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Massa Shows Top Form In Hungary
By Emma Aitken
August 1 2008
Ferrari came to Hungary knowing that they are playing catch up and will need to put in a good performance this weekend. So they got off to a great start this morning by taking 1-2 on the time sheets. Kovalainen followed them in his McLaren with his team mate Hamilton right behind him.

Ferrari come to Hungary this weekend with a lot to prove and made a good start with that by completing this morning’s free practise session with a 1-2. Massa topped the table with his team mate Raikkonen just behind him. The McLarens’ of Kovalainen and Hamilton took third and fourth respectively.

 The session got off to a slow start with no one putting in more than an installation lap in the first 30 minutes. Raikkonen put in the first competitive lap 45 minutes in to the session with a time of 1m.22.032s.

 It was the last 20 minutes that saw the action really hot up though, when Massa came out and took a time under the 1m.22s mark. Timo Glock came out to top that but not for long once Hamilton put his lap in.

 Massa came back at them with two fast laps, the second of which remained unbeaten. Although Raikkonen and Kovalainen improved their times within the last ten minutes, neither of them could improve on Massa’s time.

 Alonso did a job good in his Renault to claim fifth and Timo Glock, back after his nasty accident in Germany took his Toyota to sixth. 

The BMW’s of Kubica and Heidfeld followed on from there with Piquet in his Renault splitting the pair in eighth. Trulli’s Toyota completed the top ten.

 DriverTeamTime
1MassaFerrari1m21.981s
2RaikkonenFerrari1m21.345s
3KovalainenMcLaren1m21.410s
4HamiltonMcLaren1m21.535s
5AlonsoRenault1m21.802s
6GlockToyota1m21.931s
7KubicaBMW1m22.267s
8PiquetRenault1m22.326s
9HeidfeldBMW1m22.370s
10TrulliToyota1m22.457s
11WebberRed Bull Racing1m22.654s
12CoulthardRed Bull Racing1m22.700s
13BourdaisToro Rosso1m22.900s
14ButtonHonda1m22.917s
15BarrichelloHonda1m23.093s
16RosbergWilliams1m23.147s
17NakajimaWilliams1m23.274s
  18SutilForce India1m23.353s
19FisichellaForce India1m23.459s
20VettelToro Rosso1m23.923s

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