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McLaren Reclaim the Top Of The Time Sheets
By Emma Aitken August 1 2008
Ferrari went from a 1-2 finish this morning to droping down to fifth and sixth this afternoon. Hamilton and Kovalainen traded the top lap times before Hamilton got the job done with a time of 1m.20.554s. Piquet put in a blinding lap to finally split the two McLarens to finish in second.

The morning session went to Ferrari but the afternoon belonged to McLaren with Hamilton topping the time sheets.

 Kovalainen had spent most of the session very close behind his team mate until Piquet came out on the super-soft tyres, put in a superb lap, and claimed second place in his Renault.

 For most of the session the two McLarens traded to top lap time before the Brit finally capped it with a time of 1m20.554s.

 Alonso put in yet another strong performance to finish the afternoon in fourth, leaving the Ferrari’s of Raikkonen and Massa fifth and sixth behind him respectively.

 The BMW’s followed on behind the Ferraris. Heidfeld finished seventh, complaining throughout the second half of the session that it was ‘nearly impossible to say anything about the balance’ of his car because of the dusty surface and tyre graining problems. 

Toyota’s Trulli and Williams’ Rosberg completed the top ten.   

 DriverTeamTime
1HamiltonMcLaren1m20.554
2PiquetRenault1m20.748
3KovalainenMcLaren1m20.760
4AlonsoRenault1m20.928
5RaikkonenFerrari1m21.009
6MassaFerrari1m21.010
7HeidfeldBMW1m21.138
8KubicaBMW1m21.363
9TrulliToyota1m21.505
10RosbergWilliams1m21.581
11GlockToyota1m21.662
12WebberRed Bull Racing1m21.733
13CoulthardRed Bull Racing1m21.837
14NakajimaWilliams1m21.902
15BourdaisToro Rosso1m21.955
16ButtonHonda1m22.150
17FisichellaForce India1m22.197
18SutilForce India1m22.358
19BarrichelloHonda1m22.448
20VettelToro Rosso1m22.945

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