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The second
Thursday practice would see both AT&T Williams drivers take to the track
early with Pastor Maldonado going fastest with a 1m:20.544, with Petrov
second. Webber would return to the track after the electrical problem which
affected his gearbox was fixed. Webber was third with a 1m:22.039.
Alguersuari would move to top the times with 1m:20.168 and Webber moving up
to second, with Buemi third. Pastor would lock up heavily on entry to Ste
Devote but was able to keep the engine running and was pushed out of the
escape area and was able to return to the track.
Petrov was now fastest with a 1m:18.135 but Massa would move ahead with a
1m:17.483. Webber was now third but Button would move ahead with a
1m:18.636. Rosberg was now in fifth with a 1m:19.547, behind Webber. But
Buemi moved up to fourth . This would become fifth as Heidfeld went fourth
fastest, 1m:19.129. Rosberg would move from sixth to now be fastest with a
1m:16.917. Pastor had dropped to twelfth while Rubens had yet to set a time.
Button was up to second with a time of 1m:17.091 as Rosberg pitted. Hamilton
was up to fifth while Pastor moved from twelfth to seventh, 1m:18.988. But
Sutil would move into sixth while at the front Alonso would go fastest with
a 1m:16.408. Button was third with a 1m:16.922. Massa was now fourth from
Petrov, Sutil, Webber, Hamilton, Perez, Buemi, and Pastor now in eleventh,
1m:18.988.
Rubens first time was a 1m:25.262 to be slowest but his next lap would see
him move up to tenth, 1m:18.833. The track was fairly quite with drivers
returning to the pits after their firt runs. Vettel was up to thirteenth,
1m:19.046, with just four cars on the track with under twenty minutes of the
session completed. Hamilton would improve to be third, 1m:17.036 and would
pit. Rubens was now ninth with a 1m:18.530. Pastor would leave the pits,
currently in twelfth, followed by Rosberg. Pastor was out on the super soft
tyres for
his first run on these tyres. Rubens would pit as Pastor started his flying
lap. Pastor's first sector time was slower than the quickest on the soft
tyre. Pastor would complete his lap improving to move up to seventh with a
1m:17.633.
Alonso was back out running on the harder tyre joined by Massa. Rosberg was
still in second as more drivers returned to the track. With the repairs on
his car completed Schumacher was now out on the track currently in
nineteenth. Rubens was back out while Pastor had pitted after his super soft
run. Buemi would improve to be eighth, 1m:17.581. Webber was told that his
KERS was again not working as the first half hour of the session was
completed. Alonso was still fastest from Rosberg, Button, Hamilton, Massa,
Petrov, Buemi, Pastor, Heidfeld, and Webber in tenth. Rubens was in twelfth,
1m:18.530, as Vettel pitted after a long run of eighteen laps. Di Resta had
come to a halt at the chicane and had to be pushed down the escape road.
Rosberg was also on a longer run as we would see Rubens move up to seventh
with a lap of 1m:17.570, like Pastor running on the super soft tyre. Pastor
had dropped down to ninth and was back out on the track.
Alonso would pit along with Rubens. Kobayashi would be the next to try the
super soft tyre and was now tenth, 1m:17.706. More drivers were on longer
runs with fifty minutes remaining. Schumacher was back out and on an
improved lap but would remain in nineteenth. Hamilton would pit as Pastor
continued to circulate around the track on the soft tyre. Rosberg would pit
as Perez moved up to seventh with a 1m:17.541, also setting his time on the
super soft tyre. Rubens was again out on the track with Rubens and Pastor
eighth and tenth. Massa would also come out looking to evaluate the super
soft tyres. Vettel was also out on the option tyre and would go straight to
the top of the times with a 1m:15.739. Massa's lap would be a 1m:16.445 to
move up to third.
Massa would hit the kerb very hard nearly seeing his car hit the barrier on
the opposite side of the track. Alonso was back out as both Williams car
continued to put in further laps. Vettel was on even quicker lap setting a
1m:15.667. Massa was fastest in sector one by two tenths, and at the end of
the lap would set a time seeing him move up to second, 1m:15.781. On his
next lap Alonso would go fastest in sector one and two finishing his lap
with a 1m:15.123 to go fastest by 0.544 over Vettel. Webber had moved up to
fourth with a
1m:16.807 on the option tyre. Vettel had pitted while Rosberg was on an
improved lap. Button was also looking to go faster while Massa pitted.
Rosberg had aborted his lap as Button moved up to second with a 1m:15.448.
Rubens and Pastor were now tenth and twelfth.
On his next lap Rosberg would improve to move up to second, 1m:15.321, on
the option tyre. Webber, Button, Rosberg, and Massa had all now pitted.
Button would return to the track while Rubens and Pastor had now complete
twenty four and thirty one laps respectively, as the last thirty minutes of
the session started. Button would pit as Schumacher, on the option tyre,
moved up to seventh, 1m:16.819. Sutil and Heidfeld were now in ninth and
tenth, as Rubens and Pastor dropped to thirteenth and fifteenth. Pastor
would pit as Vettel and Massa returned to the track. Schumacher would
improve to be sixth with a 1m:16.603. Vettel was out again on the option
tyre a longer run. Hamilton was back out on the track on the super soft
tyre. He would finish with a 1m:15.456 to be fourth. On his next lap he was
fastest in sector one but he would back off.
Rubens had pitted as we now had both Alonso and Rosberg back out on the
circuit. Schumacher had pitted while after having slowed down was again on a
quick lap going fastest in sector one, a personal best in the middle sector,
to finish his lap in second with a 1m:15.228. Pastor was currently in
fifteenth and again out on the track. We now had the top six all on the
track with twenty minutes remaining. Heidfeld and Petrov were in tenth and
eleventh. It was looking like the super soft tyre was proving to be quite
durable as Hamilton
pitted. Alonso was on the prime tyre with fifteen minutes of the session
remaining. The track was now very busy with just three cars still in their
pits, one being the car of Rubens. With just over ten minutes left only the
HRT cars were still in the pits. Vettel was up to around fourteen laps on
the option tyre showing their degradation was promising.
With the track so busy it was unlikely that any quicker times would be set.
Alonso would pit returning quickly having made a switch to the option tyre.
Buemi would pit followed by Massa. Karthikeyan would return to the track
with around five minutes left in the session. Rosberg would pit as
Kovalainen would run down the escape area at Ste Devote. Petrov would crash
his car losing control as he braked for the chicane. His right rear would
hit the barrier and his front wing would also make contact and was knocked
off. He would make his way back to his pit and was pushed back into his
garage. As the session came to an end Rubens and Pastor were still in
thirteenth and fifteenth. Fastest was Alonso from Hamilton and Rosberg.
Button was fourth from Vettel, Massa, Schumacher, Webber, Sutil, and
Heidfeld in tenth. The drivers were able to do practice starts prior to
returning to their pits.
Both Williams drivers had set times that were around 2.5 seconds off the
quickest times. Based on these they have a lot of work to do to find some
extra pace from their cars. Pastor's earlier pace in the opening Thursday
practice was not a good indication as to his true pace when compared to the
other drivers as they set quicker times during the second session. |
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