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For the Williams
F1 team the second Friday practice at Monza would see Bruno Senna take over
from Valtteri Bottas. The opening session would see Pastor Maldonado's car
suffer a hydraulic issue bt this was fixed prior to the start of the second
session. Fastest in the first session had been Schumacher from Button,
Rosberg, Alonso, Massa, and Hamilton. Alonso would have an engine change due
to a failure and was not expected to get out until twenty minutes into the
session. The ninety minute session would get underway with Perez coming out
first followed by several other drivers. For the Williams team Bruno would
come out first followed by Pastor. The track was very busy with fifteen
drivers out on the track. Vettel would be next out with the hard tyre the
tyre of choice early in the session.
Perez would set a 1m:27.713 to be quickest but Raikkonen would go fastest
with a 1m:26.093. Kovalainen was third from Kobayashi, and Pic. Pastor would
move into second with a 1m:27.532 while Bruno's first time was a 1m:32.483.
Hulkenberg was now second from D'Ambrosio. Di Resta was now second with a
1m:26.801 as Button went third, 1m:26.990. Pastor had dropped to ninth and
Bruno had set a 1m:27.866 to now be in eleventh. Pastor would find time to
again be second, 1m:26.692, but was passed by Vettel with a 1m:26.647. Times
continued to fall with Button now second, 1m:26.398, and Perez third, 1m:26.476. Hulkenberg was again fourth
from Vettel, Pastor, Webber, Ricciardo, and D'Ambrosio. Di Resta also
improved with a 1m:26.640 to be fifth. Alonso's engine change was completed
and ready to go out. Bruno would pit currently in twelfth.
Raikkonen was still fastest but back in the pits. Button would improve to
now be in second, 1m:26.164. Now it was Rosberg's turn to go second with a
time of 1m:26.061. He would be passed by Hamilton with a 1m:26.048. Rosberg
was now third from Massa, Button, Schumacher, Di Resta, Perez, Hulkenberg, and
Vettel tenth. Rosberg would find time to again be second with a 1m:25.972.
Alonso was now out on the track with Pastor also back in his pit. Pastor was
now eleventh and Bruno eighteenth. Button was now fastest with a 1m:25.832 but
Rosberg would move ahead with a 1m:25.446. Hamilton was able to improve to
be third, 1m:25.874. Massa was able to go second with a 1m:25.611 while
team-mate Alonso would go straight to third with a lap time of 1m:25.713.
Both Williams cars were having setup changes made and would be back out
shortly. with an hour and a quarter remaining. Bruno would be first back out
as Massa went fastest in sector two. Massa would improve with a 1m:25.545
while Alonso would set a 1m:25.564. Raikkonen was back out followed by
Pastor. Alonso would go fastest with a 1m:25.350 to be ahead of Rosberg and
Massa. Both Ferrari's would pit as Vettel came back out. Bruno was on an
improved lap setting personal bests in sectors one and two. He would set a
1m:27.092 but would only move up to seventeenth. Alonso would return quickly
to the track followed by Rosberg. More drivers were coming back out
including Webber, Perez, D'Ambrosio, and Schumacher. Bruno would again pit
after his run while Pastor would set a 1m:26.623 to be eleventh. Both Caterham's were now on the medium tyre as Di
Resta also came out. Both McLaren's were also back out for a second run on
the harder tyre.
Pastor was on a longer run with just under an hour remaining. Raikkonen
would miss the gravel at Ascari after running wide on the exit of the fast
third chicane. Bruno was back out again as Kovalainen moved up to sixteenth,
1m:26.935. With fifty five minutes remaining Alonso was fastest from
Rosberg, Massa, Button, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Di Resta, Schumacher, Perez,
and Hulkenberg in tenth. Pastor was back in his pit with Bruno now
eighteenth, 1m:27.092. More drivers were coming out on the medium tyre
including Perez, Massa, and Alonso. Both Red Bull's were
outside the top ten with Vettel twelfth and Webber fifteenth. Pastor would
return to the track with fifty minutes left. Alonso would set a 1m:25.506
with his first lap on the softer tyres, slightly slower than his earlier
best on the hard compound. Raikkonen was now fourth with a time of
1m:25.809.
Pastor was also on the medium tyre as Alonso pitted with an issue after
running down the escape road at the first chicane. Massa would improve with
a 1m:25.430 to be second. Vettel would improve to be tenth, 1m:26.394. Massa
would also pit while Perez improved to be eighth, 1m:26.072. Pastor had
improved slightly with a 1m:26.404 to be eleventh. Button would also find
time with a 1m:25.485 to be fourth. Pastor would also pit having finished
his run on the medium tyre. Bruno had yet to run with the softer tyre.
Button would find more time to move to the top of the times with a
1m:25.328. Di Resta would move from seventh to sixth, 1m:25.612. It seemed
like the best times were coming after several laps on the medium tyre.
Webber was now thirteenth running on the medium tyre, 1m:26.473.
Hamilton was also running on the medium tyre as Bruno also came out for his
first run on the softer tyre. Hamilton would go fastest in sector two
finishing his lap with a 1m:25.290 to be fastest with Button now second.
Alonso was third from Massa, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Di Resta, Hulkenberg,
Perez, and Schumacher. Hulkenberg was also on a quicker lap as both Pastor
and Bruno returned to the track. Hulkenberg set a 1m:25.547 to remain in
eighth, 1m:25.547. Pastor was now fourteenth and Bruno eighteenth. Alonso
was back out on the track after having a front left brake issue resolved. He
would improve with a 1m:25.348 but remained third with thirty minutes
remaining. Hamilton had pitted but Button was back out. Both Williams
continued to circulate around the track working on longer runs.
Alonso would have further problems coasting slowly back to his pit with some
sort of issue. He would pit seeing his mechanics again go to work at the
rear of his car. Bruno had pitted again with just over twenty minutes
remaining currently in seventeenth, 1m:26.783. Alonso would get out his car
with his session most likely over. Hamilton was back out as Pastor continued
to put in further laps. The track was busy with just four cars in their
pits, including the Ferrari of Alonso. With just under fifteen minutes
remaining Bruno would come back out joining Pastor. It was reported that
Alonso's issue was a gearbox related. Button would pit joined by Perez,
Vettel, and Kobayashi. Pastor would complete his run remaining fourteenth,
having completed thirty four laps during the session. Pastor would come back
out running on the hard tyre.
Both Williams drivers continued to lap the Monza circuit with five minutes
remaining. With just a handful of minutes remaining Kobayashi would be out
of cars car his day over. The session would end with Hamilton still fastest
from Button, Alonso, Massa, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Di Resta, Hulkenberg, Perez,
and Schumacher in tenth. The drivers would return to their pits with Pastor having completed forty two
laps and Bruno thirty nine. A very productive day for the Williams team but
both Pastor and Bruno would finish outside the top ten with Pastor
fourteenth and Bruno seventeenth. |
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