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Kovalainen jumps into 2nd with a 1:45.797. Just 0.004 seconds off Massa's time

Now Hamilton goes fastest with a 1:45.752. Just 0.041 seconds quicker than Massa

Final minute of the session and all the drivers are on the track except Hamilton and Fisichella

Alonso goes fastest with a 1:45.654!

Session over and the order is: Alonso, Hamilton, Massa, Kovalainen, Rosberg, Kubica, Raikkonen and Button.

Kubica, Heidfeld and Sutil covered the most number of laps with 36 each

Fisichella did the least number of laps with 12, Webber managed 15 laps even though he only went out late in the session following his crash in the morning.

Full results from the 2nd Firday practice:

Position Driver Team Best Lap/Gap Laps
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:45.654 30
2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0.098 28
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0.139 31
4 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 0.143 31
5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 0.510 34
6 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 0.730 36
7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0.926 25
8 Jenson Button Honda 1.247 32
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1.359 32
10 Timo Glock Toyota 1.392 22
11 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1.483 15
12 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1.491 35
13 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1.646 33
14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1.833 24
15 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1.986 31
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 2.106 36
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 2.311 12
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 2.355 25
19 Jarno Trulli Toyota 2.405 28
20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 2.657 36

Does anyone else find it interesting that both underpowered renaults topped the speed trap readings? And the so called superior ferrari power(in the ferraris) only manged 9th and 10th?

Pos No Driver Time of Day Speed
1 6 Nelsinho Piquet 23:03:01 288.3
2 5 Fernando Alonso 23:03:21 287.6
3 15 Sebastian Vettel 22:25:42 287.0
4 23 Heikki Kovalainen 21:42:39 286.3
5 22 Lewis Hamilton 22:53:57 286.3
6 8 Kazuki Nakajima 23:03:22 285.5
7 4 Robert Kubica 21:44:23 285.3
8 14 Sebastien Bourdais 22:38:27 284.6
9 2 Felipe Massa 22:36:18 284.5
10 1 Kimi Räikkönen 22:58:37 284.5

I suspect that the Renault and the Toro Rosso are running less wing and hence recording a higher top speed at the speed trap.

Team by team summary following Friday practice sessions

RENAULT

Fernando Alonso finished his day by topping the late session timesheets, but championship protagonists Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa's first session times remained faster. Nelson Piquet did a similar lap time in both 90 minute sessions, and was P12 at the end of the latter.


MCLAREN-MERCEDES

A competitive day for championship leader Hamilton; just ahead of Massa in both sessions, the quickest time of the day, and beaten in the second session only by the flying Alonso. Heikki Kovalainen was fourth fastest in both sessions.


FERRARI

In both sessions, Massa was less than a tenth of a second off the pace of his championship rival Hamilton. "Whether we will be more or less competitive than our rivals, I cannot yet say," the Brazilian said. Kimi Raikkonen's best time was set in the first session, when he was four tenths slower than Massa. "We tried a modification at the front that we tried at Mugello last week, but it did not produce the effect we hoped for," said the Finn.


WILLIAMS-TOYOTA

Nico Rosberg was among the top six runners in both practice sessions, while Kazuki Nakajima - who had a brush with the wall in second practice - was nearly a second off the fast German's pace. "The only real issue we encountered was damage to the bargeboards on both cars due to the kerbs," said technical director Sam Michael.


BMW-SAUBER

Like Rosberg, Robert Kubica was amid the top six in both sessions, but Nick Heidfeld was a worrying 16th in the latter 90-minute practice. "Overall I had a good first practice day here, although my fastest lap from the second session doesn't give that impression," the German said.


HONDA

Rubens Barrichello's weekend started badly when he reversed into the barriers in the first session and was slow in the second. "The car was bouncing and touching the ground so much," he said. Jenson Button's form, good enough to be inside the top-ten all day, was much better.


TOYOTA

An awful day for Jarno Trulli; universally slow, not entirely happy with the Singapore lighting, and fined 10,000 euros and officially reprimanded after recovering from a spin. Timo Glock was much faster but he crunched his nose against the concrete late in session two, when he was P10. "The track is really bumpy and the car is quite tricky to handle," said the German.


RED BULL-RENAULT

Mark Webber was the first casualty of the Singapore circuit, when he damaged his front right corner on the entrance to the unique grandstand-tunnel. "Even though we lost a lot of track time, I feel we've made a reasonable recovery," said the Australian, who finished the day 11th quickest and ahead of his teammate David Coulthard. Both RB4 cars featured the BMW, Honda and McLaren-style nose horns for the first time.


TORO ROSSO-FERRARI

Monza winner Sebastian Vettel returned to earth on Friday, never rising above tenth place in the two Singapore practice sessions. "My car feels very loose and I don't think we will have an easy time," said the German, ahead of his teammate Sebastien Bourdais in both sessions.


FORCE INDIA-FERRARI

Giancarlo Fisichella, who was the first driver to sample the Singapore lights on Friday, ended his day early with a gearbox problem in the second session. "Today was generally ok, not too bad a start," said the Roman, 17th quickest in the later session after just 12 laps. Adrian Sutil, the slowest runner of the day, predicts a tough race. "Sometimes it actually hurt over the bumps, particularly my legs as they crashed into the monocoque," he reported

Saturday practice session underway and the cars stream out of the pitlane for their installation laps

David Coulthard is going very slowly!

Air temperature is at 30 degrees while track temperature is at 31 degrees

Hamilton is currently on his installation lap.

Only Raikkonen and Massa have yet to go out on the track

Timo Glock returns to the track for a longer run

Glock starts his first flying lap