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The second
Thursday practice for the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix would see the possibility
of rain. With this threat there may be a very busy start to the session.
Senna would be the first out followed by Glock and HRT team-mate Chandhok.
Nico would come out very early in the session joined by Rubens. Hamilton and
Alguersuari were now out on the track as Senna sets a time of 1m:25.830.
Other drivers would start to take to the track including both Lotus's,
Webber, Hamilton, Liuzzi, and Kobayashi. Nico was now fastest with a
1m:22.044 from Glock, Petrov, Rubens, Senna, and Chandhok. Hamilton was now
fastest with a time of 1m:20.193.
 Rubens would now go fastest with a 1m:19.245 from Hamilton, Alguersuari, and
Nico. Webber was now second, 1m:20.037, but Hamilton would go fastest with a
1m:18.690. Most teams would conduct races setup work during this session.
Alguersuari was now second seeing Rubens in third. Petrov was now fourth
from Liuzzi and Webber. Kubica was now second, 1m:18.757. Only the Mercedes
cars were still in their pits as Barrichello went
fastest with a time of 1m:18.387. He was passed by Liuzzi with a 1m:18.256
but he too was beaten by Vettel with a 1m:18.002. It was all rapidly
changing as Hamilton was now fastest with a 1m:17.709 from Sutil, Vettel,
Webber, Rubens, Alguersuari, Alonso, and Nico in ninth. Rubens had pitted as
Liuzzi went fastest with a time of 1m:17.537.
Both Mercedes cars were on the track as Senna pitted. Nico was now second
with a time of 1m:17.650. Rubens was down in seventh, 1m:18.387. The Red
Bull's would move to the top of the times with Vettel fastest from Webber.
Kubica was now third from Liuzzi, Nico, Button, Alonso, and Hamilton.
Rosberg would move into fourth while Schumacher was eighth. Nico had also
pitted as Alonso moved up to third, 1m:17.198. Webber was now
fastest with a time of 1m:16.420. Vettel was second from Alonso. Schumacher
and Rosberg were now second and third. Vettel would move past Rosberg for
third. Kubica was now fastest with a time of 1m:16.101 from Webber and now
Sutil in third. Schumacher was now fourth from Vettel, Rosberg, Petrov,
Alonso, Massa, Liuzzi, and Nico in eleventh. Rubens was now down in
seventeenth. Webber would move past Kubica with a 1m:16.056.
More drivers would pit after eighteen minutes of the session. Alonso would
move up to third, 1m:16.469, while Buemi was in tenth. Kubica would improve
with a 1m:15.935 to be fastest. Only a handful of drivers were now on the
track as Kubica continued to improve setting a 1m:15.589. Nico was back out
on the circuit currently in twelfth. Kubica would pit while Rubens would
join Nico out on the track. Alonso would improve with a 1m:16.186 but
remained in third. Alguersuari would improve to be thirteenth, running on
the softer tyre. Vettel was now back out joined by Webber. It was now
overcast with an hour and six minutes remaining in the session. Both
McLaren's were out on the track as Nico was on an improved lap but his final
sector would see him lose time and not improve from his thirteenth.
Alguersuari was now ninth while Button was in thirteenth. Hamilton was
fifteenth. More drivers were now coming back out with Nico now fourteenth
and Rubens eighteenth. Both Mercedes cars were on the track as there were
reports of rain on the circuit. Several drivers were on the softer tyre as
they worked on their comparisons. Hamilton was now third, 1m:16.106, while
Nico was fourteenth, 1m:17.485, and Rubens sixteenth, 1m:17.580. Rubens had
pitted. With an hour remaining the order was Kubica from Webber, Hamilton,
Alonso, Sutil, Schumacher, Vettel, Rosberg, Button, and Massa in tenth.
Hamilton had improved with a 1m:15.779 while Webber was on a 1m:15.744.
Webber would improve with a 1m:15.620 with fastest times in the final two
sectors.
 Rosberg was now fourth but he was passed by Vettel. Hamilton had pitted
while team-mate Button was seventh with a time of 1m:16.521. Webber had
pitted while both Williams cars were back in their pits. Massa was now
fourth with a 1m:15.926, while Vettel was now fifth. Nico was now fourteenth
and Rubens sixteenth. Vettel would pit as Buemi moved up to eighth,
1m:16.276. Massa would go fastest with a 1m:15.585 while Alonso moves
ahead with a 1m:15.435. Both Ferrari's were on the softer tyre while Kubica
would pit. Alonso would improve with a 1m:14.904, to be six tenths ahead of
Massa. Nico was now back out and would improve to be thirteenth, 1m:16.848.
He was joined by Rubens while Hamilton was also out on the softer tyre. Nico
would move up to twelfth, 1m:16.573, while Rubens was sixteenth, 1m:17.580.
Massa would improve with a 1m:15.120 but remained in
second. Hamilton was now third, 1m:15.434. Kubica was now fourth from
Webber, Schumacher, Vettel, and Rosberg. Rosberg would improve to be sixth,
1m:15.646, while team-mate Schumacher was next in seventh.
Rosberg was now up to second, 1m:15.013, just a tenth off Alonso's time.
Button had improved to be eighth, 1m:16.061, while Vettel was down in ninth.
Nico was now eleventh with a time of 1m:16.348 while Rubens was now
fourteenth, 1m:16.982. Webber was now sixth while Sutil had moved up to
seventh, 1m:15.639, followed by Button and Schumacher. Schumacher was now in
fourth with a time of 1m:15.143. Hamilton was now fifth from Kubica, Webber,
and Sutil. Sutil would improve to be sixth, 1m:15.460, like many of the
drivers running on the softer tyre. Nico was now twelfth and Rubens
fifteenth. Rubens would drop to sixteenth as De la Rosa moved ahead of the
Williams driver. Both Ferrari's were out on the circuit while Nico would
also come back out with thirty eight minutes remaining. Petrov would improve
to now be eleventh, 1m:16.112.
Rosberg was back out while Vettel would move up to sixth with a 1m:15.455.
team-mate Webber was in tenth, 1m:15.620. Vettel was on a quicker lap going
fastest in sector two. He would move up to third, 1m:15.099. Petrov would
now be eleventh setting a time of 1m:15.746. It would start to rain slightly
while Vettel would pit. With thirty minutes remaining Alonso was still
fastest from Rosberg, Vettel, Massa, Schumacher,
Hamilton, Sutil, Kubica, Button, and Webber in tenth. Nico was back in the
pits currently in thirteenth while Rubens had returned to the track been in
sixteenth. Nico was back out on the track as Rubens found some pace in the
final two sectors but remained in sixteenth, 1m:16.732. Alonso would pit as
the track again became quite busy. Rubens would pit while Schumacher would
cut the chicane at Turn ten. There was little changing as the drivers put in
longer runs with twenty minutes left in the session.
Kubica was on an improved lap but would lose time in the final sector to
remain seventh, 1m:15.257. Rubens was back out on the track and would
improve to be fourteenth, 1m:16.522 to be right behind Nico. Rubens would
again pit with fifteen minutes left in the session. Kubica would improve to
be sixth, 1m:15.192, seeing Hamilton drop to seventh. Nico was out
completing longer runs having completed thirty eight laps. Rubens had
only completed twenty nine laps. Massa was back out on the harder tyres for
his final run and with ten minutes remaining Alonso was still fastest from
Rosberg, Vettel, Massa, Schumacher, Kubica, Hamilton, Sutil, Button, and
Webber in tenth. Rubens was back out as Massa would lock up going into
Sainte Devote taking to the run off area. Nico and Rubens were still
thirteenth and fourteenth. Nico had now completed forty three
laps while Rubens had only completed thirty eight.
Nico would continue to put in further laps as he was on a longer run as the
team collected data. The final minutes would start as the majority of the
field was out on the track. The session would come to an end as the spots of
rain continued to fall. With the end of the session the drivers would return
to the grid to perform practice starts. Nico and Rubens would complete the
session still in thirteenth and fourteenth. At the front the order was
unchanged. Massa was back out on the harder tyres for his final run and with
ten minutes remaining Alonso still fastest from Rosberg, Vettel, Massa,
Schumacher, Kubica,
Hamilton, Sutil, Button, and Webber in tenth.
With the end of
the session the top ten remained unchanged with Alonso remaining fastest.
This session would see Nico and Rubens finish very close in their times
while it looked like the Williams team
had used this session to carry out longer runs as they prepare for Sunday's
race. Nico would complete the largest number of laps in the session, forty
eight. |
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