Wurz third fastest in second Silverstone practice


Alex in third

By Andrew Hooper
June 9 2006

WilliamsF1 test driver Alex Wurz would finish third fastest in second Friday Silverstone practice session. Mark Webber was in ninth while team-mate Nico Rosberg was down in ninteenth.

 
British GP Friday 2nd Practice
 

With the opening Friday practice at Silverstone seeing action only really coming from the Friday drivers Alex Wurz would set the fastest time from Anthony Davidson and Robert Kubica. Of the race drivers it would be Trulli in fourth who would lead the way from Michael Schumacher, Barrichello, Button and Massa. This session would not see either Mark Webber or Nico Rosberg take to the
circuit.

With the start of the second session Kubica, Davidson, Doornbos, Sato, Montagny, Jani, and Yamamoto would all come out for their installation lap. Monteiro, Alex, and Albers would also come out. Montagny would be looking to make up lost time given his problems in the earlier session which saw
him get on real track time. Doornbos would set the initial pace with a 1m:25.787 but was beaten by Davidson with a 1m:23.848. Alex would return to his pit. Albers was in third with a 1m:26.240 but was passed by Mondini, 1m:25.979. Montagny was slowest with a 1m:27.754.

Ralf Schumacher would be the first of the Toyota drivers to come out. He would be joined by Massa. Alex was also back out. The MF1's of Monteiro and Albers were in third and fourth. Doornbos would pit. Ralf's first lap would see him in second, 1m:25.006. Team-mate Trulli was also out on the circuit. Massa's first lap would see him move into second with a 1m:24.740 but Ralf would snatch back this spot with a 1m:24.700. Alex's first timed lap would see him move ahead of Ralf with a 1m:24.220. Massa would go faster, 1m:23.933, while Alex on his next lap would go fastest with a 1m:23.786.

With forty nine minutes remaining the order was Alex, Davidson, Massa, Trulli, Ralf, Doornbos, Albers, and Mondini. Nico Rosberg was out on the circuit for the first time while Massa would move ahead of Alex with a 1m:23.553. But on his first lap Kubica would go fastest with a 1m:22.636. Speed and Michael Schumacher weer also out on the track. Nico's first lap would see him in fifth, 1m:24.026. Klien was also out for his first run of the session. He was joined by team-mate Coulthard. Nico would improve with a 1m:23.816 to now be in fourth with just under forty five minutes remaining.

Button and Liuzzi were out for their first time. Michael was now in seventh ahead of brother Ralf. Speed was in ninth, 1m:25.060. Jani would go off at Priory but was able to continue. Michael would improve to now be in third, 1m:23.641. Mark would come out for the first time. Coulthard was in tenth, 1m:25.214. Alex and Nico were in fourth and fifth. Yamamoto was slowest with a 1m:28.614 to be 5.9 seconds slower than the quickest time. Michael was now in second with a 1m:23.443. Nico was back in his pit while Mark's first lap would see him in seventh, 1m:24.019. Button was in ninth, 1m:24.463.

Both Klien and Yamamoto would have spins. Mark would set a very encouraging time moving into second, 1m:23.099 just 0.463 behind Kubica. That had three WilliamsF1 cars in the top six, an unusual sight. Both Mark and Alex were out on the track with thirty seven minutes left. Button was now in eighth, 1m:23.852. We had yet to see either McLaren cars out. Alonso was down in twentieth, 1m:26.612. Button was now in fifth, 1m:23.707. On his next lap Alonso would move ahead of Mark with a time of 1m:22.858. Mark had returned to his pit. Barrichello was down in eleventh, 1m:24.359.

Fisichella and Villeneuve had come out for their first runs. Raikkonen, Montoya, and Heidfeld were the only drivers yet to take to the circuit. Fisichella would move to the top of the times with a 1m:22.294. Alonso was back in his garage. Mark was now in fourth, Alex and Nico eighth and ninth. Montoya was now out with thirty minutes remaining. Davidson would move into fourth with a 1m:23.073. Michael and Massa were now in sixth and seventh. Fisichella would pit after an off-track moment at Becketts on his second quick lap. Villeneuve was now in ninth, 1m:23.750. Kubica would move back to the top of the times, 1m:22.243. Fisichella was in second followed by Alonso, Davidson, Mark, Barrichello, Michael, Massa and now Montoya who had moved into ninth with a 1m:23.652. Both Kimi and Nick Heidfeld were out on the track. Button was in tenth.

Alex and Nico were both back out with twenty five minutes left. Kimi was down in sixteenth, 1m:23.915. Mark was now back out on the track. Twenty minutes left and Nico would pit. Kimi was also back in his pit. Alonso was back out on the track as Alex continued to carry out some longer runs having already completed twenty two laps in the session. Michael was back out. With fifteen minutes left there had been little in the way of change in the top dozen times. Massa was out and on a quick lap, fastest in sector one. Trulli was now in third, 1m:22.437. Massa was now in fourth, 1m:22.476.

Mark was back in his pit as Alex continued to circulate. Michael was in ninth and back in his pit. Nico was back out joining Alex. Massa would pit. Kubica was back out while Mondini was now in tenth. Albers would move ahead of his team-mate. Montoya was in twelfth and Button thirteenth. Mark was now in seventh while Alex and Nico were in fifteenth and sixteenth. Kubica was fastest in the first sector. He would improve his time with a 1m:21.651 to be 0.643 ahead of Fisichella. Five minutes left in the session and Montoya and Button were both back out. Montoya would improve to now be in tenth, 1m:23.199.

Alonso was back out for his final run with three minutes left. Davidson was now in third, 1m:22.310. Mark was also out for his final run of the day. He would be joined by the majority of the cars. Nico was still in his pit, joined by Fisichella, Trulli, Barrichello, and Raikkonen. Alex was now in third with a 1m:22.300. while Kubica would go even faster with a 1m:21.082. With the end of the session the order would be Kubica from Fisichella, Wurz, Davidson, Trulli, Massa, Alonso, Michael Schumacher, Webber, and Barrichello. Nico Rosberg was down in nineteenth. Raikkonen was in twenty first.

 
Pos  Driver        Team                     Time     Laps
 1.  Kubica        BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:21.082 29
 2.  Fisichella    Renault             (M)  1:22.294 3
 3.  Wurz          WilliamsF1-Cosworth (B)  1:22.300 30
 4.  Davidson      Honda               (M)  1:22.310 34
 5.  Trulli        Toyota              (B)  1:22.437 17
 6.  Massa         Ferrari             (B)  1:22.476 19
 7.  Alonso        Renault             (M)  1:22.603 13
 8.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari             (B)  1:22.825 14
 9.  Webber        WilliamsF1-Cosworth (B)  1:23.099 15
10.  Barrichello   Honda               (M)  1:23.104 17
11.  R.Schumacher  Toyota              (B)  1:23.114 22
12.  Doornbos      Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:23.140 25
13.  Monteiro      MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:23.194 23
14.  Montoya       McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  1:23.199 10
15.  Albers        MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:23.499 14
16.  Mondini       MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:23.529 25
17.  Button        Honda               (M)  1:23.707 18
18.  Villeneuve    BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:23.750 13
19.  Rosberg       WilliamsF1-Cosworth (B)  1:23.816 16
20.  Heidfeld      BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:23.895 14
21.  Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  1:23.915 4
22.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:24.012 19
23.  Klien         Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:24.158 12
24.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:24.167 19
25.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:24.392 13
26.  Jani          Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:24.666 22
27.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:25.870 26
28.  Montagny      Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:26.248 22
29.  Yamamoto      Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:27.908 27
 

Bookmark or share this story with: