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The second
Friday practice at the Bahrain International circuit would see a rush of
drivers coming out and after five minutes of the session it would be Trulli
fastest, 1m:37.314, followed by Glock, Bourdais and Vettel. Kubica would
move to the top of the times with a 1m:36.538 while Alonso was now fourth.
Kazuki was down in eleventh, 1m:38.279. This would be thirteenth as other
drivers went faster. Button was now at the top of the times with a 1m:35.935
with Heidfeld second and Kubica third. Kazuki was down in fourteenth while
Nico's first lap would see him in twelfth. Nico would pit with seven minutes
of the session run. Kovalainen was fourth, 1m:36.650. Button would improve
with a 1m:35.558. Hamilton was in eleventh. Kovalainen was now third and
Vettel fourth.
 Button would pit while Kazuki had dropped to sixteenth. Kubica was fifth
followed by Glock, Buemi, Alonso, Trulli, and Webber in tenth. Barrichello
was now second, 1m:35.907. Nico was now sixteenth and Kazuki eighteenth.
Fisichella was now fastest with a 1m:35.343. Hamilton would improve with a
1m:35.388 to be second. Fifteenth placed Piquet would damage his front wing
seeing him return to his pit. Kazuki would pit while Nico would come back
out. There were now only a handful of drivers on the track with just under
an hour and fifteen minutes left in the session. Nico would improve with a
1m:35.871 to move up to fifth. Kazuki was down in nineteenth. Nico's next
lap would see him set a personal best in sector one, fastest in sector two,
and another personal best in sector three. He would improve with a 1m:35.551
and was now third.
Trulli was on a quick lap, fastest in sector one and two. Glock was now
fastest with a 1m:34.377, while Trulli went faster with a 1m:33.967. Massa
had yet to set a time. Glock would improve with a 1m:33.787 to be fastest.
Both Toyota's were on the super soft tyre. Nico was down in fifth. Kazuki
was slowest and back out on the track. Webber was now third, 1m:34.451.
Kazuki was on a quicker lap as Button moved up to fourth, 1m:34.994.
Kazuki's lap was a 1m:35.819 to be in tenth. Raikkonen was down in
nineteenth. Sutil was up to fourth, 1m:34.690. Kubica would improve to
twelfth, 1m:35.729, running on the softer tyre. Vettel was sixth. With just
over an hour remaining Nico was down in ninth and Kazuki thirteenth.
The circuit was now quite busy as Barrichello moved into third, 1m:34.313,
on the softer tyres. Both Toyota's were back out on the track while Kazuki
remained in his pit. Bourdais was now eighth, 1m:35.167. Alonso and Piquet
were slowest. Trulli was able to move to the top of the times with a
1m:33.699 again running on the softer tyre. Glock would improve his time
with a 1m:33.764 after being fastest in the final two sectors. Both Williams
were in their pits. Drivers continued to run wide and lock their brakes on
the dusty circuit. Trulli would improve by a few hundredths with a 1m:33.616.
Kazuki was back out on the super soft tyre. With fifty minutes remaining the
order was Trulli from Glock, Barrichello, Webber, Sutil, Vettel, Button,
Bourdais, Kovalainen, and in tenth Buemi.
Nico was down in thirteenth while on his first lap with the softer tyre
Kazuki was up to third, 1m:34.088. Glock was back out while Button was
running on the softer tyre. Nico was back out as Button moved into fourth,
1m:34.215. Kazuki would pit while Nico would move up to tenth, 1m:34.999.
Glock was running on the softer tyre as Buemi went seventh fastest with a
1m:34.443. Vettel was on a quick lap and would set a time of 1m:33.661 to go
second fastest. Kazuki was now fourth and Nico eleventh. Forty minutes left
in the session and Nico was completing a longer run having completed twenty
two laps. Piquet would spin at Turn nine.
Kazuki would leave the pit lane as Sutil went fastest in the first sector.
He was running on the super soft tyre. He would finish his lap with a
1m:33.767, fourth fastest. Kazuki was now fifth. Nico continued with his run
having completed twenty five laps. Massa was now tenth, 1m:34.659. Bourdais
was now ninth, 1m:34.366, running on the softer tyre. Nico would finally pit
with thirty three minutes left. Raikkonen was fourteenth, 1m:35.067.
Kazuki's lap time was a 1m:34.088. Hamilton was on the super soft tyre but
could only manage tenth, 1m:34.367. Nico was back out joining Kazuki with
Nico's best lap a 1m:34.999. Nico was now fifteenth while Kazuki remained in
fifth. Alonso was still slowest. Nico would go fastest in sector two and
three going fastest with a 1m:33.339. Nico was also on the softer tyre.
Hamilton would improve to be in eighth, 1m:34.157. With twenty two minutes
remaining the order was Nico from Trulli, Vettel, Glock, Sutil, Kazuki,
Buemi, Hamilton, Button, and Fisichella in tenth. Alonso was out and on a
good lap running on the softer tyre. He would cross the line in fourth,
1m:33.722. Nico had pitted. Trulli was out running on the harder tyre.
Kazuki was now seventh having completed thirty laps. Tenth placed Button was
on a quicker lap running on the softer tyre. He would improve to be fourth,
1m:33.694. Kazuki had dropped to eighth. With thirteen minutes left drivers
were coming out running on the softer tyre. This would include Webber who
moved up to eighth, 1m:33.945. Webber would improve to fourth, 1m:33.676.
With ten minutes left the BMW's were struggling with Kubica and Heidfeld
sixteenth and eighteenth. Kovalainen was nineteenth and Raikkonen slowest.
Nico was back out for his final laps as Kovalainen was on a quick lap on the
softer tyre but he could only manage eighteenth.
Barrichello was now ninth, 1m:33.885. Alonso was now sixth, 1m:33.722.
Kazuki was back out on the track currently in tenth. With five minutes left
the circuit was now very busy as Raikkonen could only manage eighteenth.
Only the Force India cars remained in their pits. Alonso was fastest in
sector one. The Force India cars left the pit lane as Alonso moved into
second with a 1m:33.530. As the session came to a close Nico would not
improve on his time but remained fastest with Alonso second from Trulli,
Vettel, Webber, Button, Sutil, Glock, Barrichello, and on his last lap
Kazuki would improve to be in tenth. Kazuki was 0.560 off Nico's pace.
So once again it would be Nico fastest in the practice session. This was an encouraging start
for the Williams team but it is this weekend that they must translate this
practice pace into a good race result. Kazuki had improved one place from
the earlier session. |
