Turkish GP: Hulkenberg leads Barrichello in first practice


Nioc HUlkenberg

By Andrew Hooper
May 28 2010

AT&T Williams driver Nico Hulkenberg would lead team-mate Rubens Barrichello after the opening practice session for the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix. Nico and Rubens would finish the session in sixteenth and seventeenth, some 2.5 seconds off the quickest time. The team would be using today to test several new aero parts as well as a new rear wing assembly.

 
 Turkish GP Friday 1st Practice
 

The opening Friday practice session for the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix would be run under warm conditions. Both Williams drivers would come out early in the session for their installation laps but it would be well into the final hour before they would take to the track to set a time. After their problems in Monaco neither Williams driver would be running with the team new front wing.

After an hour of the session Nico would be down in sixteenth while Rubens was also way off the pace. At the end of the session Nico would remain in sixteenth while Rubens was close behind in seventeenth. Both drivers times were some 2.5 seconds off the quickest time. The team would be using today to test several new aero parts as well as a new rear wing assembly. It would be a busy day for the Williams team.

The only major moment of the session would be when Force India's Adrian Sutil was to crash his car at Turn eight doing considerable damage to the front end as his car hit the barrier.
  
Pos  Driver         Team		    Time      Laps
 1.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:28.653  20
 2.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:29.615  20
 3.  Schumacher     Mercedes                1:29.750  24
 4.  Rosberg        Mercedes                1:29.855  24
 5.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:29.867  30
 6.  Kubica         Renault                 1:30.061  23
 7.  Petrov         Renault                 1:30.065  24
 8.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        1:30.097  26
 9.  Alonso         Ferrari                 1:30.294  20
10.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:30.501  17
11.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:30.615  20
12.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes    1:30.853  21
13.  Massa          Ferrari                 1:30.867  21
14.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:31.011  23
15.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari          1:31.238  17
16.  Hulkenberg     AT&T Williams-Cosworth  1:31.355  23
17.  Barrichello    AT&T Williams-Cosworth  1:31.464  19
18.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:31.735  27
19.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth          1:32.161  24
20.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth          1:32.990  22
21.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth            1:34.876  13
22.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth         1:35.137  21
23.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         1:35.583  15
24.  Yamamoto       HRT-Cosworth            1:36.137  26
 

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Turkish GP: Hulkenberg leads Barrichello in first practice
Discussion started by Williams F1 , 28/05/2010 10:29
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28/05/2010 10:29
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eemtij
28/05/2010 12:37
Probably the aim among the non- Cosworth drivers is not to finish below any Cosworth powered cars.

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Francesc
28/05/2010 12:40
This track is horrible, hopefully is the last year here.

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eemtij
28/05/2010 13:07
What is happening to Hulk? He only completed 7 laps.

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fyujj
28/05/2010 13:43
C'mon, whoever writes these news, I appreciate them but please make an effort not to mention times in the practice sessions ok?
As always this year McLaren runs faster on Fridays (must be due to their schedule) and Williams and other Cosworth powered cars run the engine in 'practice mode'.

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Gunk
28/05/2010 15:29
Quote:
eemtij
What is happening to Hulk? He only completed 7 laps.

According to BBC, he had hydraulic problems.

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GPL
28/05/2010 16:54
Both drivers seem down, no positive remarks so far.

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