1.780 19
11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 2.006 24
12 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 2.007 7
13 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 2.044 20
14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 2.433 23
15 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 2.488 23
16 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 2.765 21
17 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 3.017 13
18 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 3.065 19
19 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 3.103 21
20 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 3.409 3

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Thanks Ed for the great reporting

It was a great session, particularly Massa and Hekki that made it top of the session, especially Hekki after the serious injury last race.

Heard that turn 8 is the special feature for the track as it is the first of the season that drivers are to drive in the left, wonder if any interesting overtaking or stuns happened in the session?

Really hope that Kimi can bounce back for the next session, same goes for the BMWs.

Hope the next session would be even more exciting.

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Thanks Ed for the great reporting

It was a great session, particularly Massa and Hekki that made it top of the session, especially Hekki after the serious injury last race.

Heard that turn 8 is the special feature for the track as it is the first of the season that drivers are to drive in the left, wonder if any interesting overtaking or stuns happened in the session?

Really hope that Kimi can bounce back for the next session, same goes for the BMWs.

Hope the next session would be even more exciting.

Yes it certainly looks like Massa and Kovalainen will fight it out here. Hamilton did close the gap later in the session but he was struggling. Raikkonen's pace remains to be seen!

Looks like Alonso is behind those 4 and we won't really know the BMW's pace until tomorrow.

Turn 8 is the one indeed, a number of drivers went wide today and that will continue into the weekend. And with no traction control, expect more mistakes!

Certainly though, today's session despite having just 50 minutes of action was one of the most entertaining practice sessions so far this season.

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Second Friday practice session underway,

The track is wet however it doesn't appear to be raining at the moment.

Track temperature is at 19 degrees while the air temperature is 14 degrees.

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The 2 Toyotas have gone out on an exploration lap.

Parts of the track at dry actually

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Button follows

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Bourdais and Vettel are on the track and actually stay on the track for a flyer

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Bourdais sets a 1:37.723.

Vettel doesn't set a time.

Raikkonen is on the track after being limited to just 1 flyer in the first session