First practice just finished: Luzzi - 1:25.967 de la Rosa - 1:26.480 Zonta - 1:27.265 JPM - 1:27.425 DC - 1:27.573 Massa - 1:27.971 Webber - 1:28.269 Trulli - 1:28.366 Button - 1:28.632 Klien - 1:28.834 Heidfield - 1:29.172 RB - 1:29.277 RS - 1:29.285 JV - 1:29.332 Doornbos - 1:29.370 Sato - 1:31.364 Monteiro - 1:32.348 Karthikeyan - 1:38.175 Second practice should be pretty good too. I think Luizzi should be one of the drivers and not a tester! Carol
No lap times recorded for: Kimi - 1 lap MS - 3 laps Fischella - 2 laps Alonso - 2 laps afterall, it's just practice and who knows exactly what they are testing and what "mind games" may being played Minardi didn't run first practice Carol
I was following the practice 1 on F1.com. (live timing) No much going on except Liuzzi, De la Rosa and Zonta putting on a show. Liuzzi was flying... Can't wait for practice 2! I will be able to see it on speed tv.
Hate the new 2 race per engine and one race per tyre rules ... basically it means very little running time during the practice sessions as everyone is being cautious about their reliability. Pity people who paid good money to go to the track to see the big guns all do 5 laps or less. This confirms it ... I am not wasting my money this year around to see a race live. All the money spent and only see a max of 15 laps from my favorite drivers. Hope you are happy Mr. Max Mosley
Yes it is tomorrow night. The laptimes you see on top of the page is from practice #1. Practice #2 starts in 2 minutes.
I thought they only had to use the 'race' engine for qualifying and racing ... thus they could use whatever they like for these practice sessions. Anyway ... the top guys never do much track time in these practice sessions ... even back in the Senna days. Maybe you should get a WC point for topping any track session ... that would make it interesting Pete
JPM has stuck it to KR so far ... less laps and faster!!! EDIT: KR went out and one, against JPM ... hehehe, I love this inter team battles! Pete
Second Practice 1 P. de la Rosa McLaren 1:25.376 28 2 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:25.676 15 3 N. Heidfeld Williams 1:25.940 23 4 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:26.081 15 5 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:26.227 14 6 F. Massa Sauber 1:26.357 19 7 F. Alonso Renault 1:26.562 21 8 J. Button BAR 1:26.611 26 9 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:26.639 14 10 G. Fisichella Renault 1:26.668 23 11 R. Zonta Toyota 1:26.808 31 12 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:27.017 22 13 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:27.162 16 14 J. Trulli Toyota 1:27.195 24 15 M. Webber Williams 1:27.329 19 16 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:27.513 18 17 C. Klien Red Bull 1:27.544 14 18 T. Sato BAR 1:27.891 20 19 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:28.168 29 20 R. Doornbos Jordan 1:28.620 30 21 V. Liuzzi Red Bull 1:28.926 7 22 T. Monteiro Jordan 1:29.671 23 Heidfeld and Massa did a great job.
Here are the results for practice #2. What are your predictions? 1. 35 DE LA ROSA McLaren Mercedes M 1'25"376 223.609 Km/h 2. 9 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'25"676 + 0'00"300 3. 8 HEIDFELD Williams BMW M 1'25"940 + 0'00"564 4. 1 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'26"081 + 0'00"705 5. 10 MONTOYA McLaren Mercedes M 1'26"227 + 0'00"851 6. 12 MASSA Sauber Petronas M 1'26"357 + 0'00"981 7. 5 ALONSO Renault M 1'26"562 + 0'01"186 8. 3 BUTTON BAR Honda M 1'26"611 + 0'01"235 9. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'26"639 + 0'01"263 10. 6 FISICHELLA Renault M 1'26"667 + 0'01"291 11. 38 ZONTA Toyota M 1'26"808 + 0'01"432 12. 14 COULTHARD RedBull Cosworth M 1'27"017 + 0'01"641 13. 17 R.SCHUMACHER Toyota M 1'27"162 + 0'01"786 14. 16 TRULLI Toyota M 1'27"195 + 0'01"819 15. 7 WEBBER Williams BMW M 1'27"329 + 0'01"953 16. 11 VILLENEUVE Sauber Petronas M 1'27"513 + 0'02"137 17. 15 KLIEN RedBull Cosworth M 1'27"544 + 0'02"168 18. 4 SATO BAR Honda M 1'27"891 + 0'02"515 19. 19 KARTHIKEYAN Jordan Toyota B 1'28"168 + 0'02"792 20. 39 DOORNBOS Jordan Toyota B 1'28"620 + 0'03"244 21. 37 LIUZZI RedBull Cosworth M 1'28"926 + 0'03"550 22. 18 MONTEIRO Jordan Toyota B 1'29"671 + 0'04"295
I would say there are still going to be surprises, let's see how they qualify. Have they made tire choices yet? This tire business seems still too complicated to digest.
Oh wait: New Max pronouncement: They'll be gray -- as in granite. And they have to push them with their feet, a la Fred Flintstone. ("Durn Engeenears -- I'll slow those cars down yet!")
