Hungarian Practice Two: Williams continues good form

After seeing their drivers finish second and fifth in the opening Friday practice the AT&T Williams team would be hoping for a further strong start to the weekend of the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. The second Friday practice session would see several drivers out quickly including Nico Rosberg. Kazuki would also come out joining Heidfeld, Trulli, Glock, Alguersuari, Piquet, Buemi, Alonso, Fisichella, and Massa. Drivers would set times quickly with Piquet fastest with a 1m:24.206, followed by Heidfeld, Trulli, Nico, Kazuki, Buemi, Glock, and Alguersuari. With only three drivers still in their pits Nico was now second, 1m:24.403, and Heidfeld third. Kazuki was now third, 1m:24.465, as Heidfeld went fastest with a 1m:23.953. Now it was Hamilton second followed by Fisichella.

It was all changing rapidly as Fisichella moved in to third, 1m:24.125. Nico was now fifth as Kazuki went fastest with a time of 1m:23.910. Heidfeld would pit from second followed by Hamilton, Fisichella, Piquet, Nico, Alonso, and Trulli. Raikkonen would have a moment running wide but he kept going and was able to get back on the track. Piquet was now fastest with a 1m:23.414. Massa would join Raikkonen in going off the track running over the gravel at Turn nine. He was able to return to the track as Vettel went second with a 1m:23.758. Kazuki was now third and Nico had dropped to be eighth. Both Williams drivers had pitted.

Alonso was fourth followed by Heidfeld, Fisichella, Hamilton, Trulli, Button and Nico now in tenth. Hamilton would also have a moment running wide as he neared the end of his lap. Only Kovalainen and Sutil had yet to set a time. Webber was now ninth and Trulli tenth. Nico was now in eleventh. Massa was down in nineteenth behind Alguersuari. Kovalainen was up to seventh, 1m:24.004. Nico had dropped to thirteenth as Kovalainen went fastest with a time of 1m:23.396. Kazuki was now back out joined by Nico. Nico was able to improve setting the quickest time with a 1m:23.116, this time running on the softer tyre. Kazuki was now fifth with a 1m:23.910. Nico would have a moment that would see him struggle for grip. Fisichella was also on the softer tyre. Kazuki was remaining on the harder tyre. Nico was fastest from Kovalainen, Piquet, Fisichella, Vettel, Kazuki, Alonso, Heidfeld, Hamilton, and Button
in tenth.

Fisichella was up to second with a 1m:23.334. Webber was up to fifth, 1m:23.522 while team-mate Vettel would move to the top of the times with a 1m:23.013. Webber would also improve to pass Vettel with a 1m:22.918. Nico was now third and Kazuki seventh. Nico would be pushed down to fifth as Fisichella moved into third and Kovalainen went fastest with a 1m:22.126. Kovalainen was on the super soft tyre. Button would split the Red Bull's moving into third, 1m:22.993. Nico was now sixth and Kazuki ninth. At the front Kovalainen was putting in some quick times as Button moved into second, 1m:22.811. Kovalainen would pit as Kazuki dropped to tenth. Massa and Raikkonen were in seventh and eighth. Piquet was ninth and Hamilton tenth seeing Kazuki drop to eleventh. Raikkonen was on the softer tyre and would move up to fourth, 1m:22.991. Vettel was also on the softer tyre as Nico pitted.

Fisichella was now sixth with fifty minutes left in the session. Nico was back out on the track as Glock moved up to second, 1m:22.778. Kovalainen was still fastest from Glock, Button, Webber, Raikkonen, Vettel, Fisichella, Nico, Massa, and Kubica. Nico was now eighth and Kazuki eleventh. Webber was running on the softer tyre with forty minutes of the session remaining. Trulli would pull off just after Turn seven after having run very slowly as Kazuki ran on the super soft tyres. Barrichello had spun at Turn twelve but was able to return to the track. Kazuki would improve to be ninth just behind Nico in eighth. Both drivers would drop one spot as Kubica moved into fifth with a 1m:22.870. Glock was now third, 1m:22.778, followed by Button. Raikkonen was now sixth as Kazuki improved to be in eighth and Nico tenth. As more drivers took to the track with the super soft tyre Barrichello moved up to third, 1m:22.695, and Alonso was fifth followed by Button, Kubica, Raikkonen, Hamilton, and Vettel in tenth.

Kazuki and Nico were now outside the top ten in eleventh and thirteenth respectively. Kazuki would return to the track with twenty five minutes remaining. Nico was also to return again on the softer tyre as was able to move up to second, 1m:22.154. Like Nico Kazuki had also improved with a 1m:22.628, to now be in fourth. Kovalainen was still fastest with a 1m:22.126 from Nico, Webber, Kazuki, Barrichello, Glock, Alonso, Button, and Hamilton in tenth. Massa would again run wide brining up lots of dust as he struggled on the softer tyre. Nico would pit with eighteen minutes left. Kazuki would also pit. Nico would return again on the softer tyre as Trulli whose car had made its way back to the pits was now up to sixth followed by Glock in seventh. Nico was putting in some consistent times running on the softer tyres. Nico was putting in some longer runs having completed forty laps.

Nico would pit with six minutes left in the session with Nico and Kazuki in second and fourth. Both Nico and Kazuki would return to the track as Hamilton went fastest in sector one. But Hamilton would make a mistake late in the lap seeing him not improve. With just Webber and Sutil in the pits everyone was out as Hamilton on his next lap went fastest with a 1m:22.079. Nico was now third with a 1m:22.154 and Kazuki fifth, 1m:22.426. The session would come
to an end with Hamilton fastest from team-mate Kovalainen, Nico, Webber, Kazuki, Vettel, Barrichello, Trulli, Heidfeld, Glock, Raikkonen, Alonso, Button, Kubica, Piquet, Sutil, Fisichella, Massa, Buemi, and Alguersuari slowest.

Both Williams drivers would put in a total of eighty seven laps as they came to grips with the track and the two types of tyres. Kazuki's last lap could have been better had it not been for him making a mistake in the middle sector.

Pos  Driver	  Team			     Time     Laps
 1.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:22.079 36
 2.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:22.126 36
 3.  Rosberg      AT&T Williams-Toyota  (B)  1:22.154 47
 4.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:22.369 29
 5.  Nakajima     AT&T Williams-Toyota  (B)  1:22.426 40
 6.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:22.550 30
 7.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:22.641 38
 8.  Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:22.663 28
 9.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:22.690 43
10.  Glock        Toyota                (B)  1:22.751 45
11.  Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:22.763 38
12.  Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:22.793 37
13.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:22.806 42
14.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:22.870 36
15.  Piquet       Renault               (B)  1:22.927 36
16.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:22.978 28
17.  Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:23.029 39
18.  Massa        Ferrari               (B)  1:23.156 32
19.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:23.176 45
20.  Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:23.942 40