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With Kimi
Raikkonen fastest in the first Friday practice session for the Brazilian
Grand Prix, followed by Anthony Davidson and WilliamsF1's Alex Wurz the
second session would get underway. Sebastian Vettel would lead out
Ammermuller, Davidson and Alex out onto the track. Neel Jani would also
leave the pit lane, joined by Viso. With five minutes of the session run
Davidson was fastest, 1m:14.396, from Vettel and Alex. Alex's time was a
1m:16.151. After four laps Alex would pit. In fourth was Jani followed by
Ammermuller, Viso, and Sato.
Both Speed and Yamamoto would leave the pit lane. Jani would pit while Speed
moved into eighth with a 1m:17.526. Both of the Toyota's would take to the
track with Trulli leading Ralf out of the pit lane. With ten minutes of the
session completed Speed would move into sixth, 1m:16.756, as Alex returned
to the track. He would be joined by Vettel as Trulli moved into second,
1m:15.578. Davidson was now also back out while Ralf went sixth fastest, 1m:16.316.
Both Monteiro and Albers would come out while Speed moved into fifth,
1m:16.167. This would be sixth as Ralf moved into third with a 1m:15.889.
But Alex would move ahead of the Toyota driver and into second with a
1m:14.527. Trulli would pit while Vettel moved into fourth, 1m:15.466.
Monteiro would spin his Spyker but was able to continue.
Vettel would move ahead of Alex, 1m:14.424, and into second. Ralf would join
Trulli in the pits. On his next lap Vettel would move to the top of the
times, 1m:14.330. Nico Rosberg would make his first appearance of the day.
Mark Webber would follow him out onto the track. With forty three minutes
remaining Vettel lead from Davidson, Alex, Trulli,, Ralf, Speed, Albers, and
in eighth Jani. Liuzzi, Coulthard, and de la Rosa would take to the track. Nico's
first lap was a 1m:17.002 which would see him in fourteenth but Mark would
set a time of 1m:16.624 which would see him in sixth. Nico would move into
seventh with a 1m:16.043.
Mark's next lap would see him improve to be in fourth, 1m:14.839. Nico was
now in eighth. De la Rosa was ahead of Mark and now in fourth. Mark would
rop one place to be fifth. Alex was still in third. Doornbos and Michael
Schumacher were also out on the track. De la Rosa would continue McLaren's
good showing by going fastest, 1m:14.235. Both Mark and Nico had pitted
leaving Alex to continue to put in laps. Massa and Fisichella were next to take to the
track. Michael's first lap would see him immediately move to the top of the
times with a 1m:14.161. Alonso ad Barrichello had also left the pit lane.
Alex was now in fifth, and mark sixth and Nico tenth. On their first laps
Fisichella and Massa would move into seventh and eighth. Michael would spin
but was able to continue and on his ext lap would set a time of 1m:13.850.
Davidson would move into second with a
1m:13.989.
Alonso was now in fifth, 1m:14.453. Michael would pit while Fisichella would
improve to now be third, 1m:14.053. Kubica had taken to the track. Alex was
now in seventh and mark ninth and Nico thirteenth. With thirty minutes left
in the session the order was Michael from Davidson, Fisichella, de la Rosa,
Alonso, Vettel, Alex, Ralf, Mark, and Massa making up the top ten. But both
Alonso and Vettel would improve. Alonso would move into second, 1m:13.855,
while Vettel was in third. Alonso was just 0.005 behind Michael's time.
Alonso and Massa would pit. Vettel would move ahead of Michael with a time
of 1m:13.655. Kubica would spin at Turn nine, while team-mate Nick Heidfeld
took to the track. He was joined by Button leaving just Raikkonen to come
out. Alex was in seventh, 1m:14.527, while Mark was now in eleventh and Nico
seventeenth. Both Alex and Nico were back out on the track.
Alex would improve one place to now be in sixth, 1m:14.101. Raikkonen had
now left the pit lane. Nico would improve to now be in twelfth, 1m:15.124.
But Button would move ahead of the German and into tenth. Mark and Nico were
now in twelfth and thirteenth. Michael would leave his pit while on his
first lap Kimi would move into eighth, 1m:14.526. Nico had pitted while Mark
was back out on the track. Button was in seventh. Vettel would pit with just under twenty
minutes left in the session. Alonso was also back out on the track. Alex had
lowered his time with a 1m:14.095. Raikkonen had pitted.
After failing to improve Michael would pit while Doornbos would stop his Red
Bull on the side of the track in sector three. Vettel was back out joined by
Fisichella. Mark would pit. He was currently in thirteenth and Nico
fifteenth. Alex was still in sixth behind Fisichella. Massa was in eleventh
followed by Ralf and Trulli. Vettel would improve with a 1m:13.393, to be
0.457 ahead of Michael. Alonso was in third followed by Davidson. Alex had
pitted while Nico was back out on the track and looking to improve from his eighteenth. Barrichello was in
fourteenth, 1m:14.829. Vettel would pit leaving just two of the top ten out
on the track with just under nine minutes remaining.
Davidson was on a quick lap, fastest sector one. Montagny was in an amazing
fourth while Ralf would move into second, 1m:13.765. Davidson would complete
his lap moving to the top of the times, 1m:13.136. Michael was back out
joined by Nico. With five minutes left the order was Davidson from Vettel,
Ralf, Michael, Alonso, Montagny, Trulli, Fisichella, and Alex in tenth.
Button would jump up the order to now be in third, 1m:13.603. Alonso had left the pit lane for
his final run. Mark was also out on the track. Nico was down in twenty
second. Both Davidson and Vettel, courtesy of new rubber, would set time in
the 1m:12's. Davidson a time of 1m:12.653 and Vettel a 1m:12.870. But
joining them would be Alex who would go fastest with a time of 1m:12.547.
All top three drivers would pit while Trulli was in fourth followed by
Button, Michael, Ralf, Montagny, Raikkonen, Alonso, de la Rosa, and in
twelfth Fisichella. The session would end with Alex fastest but Mark was
down in nineteenth and Nico twenty third. For Alex this would be the last
time that he would have the role of a Friday driver as in 2007 he will take
up his role as race driver for the WilliamsF1 team. |