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The start of the
second Friday practice would still see the rain falling and as such there
would not be a rush of drivers taking to the track. The first driver to
leave the pit lane would be Glock followed by Alonso, with Alonso not having
set a time in the first session. Raikkonen and Senna would also come out.
Bruno Senna would be back in the cockpit after having to watch Valtteri Bottas run in the morning
session. Alonso would pit as Glock set a 2m:11.964. Raikkonen would also pit
while Bruno was told that if it was too wet to come in. Glock would improve
with a 2m:10.700 while Bruno would set a 2m:10.215. Bruno would say that
there was no point driving in the conditions with lots of standing water on the track. Glock and Senna would
both pit leaving the track empty.
For Pirelli it was not looking good for the new hard tyre testing that they
had planned. With twenty minutes of the session run the rain continued to
fall and it did not look like any driver was in a hurry to take to the
track. Pastor was still in his car helmet on. The rain was expected to ease
in around twenty minutes leaving the teams with only around thirty minutes of running. As the rain eased the first
driver to come out would be Kobayashi followed by Pic. The second Sauber of
Perez was next out joined by Massa and Alonso. Kobayashi would set a
2m:04.198 to be quickest. Both Massa and Alonso would pit without setting a
time. Alonso had gone out on intermediates, looking to save his wet weather tyres.
Perez would set a 2m:00.395 to be quickest. Both the Ferraris' would return
to the track as Kobayashi set a 1m:59.405 to again be fastest. Both Petrov
and Hulkenberg would come out joined by Kovalainen. Perez was again fastest
with a 1m:59.089 as Bruno took to the track. The Sauber's would swap the
fastest time with Kobayashi setting a 1m:58.894 as the conditions improved. We would also have Vettel,
Webber, Pastor, and Grosjean also come out with just over half and hour
remaining. Petrov was now third with a 2m:06.392 followed by Hulkenberg and
Bruno. Bruno would set a 2m:01.099 to be third. More drivers would come out
including both Mercedes cars, Button, and Di Resta. Kovalainen was up to
fourth with a 2m:01.770 but he would drop down the order as Massa and
Hulkenberg moved into third and fourth.
Vettel was now fifth with a 2m:00.941 but the session would be stopp3ed when
Bruno would crash is car damaging the left front corner as well as the rear
of the car. Bruno had lost control of his car at Brooklands with his car
going into the barrier backwards. He had aquaplaned which saw him crash.
Pastor had returned to his pit prior to Bruno's accident but with the
session stopped the track was empty. Replays had shown that Bruno had put
his car on the white line seeing the FW34 snap sideways and across the
gravel and into the tyre barrier. Bruno's car would be
removed and the session would go green and it would be Kobayashi first out
followed by Vergne. More drivers would come out with twenty minutes
remaining. We would also have both McLaren's, both Mercedes, Di Resta, and
Ricciardo take to the track. Alonso and both Torro Rosso cars were out on
intermediates. Kobayashi would set a 1m:57.613 to be quickest.
Rosberg would move into second with a 1m:58.237. Di Resta was up to fourth
but this would become fifth as Hamilton went fourth fastest with a
1m:59.208. Schumacher was now second with lap of 1m:58.192. Rosberg was
third but he would move back up to second with a 1m:58.018. Di Resta was now sixth from
Vettel, Massa, Hulkenberg, and Alonso in tenth. Hamilton was now fastest
with a 1m:56.345 with Kobayashi second with a 1m:56.474. Button was now
sixth, 1m:59.087, but he would improve with a 1m:57.948. Perez was fourth followed
by Schumacher. For Williams Pastor was back out and with just under ten
minutes remaining he would move up to eighth with a 1m:59.472. This would
become tenth as Kovalainen moved up to eighth, 1m:59.203. Raikkonen was now up to
seventh with a time of 1m:58.897 seeing Pastor now eleventh. Both Red Bull
cars were out on the track as the session drew to a close. Both Red Bull
cars were out on the intermediate as Webber pitted.
Schumacher was fifth with a time of 1m:57.701, as Pastor pitted. Schumacher
would improve with a 1m;56.545 to be third. Vettel would also pit struggling
on the intermediates. As the final minutes counted down drivers would start
to return to their pits and with the end of the session the top ten was
Hamilton from Kobayashi, Schumacher, Rosberg, Perez, Button, Kovalainen,
Raikkonen, Hulkenberg, and Alonso in tenth. Alonso would spin at Stowe
hitting the tyre barrier taking of his front wing. For Williams Pastor had
dropped to twelfth while Bruno was down in seventeenth. Pastor had only
completed six laps and Bruno the same amount. But for Bruno's mechanics they
now had the task of rebuilding a very damaged FW34. A day where not a lot
was learnt so the Saturday practice would have even more importance if it is
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