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AT&T Williams F1
drivers Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado finishing the opening Friday
practice session in thirteenth and fifteenth. The team had spent the earlier
session testing a new exhaust system as well as several other parts. The new
front wing was reported to be working well. Now it was the second Friday
practice session that would get underway with D'Ambrosio leaving the pit
lane first, joined by Petrov. More drivers would take to the track including
both Sauber's, Heidfeld, Buemi, and both Lotus cars. Pastor would be the
first of the Williams cars to come out followed by Rubens. Massa was the
first Ferrari
to leave the pit lane followed by Glock.
Rosberg was next out as D'Ambrosio set a 1m:47.730. Both Di Resta and
Alguersuari's cars were in their pits with their mechanics working on them,
Di Resta as the result of Hulkenberg's crash. As more times were set Perez
would be fastest with a 1m:44.432 followed by Buemi and Kovalainen. Pastor
would go fastest with a 1m:43.169, but he was quickly passed by Petrov with
a 1m:42.232. But Massa would go fastest with a time of
1m:42.048.Pastor was now third while Rubens was down in thirteenth,
1m:51.519. Heidfeld would go fastest with a 1m:41.678. We only had Webber
still in his pit as Rosberg pitted. Massa would again be fastest with a
1m:40.857 with Heidfeld second from Petrov. Rubens would improve to be
fourth with a 1m:42.478, with Pastor now fifth, 1m:43.169. Alonso was on a
quick lap moving straight to the top of the times with a lap of 1m:40.492.
After a slow first session Vettel was now up to pace setting a time that
would put him in third, 1m:40.946. Rubens and Pastor were now in eighth and
ninth. Button was up to sixth, 1m:41.753, as Rubens complained of problems
under braking. Massa would improve with a 1m:40.695 but remained second.
Petrov and Heidfeld were fourth and fifth. Rubens and Pastor had dropped to
ninth and tenth as Webber finally took to the track. Vettel was on on quick
lap as Hamilton moved up to fourth, 1m:41.148. Vettel's lap would see a lap
of
1m:40.062 to now be fastest. Alonso and Massa were second and third, as
Pastor pitted. Sutil had split the Williams pair moving up to tenth. After
their first runs drivers would start to pit as Webber joined Vettel at the
front. Webber would set a time of 1m:40.341 to be second.
Rubens would also pit as Vettel set a 1m:39.790 to maintain his position at
the top of the times. Vettel would pit as Webber would set a 1m:40.006 but
remained second. Alonso would move ahead of the Red Bull with a lap of
1m:39.960 to be second. Pastor had returned to the track, currently in
thirteenth. Webber would respond to Alonso moving back up to second with a
1m:39.792. Pastor was out on the soft tyre and on his lap he looked a lot
more comfortable. He would set a 1m:40.744 to be fifth. Rubens was now also
back out with an hour and four minutes remaining. Perez was now tenth and
Rubens eleventh. Di Resta and Alguersuari were still in their pits as the
teams worked on their cars. Pastor continued his run on the softer tyres
setting a 1m:40.301 to be fourth.
Vettel would return as Heidfeld moved up to fifth, 1m:40.577. Massa was
sixth followed by Hamilton, Petrov, Button, and Perez in tenth. Kobayashi
was out on the softer tyre as Alonso returned to the track. Rubens was down
in thirteenth. Both Ferrari's were out on the medium tyre. Both Massa and
Hamilton were on improved laps with Massa moving up to fourth, 1m:40.165.
Hamilton would remain seventh after a slow last sector. At the front Vettel
was fastest with a 1m:39.790 followed by Webber with a 1m:39.792. Alonso was
third and Massa fourth. Pastor had pitted after his soft tyre run. Rubens would find
time to move up to ninth with a 1m:41.617. Button was down in eleventh and
complaining of no rear grip. Vettel had set a 1m:39.709 to now be 0.083
ahead of Webber. With fifty minutes remaining Pastor would return to the
track. Rubens had pitted
The track was now fairly quite with just a handful of cars running. Alonso
was fastest in sector one but his second sector was slow and he would not
improve. Perez was out on the soft tyres finishing his lap with a 1m:40.531
to be sixth. Rubens was also back out on the track as we had Hamilton and
Button ninth and tenth. Heidfeld was on the track running on the soft tyres.
He was seventh with a 1m:40.577. ON his next lap he would set a 1m:39.040 to
be fastest. Alonso would lock up his right front at Turn two forcing him to
run wide. Rubens was also out on the soft tyre and his pace was improving.
He would finish with a 1m:40.672 to be eighth. Pastor was now sixth as
Webber took to the track. Rosberg was out on the option tyre and putting
together a very nice lap. He would finish with a 1m:39.012 to move ahead of
Heidfeld with a time of 1m:39.012.
Webber was also on the soft tyre with just under forty minutes remaining.
Webber would set a 1m:38.531 to be fastest by 0.481 over Rosberg. Rubens
would also improve on his next lap with a 1m:40.020 to be seventh. Pastor
was now eighth with a 1m:40.301. Now it was Vettel's turn to set a quick
time. He was fastest in sector one, a personal best in sector two, and
fastest in the final sector. He would finish with a 1m:38.265, to again be
fastest. Webber would again be fastest in sector one as Rubens pitted.
Webber would get caught behind Pastor and would pit failing to finish his
lap. Vettel's next lap would see him fastest in
sector one, while Massa had set personal best times in the first two
sectors. Massa would move up to third, 1m:38.564, as Vettel pitted. Hamilton
and Button were in eleventh and twelfth. Hamilton was out on the track and
on a quick lap. His lap would see him go straight to the top of the times
with a 1m:38.195.
Schumacher was now third, 1m:38.315, while Button moved up to sixth,
1m:38.582. Now it was Alonso's turn going fastest with a 1m:38.184. Rubens
and Pastor were now tenth and eleventh. Massa would set a 1m:38.443 to be
fifth. Webber was now sixth with twenty five minutes remaining. Rubens would
return to the track as Alonso continued to find pace going fastest in sector
one. Petrov was now tenth, 1m:39.586, as Alonso set a 1m:37.968. This was
even with a big lockup at the final corner. Pastor was now also out on the
track with Rubens and Pastor now twelfth and thirteenth. Sutil was now eleventh,
1m:39.626, as we now had both Red Bull cars out on the track. Buemi was on a
soft tyre run setting personal best times in the first two sectors. But he
would fail to improve in the final sector.
Both Rubens and Pastor were on longer runs with twenty minutes remaining.
Both Ferrari's were back out seeing nine of the top ten drivers out on the
track. Fifth placed Massa would also pit briefly. Sixth placed Button was
still in the pits with fifteen minutes remaining. But he would come out
seeing the track quite busy. Alonso would return to his pit briefly as there
was now ten minutes remaining. Alonso was fastest from Hamilton, Vettel,
Schumacher, Massa, Button, Webber, Rosberg, Heidfeld, Petrov, Sutil, Rubens,
and Pastor in thirteenth. Di Resta would finally take to the track on the
soft tyre leaving just Alguersuari still having failed to complete a lap. Both Rubens and Pastor had completed over thirty
laps. Apart from Alguersuari there were only two others cars in the pits.
Buemi would pit briefly as Di Resta set a 1m:41.192 to be sixteenth.
Most drivers were doing their longer runs on the softer tyre which may give
an indication of the direction the teams will go in their tyre strategy. Di
Resta would improve with a 1m:40.726 to remain sixteenth. Glock had left the
pit lane as Heidfeld pitted. Glock was now twentieth as Pastor pitted. Massa
would get crossed up at the final corner but was able to continue. A
1m:40.363 and Di Resta was now fourteenth. Rubens would pit remaining in
twelfth. Pastor was still thirteenth with Rubens time a 1M:40.020 and Pastor
a 1m:40.301. Both drivers would complete thirty four laps in what was an uneventful
session. With the end of the session the drivers would return to their pits.
For the AT&T Williams team they again seemed to be struggling for pace and
would have a lot of work to do overnight. |
