AT&T Williams driver Alex Wurz was sixth fastest after the final Friday practice for the 20076 Australian Grand Prix. Team-mate Nico Rosberg would finish in eighth. Both drivers would set their times in the closing moments of the session.
Australian GP Friday
2nd
Practice
The start of the
second Friday practice session would see a rush of drivers coming out. It
was cloudy but dry. This session would see Nico Rosberg replacing Kazuki
Nakajima out on the track. The Japanese driver was sixth fastest in the
opening Friday practice.
Nico
was down in twelfth with a time of 1m:32.525. Alex was in ninth, 1m:32.001.
Liuzzi would have a spin in his Torro Rosso. Nico would have a moment at
Turn twelve as he recovered his car. Alex would improve his time with a
1m:31.883. So would Nico with a 1m:32.075. But for both their positions
remained unchanged. With ten minutes of the session run fastest was Massa
followed by Hamilton and Heidfeld. Nico was now in tenth, 1m:31.855. His
next lap would see him move ahead of Alex and into ninth, 1m:31.184. Alex's
time was now a 1m:31.358. Only three drivers had yet to set a time,
including both Red Bull drivers.
Nico would pit while Alex would improve with a 1m:31.170. Alex and Nico were
in
eleventh and twelfth. But both drivers were over three seconds slower than
the quickest time, 1m:28.111. Alex would pit with just over seventy minutes
remaining. As the session progressed Alex and Nico would drop down the
order. But Nico would come out and on his first lap would improve to tenth,
1m:30.340. Alex was down in eighteenth. Massa was till fastest from Kubica
and Alonso. Nico was now 2.2 seconds off the quickest time.
With thirty minutes of the session left it would be stopped to recover
Barrichello's Honda which had hit the barriers. With the session restarted
the cars would return and in the closing moments Nico was able to put in a
time that would see him in the top ten, 1m:28.055, moving into eighth. Alex
was also able to sneak in a time that would see him in sixth with a
1m:27.031. Fastest in the session would be Massa followed by Raikkonen and
Hamilton.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:27.353 32
2. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:27.750 33
3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:27.829 29
4. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:27.941 33
5. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:27.970 27
6. Wurz AT&T Williams-Toyota (B) 1:27.981 31
7. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:28.040 25
8. Rosberg AT&T Williams-Toyota (B) 1:28.055 29
9. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:28.281 26
10. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:28.495 23
11. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:28.727 28
12. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:28.921 33
13. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:29.009 23
14. Button Honda (B) 1:29.066 30
15. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:29.542 12
16. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:29.574 26
17. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:29.801 11
18. Kovalainen Renault (B) 1:30.097 10
19. Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:30.383 28
20. Sutil Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:31.108 35
21. Albers Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:31.175 32
22. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:31.693 16