Practice 2: 2nd and 5th

By Sam Cooper
April 13 2007

McLaren finished the second practice 2nd and 5th, with second place man Lewis Hamilton just 0.013 behind Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis finishing 2nd and Fernando finishing 5th.

Track temperatures reached thirty five degrees Celsius and track temperatures reaching forty nine degrees, causing Britain’s Jenson Button’s engine to spectacularly explode, glazing the track with oil and water, which later caused Felipe Massa to spin on. Fortunately for the Brazilian, he didn’t spin and went on to set fourth fastest.

McLaren had a problem free day and their pace looked promising; we can only wait for qualifying to see the team’s true pace.

Again, unfortunately we don’t know what fuel loads any of the drivers were running. Fernando and Lewis completed more laps than they did in practice one, we can only guess that they were focusing on longer runs, or tuning the set up more.

Pos.

Driver

Team

Time

Laps

1

K. Räikkönen

Ferrari

1:33.527

33

2

L. Hamilton

McLaren

1:33.540

33

3

R. Kubica

BMW

1:33.732

37

4

F. Massa

Ferrari

1:33.772

28

5

F. Alonso

McLaren

1:33.784

30

6

A. Wurz

Williams

1:33.973

26

7

N. Heidfeld

BMW

1:34.076

34

8

N. Rosberg

Williams

1:34.189

34

9

D. Coulthard

Red Bull

1:34.359

32

10

J. Trulli

Toyota

1:34.366

33

11

R. Barrichello

Honda

1:34.391

28

12

H. Kovalainen

Renault

1:34.585

33

13

A. Davidson

Super Aguri

1:34.595

29

14

M. Webber

Red Bull

1:34.677

24

15

G. Fisichella

Renault

1:34.796

34

16

T. Sato

Super Aguri

1:35.001

35

17

V. Liuzzi

Scuderia Toro Rosso

1:35.268

38

18

R. Schumacher

Toyota

1:35.427

29

19

A. Sutil

Spyker F1

1:35.582

31

20

S. Speed

Scuderia Toro Rosso

1:35.687

34

21

C. Albers

Spyker F1

1:35.835

30

22

J. Button

Honda

1:36.079

19

 

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