Hungary Practice **spoiler**

Thanks for posting the times, it's nice to the F-cars ahead of the Macs early on. I know it's practice and "doesn't mean anything," but i still prefer the red cars on top in all sessions.

Mark

 

pretty impressive showing from BMW I suspect Kubica did that lap when he was extremely light. Practice times can be meaningless but I've found them to often be indicative of how strong the team will be on any particular weekend, and Ferrari looks like they're in good shape to take a win here.

 

Unfortuneatly the ferraris are looking up at McL, Renault and BMW in the second practice. 7/10th's off the pace.

 

This may be the other track (Monaco being the first) where the 'LWB' will hurt the Scuderia's chances. It's possible they're playing it close to the vest, but when they're not top-5, that seemingly has been an indication that they are struggling. (I don't think this means they'll qualify that low, of course).

This really makes the events of the last race sting a bit more...

 

Times
01 F. Alonso McLaren 1:20.919 29 laps
02 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:21.283 39 laps
03 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:21.338 32 laps
04 N. Rosberg Williams 1:21.485 40 laps
05 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:21.517 37 laps
06 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:21.589 29 laps
07 F. Massa Ferrari 1:21.620 39 laps
08 G. Fisichella Renault 1:21.698 36 laps
09 J. Trulli Toyota 1:21.857 35 laps
10 R. Kubica BMW 1:21.906 37 laps
11 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:21.912 29 laps
12 A. Wurz Williams 1:21.987 35 laps
13 M. Webber Red Bull 1:22.325 28 laps
14 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:22.483 33 laps
15 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:22.510 41 laps
16 J. Button Honda 1:22.550 47 laps
17 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:22.556 42 laps
18 R. Barrichello Honda 1:22.727 29 laps
19 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:23.136 42 laps
20 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:23.148 39 laps
21 A. Sutil Spyker F1 1:23.673 34 laps
22 S. Yamamoto Spyker F1 1:26.307 29 laps

 

Macs seems to be back on top. any news on weather conditions?

 

The track is way too tight, sort of like Monaco, and we know how bad the F2007 was at Monaco.

 

Good point. Not the best scenario for the longer wheel base.

 

Not looking good......

 

Monaco was long time ago. The Scuderia's pace has improved massively.

 

Possible rain in the forecast -- is Fred greasing up Lewis' intermediates again?

 

Looks like Vettel really has that STR problem resolved.

 

+1. My thoughts exactly. I don't think we will be hearing all of the comments about his drive as we did from Indy. The car is just bad and they still haven't come to grips with the transmission issues.

 

...I dont like the look of this...really dont...are we struggling here too? just like in monaco?

we cant afford a bad race...

 

Kimi Raikkonen admitted he was unhappy with the handling of his Ferrari after setting only the sixth fastest time on the opening day of practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The Finn wasn’t too concerned at this early stage, however – although he said the team has a lot of work to do overnight.

“I am not very happy with the handling of my car in these two sessions and obviously we have a lot to do in order to improve,” he said.

“But this is only Friday and there is no point in making a drama out of it as far as qualifying and the race are concerned.

“I wasn’t able to get a really clear picture of the performance of the two types of tyre, especially on the first lap, firstly because of traffic and secondly because of that quick short shower.”

 

seems to be a downforce problem but who knows, perhaps they're contemplating a one stop race and are practicing with a heavy fuel load. if the bmw's line up ahead of, or mixed in with the macs there could be first turn fireworks creating a opportunity.

 

Kimster better work together with the mechanics and sort out whatever's bothering him about the car. Will MS be there for this weekend's race?

 

One stopping could be a pretty damn good idea, considering how tight the track is, and how wide the F2007 is. If they can leap-frog the McLaren's then I think Fernando and Lewis will have trouble getting past them.

 

they need a clear track, which is almost impossible in HUngary, and also blistering laps from both the drivers, which is possible

 

Well, I slept through my alarm, so I missed it, and Speed is unusually not re-airing it. I hope Kimi can get the car handling the way he wants it to...