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Driver of the day ?

Lewis Hamilton
2
14%
Robert Kubica
1
7%
Felipe Massa
0
No votes
Mark Webber
3
21%
Rubens Barrichello
0
No votes
Kazuki Nakajima
0
No votes
Heikki Kovalainen
0
No votes
Adrian Sutil
8
57%
 
Total votes: 14
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 8:01 pm

Heidfeld was around 2 seconds slower!

Session over
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 9:06 pm

Top 8 from Saturday practice: Kovalainen, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Rosberg, Kubica, Massa, Webber and Sutil.

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Rank Driver Team Best Lap/Gap Number of Laps
1 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.567 11
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0.517 15
3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0.610 21
4 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 0.936 26
5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1.120 22
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1.124 26
7 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1.289 22
8 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1.316 23
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1.580 26
10 Jenson Button Honda 1.658 27
11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1.800 16
12 Timo Glock Toyota 1.857 26
13 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1.888 19
14 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 2.048 25
15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 2.084 29
16 Fernando Alonso Renault 2.228 24
17 Jarno Trulli Toyota 2.291 25
18 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 2.457 23
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 2.564 10
20 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 4.238 17
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:04 pm

1st Qualifying session underway. The track is dry at the moment.

Track temperature is 28 degrees while air temperature is 21 degrees
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:06 pm

Currently Vettel is fastest ahead of Coulthard and Bourdais.

The 2 Ferraris and Kovalainen are on the track
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:08 pm

Now Kovalainen goes fastest ahead of Massa and Raikkonen!

Rosberg on a flyer as the track gets quicker every minute!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:09 pm

Rosberg now fastest with a 1:16.116!

10 minutes to go in the 1st session
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:11 pm

Now Hamilton fastest with a 1:15.582, Raikkonen in second and Massa in third
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:14 pm

6 minutes remain and the top 8 are: Hamilton, Raikkonen, Massa, Rosberg, Kovalainen, Glock, Webber and Kubica
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:16 pm

Kubica improves into 4th.

Kovalainen on a flyer!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:18 pm

Kovalainen goes fastest with a 1:15.295. He seems to be using this session as practice as he had covered 10 laps already. Trying to make up for lost time from his accident this morning!

Final flyer!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:20 pm

Coulthard up into 8th after setting the fastest 3rd sector time of all!!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:22 pm

Massa goes fastest with a 1:15.190. Kovalainen in second ahead of Hamilton, Raikkonen, Rosberg, Kubica, Webber and Coulthard.

Knocked out: Bourdais, Piquet, Vettel, Sutil, Fisichella
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:26 pm

Second qualifying session about to start. Track conditions remain dry
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:27 pm

Session underway and no one goes out initially!
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Post by Ed » Sat May 24, 2008 10:30 pm

Alonso is the first out this session but others follow shortly after
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