Melbourne, Second Friday Practice.
By Läel Damasceno
March 27 2009
In Friday Practice two, McLaren were the slowest Mercedes powered team with the new BGP team leading the pack of the German engine manufacture.
March 27 2009
In Friday Practice two, McLaren were the slowest Mercedes powered team with the new BGP team leading the pack of the German engine manufacture.
The end result would see Heikki and Lewis finishing together at the back of the pack in 17th and 18th places respectfully.
Lewis lost out on a quick lap at the end of the session following a slippery moment. The car has shown that it is capable of putting up a challenge, perhaps today's times are not a true indication of the mess to come tomorrow in qualifying.
Here are the results for FP2
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:26.053 36
2 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:26.157 0.104 38
3 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:26.350 0.297 42
4 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:26.370 0.317 30
5 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:26.374 0.321 38
6 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:26.443 0.390 42
7 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:26.560 0.507 33
8 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:26.740 0.687 19
9 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:27.040 0.987 29
10 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.064 1.011 35
11 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.204 1.151 32
12 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:27.232 1.179 28
13 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:27.282 1.229 32
14 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:27.317 1.264 34
15 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:27.398 1.345 36
16 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:27.479 1.426 36
17 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.802 1.749 35
18 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.813 1.760 31
19 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:27.828 1.775 35
20 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:28.076 2.023 33
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Re: Melbourne, Second Friday Practice.
Hi guys,
back after 1 year to show support to our team!
As to the practise results... I've been watching the 2nd practise live and I don't have a goog feeling about it
I hope for some points, but I think even that is not very realistic. Never mind, I'm not a bandwagon fan! Go McLaren!
back after 1 year to show support to our team!
As to the practise results... I've been watching the 2nd practise live and I don't have a goog feeling about it
I hope for some points, but I think even that is not very realistic. Never mind, I'm not a bandwagon fan! Go McLaren!
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| 27 Mar, 2009 18:14 | Report |
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Re: Melbourne, Second Friday Practice.
FP1 was positive, FP2 not so much. I'm not too worried though, we all knew the early races would be a bit of an ordeal, but fingers crossed the two cars can make it into the point for the flyaways. Barcelona is where the car will hopefully take a big forward step.
With regards to practice - FP2 was pretty much all about longer runs, heavy fuel, checking out the tyres. Note that in FP1, when everyone was doing setup work, Heikki was quite high up. Lewis was only low down because he was struggling with setup, and this was sorted out by FP2. Times weren't chased in that session, hence the final positions.
I'm predicting Lewis and Heikki to qualify around 12th, fuel heavy, win some points.
With regards to practice - FP2 was pretty much all about longer runs, heavy fuel, checking out the tyres. Note that in FP1, when everyone was doing setup work, Heikki was quite high up. Lewis was only low down because he was struggling with setup, and this was sorted out by FP2. Times weren't chased in that session, hence the final positions.
I'm predicting Lewis and Heikki to qualify around 12th, fuel heavy, win some points.
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| 27 Mar, 2009 22:48 | Report |
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Re: Melbourne, Second Friday Practice.
you guys must remember that Lewis and Heikki are runing with different brakes...
Lewis has carbon industries
and Heikki has hitco brakes
BATracing F1 Just Got More Addicting
-=|£äë£|=-
Lewis has carbon industries
and Heikki has hitco brakes
BATracing F1 Just Got More Addicting
-=|£äë£|=-
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Re: Melbourne, Second Friday Practice.
Let's consider the next 4 races as an "extended in-season test period". Chance of scoring points is very slim, so hopefully they will at least collect as much data as possible to give the guys in Paragon a chance to rectify the problem.
The only really positive info so far is for me the (until now) 100% reliability and no KERS problems...
The only really positive info so far is for me the (until now) 100% reliability and no KERS problems...
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