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2009 Turkish Grand Prix Friday Practice
By Läel Damasceno
June 6 2009
The weekend began with promising times in Friday practice, but as we know, in season testing has been banned so any development evaluation takes place on Friday practice. McLaren were at the top of the tables and seamed to be on pace.

In FP1 with a time of 1m29.263, Lewis Hamilton was fast enough to finish second to the Friday's star Nico Rosberg  1m28.952. Heikki Kovalainen was also fast, he ended the day in 10th with a time of  1m29.590.

 Both McLaren drivers agree that the track was very difficult and slippery. This is a track that only holds motor sports once a year so the track is very green at the start of the weekend. The track will improve and be faster even during the race.

Heikki suffered a valve problem with his tyres which interruped hisprogramme shortly as the team made an unscheduled pit stop to replace the tyres.

 For FP2 McLaren and Heikki set the bar at  1m28.841, Alonso came in a quick second place.

 The team feel that for FP2 they went in the wrong direction with tyres with Lewis Hamilton. The team still remain confident with their pace despite all the issues with the cars.

Heikki suffered brake balance issues, the sensor was malfunctioning but he was still able to top the time sheets.

Overall the team still has a lot of work to do. With times being so competitive it may just come down to being on track at the right time for quali.

 

 

Session 1

Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Nico Rosberg Williams F1 1m28.952 24
2 Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m29.263 23
3 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m29.271 26
4 Sebastien Vettel Red Bull Racing 1m29.337 17
5 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m29.342 22
6 Kazuki Nakajima Williams F1 1m29.371 21
7 Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari 1m29.398 24
8 Fernando Alonso Renault 1m29.422 24
9 Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1m29.525 24
10 Heikki Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m29.590 19
11 Jenson Button Brawn GP 1m29.747 20
12 Adrian Sutil Force India 1m29.864 21
13 Timo Glock Toyota 1m29.934 25
14 Nelson Piquet Jr Renault 1m30.132 18
15 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m30.176 21
16 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m30.645 22
17 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m30.689 19
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1m30.729 22
19 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1m30.838 24
20 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1m30.944 25

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Session 2

Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Heikki Kovalainen Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m28.841 37
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 1m28.847 35
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m29.056 35
4 Kazuki Nakajima Williams F1 1m29.091 37
5 Sebastien Vettel Red Bull Racing 1m29.202 4
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m29.207 40
7 Nico Rosberg Williams F1 1m29.257 40
8 Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 1m29.305 34
9 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m29.383 39
10 Nelson Piquet Jr Renault 1m29.401 38
11 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m29.416 37
12 Jenson Button Brawn GP 1m29.430 32
13 Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m29.435 31
14 Timo Glock Toyota 1m29.518 40
15 Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari 1m29.520 33
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1m29.550 40
17 Adrian Sutil Force India 1m30.081 32
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1m30.091 37
19 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 1m30.295 39
20 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1m30.629 36

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