Hungarian GP: Senna third in FP2
Bruno Senna
By Andrew Hooper
July 27 2012
The second Friday practice session would see Williams F1 driver Bruno Senna finish in third. Team-mate Pastor Maldonado was down in twelfth. Rain would fall late in the session but for Bruno it was a strong performance leading home his team-mate by a unexpected margin.
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The opening
Friday practice session for the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix would see Williams
F1 drivers Valtteri Bottas and Pastor Maldonado finish in ninth and
eleventh. Valtteri would be replaced by regular driver Bruno Senna. The
first session had seen only the medium tyre being used but in the second
ninety minute session it was expected that the soft tyre would be used. The
sun was again shining as practice got underway with Bruno coming out first
for Williams, shortly after followed by Pastor. First to come out were the
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There were a few drops of rain
after clouds had come over seeing Bruno pit along with Pastor. The track
would go fairly quite as drivers returned to their pits. The rain was now
falling quite heavily with Hamilton fastest from Raikkonen, Bruno, Massa,
Alonso, Button, Di Resta, Vettel, Grosjean, Schumacher, Rosberg, and Pastor
in twelfth. With thirty eight minutes remaining the track was now empty as
the rain started to fall heavily. Vergne and Schumacher would both come back
out with Vergne on the full wet and Schumacher the intermediate. Vergne
would not complete the lap returning to his pit. Schumacher would continue but he
would lose the rear and lock the front and would go off into the barrier at
Turn eleven. He would take the front wing off went he went into the barrier.
He would get out of his damaged car as the rain continued to fall. Kobayashi
had also come out running on the wet tyre, followed by Glock. Vettel would also come out running on the
intermediates. Bruno had also left his pit running on the full wets. Button was going to go out but he would stop at the end of the pit lane seeing his mechanics run down to retrieve him. Bruno was told to pit with just under twenty minutes remaining. Vettel had only completed one lap prior to pitting. Both Ferrari's had also come out followed by Button. The reason for Button's return to the pits was due to the team feeling that there may have been something left on the car. Bruno was back in his pit as we had Hulkenberg also out on the track. Massa was on the full wets and Alonso the intermediates. Both Ferrari's and Button would pit with fifteen minutes left in the session. Petrov was out on the track running wide at Turn four. The track was now drying out with the intermediates proving to be the more suitable tyre. Bruno would return to the track along with Rosberg. With nine minutes remaining the track was getting busy with Pastor also coming out. There were still a few puddles on the track one of which nearly caught Bruno out running wide at Turn eleven. He would find his way back onto the track having missed the barrier. First and second, Hamilton and Raikkonen, remained in their pits but with seven laps Raikkonen would come out. Both McLaren's remained in their pits as the session drew to a close. Vettel had come out on intermediates but would run wide at Turn six returning to his pit. Both Bruno and Pastor continued out on the track trying to get use to the conditions. The session would end with Hamilton still fastest from Raikkonen, Bruno, Massa, Alonso, Button, Di Resta, Vettel, Grosjean, and Schumacher in tenth. Pastor was down in twelfth. A somewhat frustrating way to end the session with the Williams F1 team losing dry track time not getting any longer runs on the soft tyre. But this session had seen a strong performance from Bruno being in third. This is an encouraging change in form as it has normally been Pastor leading Bruno in the first day. Now it was down to Bruno to continue this good form come Saturday practice and qualifying. |
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Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.995 20 2. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m22.180s 20 3. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m22.253s 33 4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m22.417s 28 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m22.582s 22 6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m22.747s 17 7. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m22.794s 23 8. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m22.824s 18 9. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m22.922s 12 10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m23.160s 19 11. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.164s 28 12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m23.337s 26 13. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m23.713s 25 14. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m23.814s 17 15. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m23.841s 28 16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m24.328s 23 17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m24.345s 27 18. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.623s 22 19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m24.823s 28 20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m25.220s 28 21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.104s 27 22. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m27.106s 18 23. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.185s 22 24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m27.822s 20 |
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