***SPOILER***Belgian Grand Prix, Free practice one times

1. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m47.339s
2. HAMILTON McLaren 1m47.881s

3. ALONSO McLaren 1m47.994s

4. HEIDFELD BMW 1m48.052s

5. ROSBERG Williams 1m48.372s

6. KUBICA BMW 1m48.605s

7. WURZ Williams 1m48.920s
8. TRULLI Toyota 1m48.994s
9. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m49.138s

10. BUTTON Honda 1m49.330s

11. FISICHELLA Renault 1m49.380s

12. SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m49.548s

13. WEBBER Red Bull 1m49.894s
14. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m49.931s

15. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m50.264s

16. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m50.482s

17. SATO Super Aguri 1m50.640s
18. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m50.648s
19. SUTIL Spyker 1m50.768s
20. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m51.628s

21. YAMAMOTO Spyker 1m52.379s

22. MASSA Ferrari no time


And on to the racing folks

 

Thanks, Steve. Any word on Massa ?

 

No probs thanks

Massa went straight on at Rivage, going across the gravel and nosing into the tyre wall.

not sure how he is tho

 

Excellent.....its all coming together now Smithers! The trial, the fine and our results improve. What competiton??? A monopoly of all that is F1 for me Look Lewis Hamiltion is sneaking in......release the hounds Smithers!

 

LOL

 

Thank God.

 

...looking good ladies and gentelman...lets show the pace!

 

Alonso first, can not these people do anything right?

 

Massa went off? technical problem or driver error?

 

Is that even a question?

 

i see where your going with this.

it's a technical error, according to f1-live.com

the car just couldn't turn or something like that.

 

He approached the Rivage hairpin too fast and slid off, through the gravel trap and into the barrier.

It means Massa will be behind his rivals in terms of the time he has preparing his car, which could harm his chances of setting it up to behave to his liking.

 

Speed TV said Massa admitted to "Brain Fade" on cold tires. Guess that is better than a problem with the car.

 

Alonso lead the 2nd practice with Hamilton a close second...

 

Results from the 2nd session:
1 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.654 29
2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.765 0.111 29
3 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:46.953 0.299 27
4 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:47.166 0.512 26
5 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:47.491 0.837 33
6 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:47.946 1.292 34
7 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:48.086 1.432 30
8 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:48.271 1.617 29
9 10 Robert Kubica BMW 1:48.279 1.625 37
10 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1:48.567 1.913 38
11 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:48.606 1.952 36
12 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:48.840 2.186 32
13 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:48.883 2.229 17
14 7 Jenson Button Honda 1:48.919 2.265 29
15 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:49.364 2.710 31
16 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:49.393 2.739 28
17 21 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 1:49.697 3.043 32
18 19 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:49.720 3.066 34
19 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:50.168 3.514 23
20 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 1:50.399 3.745 24
21 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:50.542 3.888 24
22 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 1:50.865 4.211 9

 

Vettel is starting to show Liuzzi the door.

Rosberg outdoes Wurz as usual.

And the Toyotas are preparing themselves again for dropping out in Q1 tomorrow.

 

I hope Honda dos'nt drop in Q1

 

They will.

BusinessF1 had a sad article about that team going to the dogs. Doesn't matter much for Barrichello, 08 will be his last season, but it certainly ruins Button's career. That boy would deserve a better ride (hello Ferrari!).

Nick Fry in his infinite wisdom has now successfully complained to Honda's managers that they should cut funding and support for Super Aguri.

 

That is sad I thought they were making some headway forward albiet late in the day as usual ..JB picked up some points on his last race.. I would like to see him in a ferrari I must admit but maybe FS is not very brit friendly right now ..

 

Looks like we are going to get whomped in Spa