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After seeing
their drivers finish in ninth and seventeenth in the opening Friday practice
session the AT&T Williams team would have a slow start to the weekend. The
second Friday practice would get underway with both Kazuki Nakajima and Nico
Rosberg taking to the track early as Bourdais set a
time of 1m:28.691. Kovalainen would go fastest with a 1m:24.011 with Trulli
second followed by Piquet and Kazuki. Piquet would move ahead of the McLaren
with a 1m:22.338. Kubica was now fourth, 1m:24.221, but his place was taken
by Vettel with a 1m:23.244. Nico was slowest with a 1m:27.622.
 Fisichella was sixth while Trulli went fastest with a 1m:22.315. Alonso was
now fourth and Nico had improved to now be fifth but he would drop to ninth
as drivers went faster. Webber was now fastest with a 1m:21.102 followed by
Hamilton and Piquet. Alonso would move into second, 1m:21.443, while Piquet
would go off at the Maggots Becketts complex. Vettel was now third followed
by Fisichella. Webber would improve with a 1m:20.402 while Sutil moved up to
second, 1m:21.288. Nico had pitted from twelfth, 1m:22.907, joined by Kazuki who was
in seventeenth, 1m:25.145. Sutil would improve his time, 1m:20.775, but
remained in second. Vettel would improve to be second, 1m:20.684.
Hamilton was now fourth followed by Alonso, Piquet, Fisichella, and
Kovalainen. Nico was now down in sixteenth and Kazuki nineteenth. As drivers
started to pit having completed their first runs the order was Webber from
Vettel, Sutil, Hamilton, Alonso, Piquet, Fisichella, Kovalainen, Trulli, and
Glock in tenth. Nico was back out with an hour and a quarter remaining.
Barrichello would improve from nineteenth to sixteenth. Button was in thirteenth. Nico was down in
eighteenth and Kazuki slowest. The harder of the two available tyres is
being used by the runners at the moment. With the majority of the field back
in their pits analysing their first runs the Williams drivers were now
slowest.
Nico's first lap would see him move up to twelfth, 1m:22.355. Webber was
back out on the track. Nico's next lap would see him improve to move up to
ninth, 1m:21.954. Nico's next lap would see him improve one place to be
eighth, 1m:21.763. Alonso was back out joined by Bourdais. Webber would
improve with a 1m:20.263 while Nico was up to sixth, 1m:21.453. Webber would
again improve with a 1m:20.231. Fisichella was on the softer tyre while
Webber went even faster with a 1m:19.597. Nico was now fourth with a
1m:21.096 but he was 1.5 seconds behind the leader. Nico was on the harder
tyre. Nico had asked his engineer to check his tyre pressures maybe because
something did not feel right.
 Kazuki was still in his pit as most of the field came back out for their
next runs. Both Brawn cars were still in their pits with an hour remaining.
Button was first out complaining of understeer in the faster corners. Vettel
would set his second placed time on the softer tyre. Kovalainen was now
fourth while Vettel would improve with a 1m:19.734. The harder tyres were
taking several laps to come up to temperature. Nico had pitted while Kazuki
was back out. Kubica was stuck in his pits as the team changed his engine.
On the softer tyre Massa would move up to tenth, 1m:21.398. Nico was in
fifth followed by Hamilton, Heidfeld, Alonso, Glock, and Massa. Kazuki's
first lap out would see him improve from last to fifth, 1m:20.935. Nico was
now sixth as Barrichello moved up to seventh, 1m:21.131.
Raikkonen would improve to be ninth, 1m:21.274. Vettel would improve with a
1m:19.699 but remained second. Button was down in fourteenth. Nico was
making several changes changing noses during the session. Kazuki was now in
fourth, 1m:20.529. Having put in several laps on the softer tyre Vettel
would improve slightly with a 1m:19.688. Sutil was still third from Kazuki,
Kovalainen, Nico, Barrichello, Hamilton, Raikkonen, and Massa. Nico was back
out while Kazuki had pitted. Barrichello would move ahead of Nico and into
sixth, 1m:20.947, seeing Nico drop to seventh. Trulli would take this spot
from Nico, 1m:21.056, seeing Nico drop to eighth. Trulli was on the softer
tyre.
Kimi Raikkonen would have a moment in Becketts as the rear end of the
Ferrari stepped out at high speed. Vettel would pit while Glock would move
ahead of Nico and into eighth, 1m:20.995. Kazuki was still in fourth and
Nico ninth. Hamilton would take to the track on the softer tyre while
Kovalainen would have a moment taking to the grass at the Maggots/Becketts
complex and was able to return to the track. Kazuki was back out with forty minutes left in the
session. Heidfeld was now seventh, 1m:20.932, running on the softer tyre
seeing Nico drop to tenth. Kazuki was on the softer tyre for this run. The
softer tyre would see him improve with a 1m:20.302 but he remained in
fourth. Heidfeld was on an improved lap but he would pull into the pit lane
remaining in seventh.
Kubica was back out after his engine change running on the softer tyre. He
would move up to fourteenth. Nico had pitted having not improved from tenth.
Kazuki was still in fourth. Massa was in eleventh and Raikkonen in twelfth.
Barrichello was now ninth seeing Nico pushed down to eleventh. Massa was in
the pits having work carried out on his front brakes. Barrichello would
improve to now be sixth, 1m:20.584. He would push Alonso down to seventh.
Both Williams drivers were now in their pits while Kovalainen would head out on the softer tyre.
Kubica was now eleventh seeing Nico now in twelfth. Nico would return to the
track with twenty three minutes left.
Kubica was now eighth, 1m:20.840, but Glock would take this spot. Nico had
dropped to twelfth while at the front Vettel would go fastest with a
1m:19.456. Vettel would pit while Nico was on an improved lap running on the
softer tyre. He would move up to sixth with a 1m:20.468. Both Red bull's
would return to the track joined by third placed Sutil. Vettel would pit
again while Nico continued with his run. Kazuki was back out with sixteen
minutes left in the session. Nico would pit from sixth while Kazuki had improved slightly with a 1m:20.209,
remaining in fourth. On the softer tyre Hamilton would improve to be fifth,
1m:20.417.
Nico was now in seventh with ten minutes left in the session. Sutil would
pit as Vettel came back out on the softer tyre. Team-mate Webber would park
his car on the side of the track on the Hangar straight ending his session.
Hamilton would pit while replays showed Webber making a mistake running over
the kerb seeing him stop straight away having damaged his car on the kerb.
As the final minutes started the majority of the field were on the track including
both Williams drivers. Only Hamilton and Raikkonen remained in their pits.
Raikkonen would come out while Piquet would improve up to tenth, 1m:20.608.
Alonso was now fifth pushing Barrichello down into sixth. Nico was now ninth
while Kazuki remained in fourth. The session would end and Kazuki would pit.
The order was Vettel from Webber, Sutil, Kazuki, Alonso, Barrichello,
Hamilton, Trulli, Nico, and Piquet in tenth. An big improvement from Kazuki
in this session backed up by Nico's ninth. A positive result for the
Williams team as the team completed their Friday practice. It certainly appeared to be a day
where the team tried a variety of setup changes over the course of the two
sessions, including new front wings. |
