Tough day for WilliamsF1 in Hungary
Alex Wurz
By Andrew Hooper
August 4 2006
It would turn out to be a tough day for the WilliamsF1 team after the second Friday practice sessions in Hungary. Alex could only manage 16th while Nico and Mark were down in 19th and 22nd. All the drivers complained about not having the right setup for their cars.
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Hungarian GP Friday 2nd
Practice |
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With Raikkonen
fastest in the morning session with a lap of 1m:21.624s followed by Anthony
Davidson and Michael Schumacher the second practice session for the
Hungarian Grand Prix would get under way. Alex , fifth in the morning
session, was the first driver to leave the pit lane. He would be followed by
the BMW Sauber of Robert Kubica and Scott Speed, Doornbos, Davidson and
Yamamoto. Several other drivers would head out including Nick Heidfeld and
Markus Winkelhock.
Alex
would set the early pace but Davidson would go fastest. Both drivers would
improve their times but the order remained the same. Tiago Monteiro would
come out joined by Ralf Schumacher. with fifteen minutes of the session run
the five test drivers were using longer runs to conduct tyre evaluations.
Both Davidson and Alex would pit. But for Davidson it would be a quick stop
as he was to return to the track. Michael Schumacher was out followed by
Rubens Barrichello and Jarno Trulli. For the first time we would see the
second Ferrari of Felipe Massa come out.
Michael would move into second. Scott Speed and Jenson Button both take to
the track as Massa goes fastest just off Raikkonen's best from the earlier
session. Massa would pit. Barrichello was now in fourth behind Davidson and
the two Ferrari's. Both McLaren's of Raikkonen and de la Rosa were out. The
Renault's of Alonso and Fisichella would join them. But for Fisichella it
would go
wrong when he was to spin his car and as a result return to his pits. Both
De la Rosa and Raikkonen were outside of the top ten after their first timed
laps. With nearly half the session run Alonso would move into second while
de la Rosa improved to now be in eighth.
Kubica was on his first timed lap of the day as Alonso would pit. Kubica
would move into ninth. Team-mate Nick Heidfeld was on the track. Kubica
would improve to be fourth. Neither Nico or Mark had yet to come out in the
session. Fisichella would return to the circuit as Heidfeld moved into
fourth. Massa was back on track as Nico Rosberg came out for the first time.
Fisichella's first
lap would see him in eighth. On his next lap he would move into third just
behind team-mate Alonso. Sato was in thirteenth in his Super Aguri SA06.
With fifteen minutes remaining Davidson would heads back out. Anthony was
currently in seventh.
Doornbos
was now in fourth while Trulli would up the order to now be in seventh.
Team-mate Ralf was now fifth in the sister Toyota. Mark Webber would finally
make an appearance with only ten minutes remaining. His first lap would see
him in twenty third. He would improve picks up a couple of more positions
while Albers would stop out on the track as the session came to an end.
Davidson would
finish the session in fifth but it would be Massa who would lead the times
followed by Alonso, Fisichella, Doornbos, Davidson, Ralf Schumacher, Trulli,
Michael Schumacher, Heidfeld and Kubica. As for the WilliamsF1 team Alex
would end the session fastest in sixteenth. Nico would finish ahead of
team-mate Mark in sixteenth while Mark was in twenty second. |
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Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:21.778 12
2. Alonso Renault (M) 1:23.097 15
3. Fisichella Renault (M) 1:23.189 14
4. Doornbos Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:23.195 30
5. Davidson Honda (M) 1:23.498 31
6. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:23.747 19
7. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:23.771 18
8. M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 1:23.931 19
9. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (M) 1:23.934 11
10. Kubica BMW-Sauber (M) 1:24.106 11
11. de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:24.252 11
12. Winkelhock MF1-Toyota (B) 1:24.381 28
13. Barrichello Honda (M) 1:24.445 17
14. Button Honda (M) 1:24.465 15
15. Monteiro MF1-Toyota (B) 1:24.508 8
16. Wurz WilliamsF1-Cosworth (B) 1:24.609 31
17. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:24.623 23
18. Rosberg WilliamsF1-Cosworth (B) 1:24.793 12
19. Jani Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:24.854 33
20. Albers MF1-Toyota (B) 1:25.038 7
21. Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:25.152 16
22. Webber WilliamsF1-Cosworth (B) 1:25.393 8
23. Klien Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:25.647 14
24. Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari (M) 1:25.843 12
25. Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes (M) 1:25.968 11
26. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M) 1:26.198 16
27. Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:26.877 20 |
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