Tough day for WilliamsF1 in Hungary


Alex Wurz
By Andrew Hooper
August 4 2006

It would turn out to be a tough day for the WilliamsF1 team after the second Friday practice sessions in Hungary. Alex could only manage 16th while Nico and Mark were down in 19th and 22nd. All the drivers complained about not having the right setup for their cars.

 
Hungarian GP Friday 2nd Practice
 

With Raikkonen fastest in the morning session with a lap of 1m:21.624s followed by Anthony Davidson and Michael Schumacher the second practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix would get under way. Alex , fifth in the morning session, was the first driver to leave the pit lane. He would be followed by the BMW Sauber of Robert Kubica and Scott Speed, Doornbos, Davidson and
Yamamoto. Several other drivers would head out including Nick Heidfeld and Markus Winkelhock.

WurzAlex would set the early pace but Davidson would go fastest. Both drivers would improve their times but the order remained the same. Tiago Monteiro would come out joined by Ralf Schumacher. with fifteen minutes of the session run the five test drivers were using longer runs to conduct tyre evaluations. Both Davidson and Alex would pit. But for Davidson it would be a quick stop as he was to return to the track. Michael Schumacher was out followed by Rubens Barrichello and Jarno Trulli. For the first time we would see the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa come out.

Michael would move into second. Scott Speed and Jenson Button both take to the track as Massa goes fastest just off Raikkonen's best from the earlier session. Massa would pit. Barrichello was now in fourth behind Davidson and the two Ferrari's. Both McLaren's of Raikkonen and de la Rosa were out. The Renault's of Alonso and Fisichella would join them. But for Fisichella it would go
wrong when he was to spin his car and as a result return to his pits. Both De la Rosa and Raikkonen were outside of the top ten after their first timed laps. With nearly half the session run Alonso would move into second while de la Rosa improved to now be in eighth.

Kubica was on his first timed lap of the day as Alonso would pit. Kubica would move into ninth. Team-mate Nick Heidfeld was on the track. Kubica would improve to be fourth. Neither Nico or Mark had yet to come out in the session. Fisichella would return to the circuit as Heidfeld moved into fourth. Massa was back on track as Nico Rosberg came out for the first time. Fisichella's first
lap would see him in eighth. On his next lap he would move into third just behind team-mate Alonso. Sato was in thirteenth in his Super Aguri SA06. With fifteen minutes remaining Davidson would heads back out. Anthony was currently in seventh.

WurzDoornbos was now in fourth while Trulli would up the order to now be in seventh. Team-mate Ralf was now fifth in the sister Toyota. Mark Webber would finally make an appearance with only ten minutes remaining. His first lap would see him in twenty third. He would improve picks up a couple of more positions while Albers would stop out on the track as the session came to an end.

Davidson would finish the session in fifth but it would be Massa who would lead the times followed by Alonso, Fisichella, Doornbos, Davidson, Ralf Schumacher, Trulli, Michael Schumacher, Heidfeld and Kubica. As for the WilliamsF1 team Alex would end the session fastest in sixteenth. Nico would finish ahead of team-mate Mark in sixteenth while Mark was in twenty second.

 
Pos  Driver        Team                     Time     Laps
 1.  Massa         Ferrari             (B)  1:21.778 12
 2.  Alonso        Renault             (M)  1:23.097 15
 3.  Fisichella    Renault             (M)  1:23.189 14
 4.  Doornbos      Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:23.195 30
 5.  Davidson      Honda               (M)  1:23.498 31
 6.  R.Schumacher  Toyota              (B)  1:23.747 19
 7.  Trulli        Toyota              (B)  1:23.771 18
 8.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari             (B)  1:23.931 19
 9.  Heidfeld      BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:23.934 11
10.  Kubica        BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:24.106 11
11.  de la Rosa    McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  1:24.252 11
12.  Winkelhock    MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:24.381 28
13.  Barrichello   Honda               (M)  1:24.445 17
14.  Button        Honda               (M)  1:24.465 15
15.  Monteiro      MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:24.508 8
16.  Wurz          WilliamsF1-Cosworth (B)  1:24.609 31
17.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:24.623 23
18.  Rosberg       WilliamsF1-Cosworth (B)  1:24.793 12
19.  Jani          Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:24.854 33
20.  Albers        MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:25.038 7
21.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:25.152 16
22.  Webber        WilliamsF1-Cosworth (B)  1:25.393 8
23.  Klien         Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:25.647 14
24.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:25.843 12
25.  Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  1:25.968 11
26.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:26.198 16
27.  Yamamoto      Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:26.877 20