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The second
Friday practice session for the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix would see Bruno
Senna return for the Williams F1 team, joining Pastor Maldonado. As the
session commenced it would be Vergne who would take to the track first,
joined by Ricciardo. With the hard tyre been used in the first session it
was expected to see the soft tyre been
used in this session. The Torro Rosso drivers would be joined by a rush of
drivers including Bruno, Perez, Grosjean, both McLaren's, Raikkonen, Vettel,
and Rosberg. Vergne would set a 1m:27.146 but was passed by Ricciardo with a
1m:26.622. Pastor would come out with five minutes of the session run. Bruno
was on the hard compound and would set a 1m:26.949. Perez was now fastest
with a 1m:25.532 followed by Kobayashi. But Vettel would move ahead with a
1m:25.000.
Hamilton was now second with a 1m:25.123 followed by the Sauber's. Button
was now fifth but Rosberg would take this spot with a 1m:25.808. Bruno was
now in tenth while Pastor would move up to sixth with a 1m:25.985. This
would become seventh as Schumacher went fastest with a 1m:24.859. Both
Ferrari's were out on the track as Webber moved
into third with a 1m:25.118. Massa was now seventh with Pastor now ninth.
Bruno was in fourteenth with a 1m:26.619. Hamilton would improve to be third
with a 1m:25.061. Vettel would pit while Alonso moved up to third,
1m:25.039. Pastor was now tenth but as other drivers improved he would drop
to twelfth. Bruno would find some pace and would
move into tenth with a 1m:25.625. Pastor was now twelfth with a 1m:25.985.
With fifteen minutes of the session complete the track would empty as
drivers completed their first runs.
Bruno had joined Pastor in the pits. At the front Alonso would go fastest
with a 1m:24.739. Massa was now in fourth with a 1m:25.011. Perez was back
out currently in eighth. Alonso had pitted while for Torro Rosso Vergne
would come out on the soft tyre and immediately go fastest with a 1m:24.733.
Vettel would also come out joined by Bruno. Hulkenberg was also out on the
track currently in twelfth. This would become thirteenth as Ricciardo moved
up to third, 1m:24.769, set on the soft tyre. Both Vettel and Bruno were on
the soft tyre as Vettel went fastest with a 1m:23.563 to be 1.170 seconds
faster than second placed Vergne. Bruno would also improve with a 1m:25.053,
to be seventh. Kobayashi would also move up the times with a 1m:24.214 to be
second again using the soft tyres.
Pastor was also back out on the track while Bruno was on an improved lap but
would only make up a few tenths, 1m:25.047, to be ninth. Also using the soft
tyre Pastor would move up to third with a 1m:24.468. Alonso was back out but
using the hard tyre. Hamilton would jump up to second with a 1m:24.027,
using the soft tyre. Bruno had pitted with Pastor now fourth. Eleventh
placed Webber was on a quick lap using the soft tyres finishing with a
1m:24.065 to be third. Pastor had pitted as Hamilton improved his time with
a 1m:23.909 to be second. Pastor was fifth and Bruno eleventh with just
under an hour remaining. Both Mercedes cars were on the hard tyre completing
longer runs. Bruno would return to the track as we saw Button go fastest
with a 1m:23.399, using the soft tyres.
Schumacher was in tenth and Rosberg fifteenth. Rosberg had pitted while for
Williams Pastor was now sixth and Bruno twelfth. Pastor would return to the
track with Vettel also back out. He was again on the soft tyre as Bruno
pitted. Hulkenberg would move up to sixth with a 1m:24.365. Raikkonen and
Grosjean were down in nineteenth and twentieth,
but tended to run longer runs using the prime tyre. Perez was now seventh on
the soft tyre, 1m:24.422, seeing Pastor now eighth. Rosberg was back out on
soft tyres and would gain considerably moving up to third with a 1m:23.771.
More drivers were coming out including Button, Alonso, Massa, Webber,
Schumacher, and both Torro Rosso's. Schumacher would also find time with a
1m:24.080 to be sixth. Bruno had also come out onto the track with Pastor
now eleventh and Bruno fifteenth.
Rosberg would pit with forty minutes remaining. Alonso was on the soft tyres
as both Louts cars took to the track. Grosjean was out on the soft tyre and
would set a 1m:23.964 to be fifth. Raikkonen was down in twenty first also
out on the soft tyre. Like Grosjean Raikkonen would improve to be fifth with
a1m:23.918. Bruno was still out on the track on a longer run, currently in
seventeenth. Pastor was now thirteenth as Webber would run wide at Turn four
going over the gravel but he was able to return to the track. Pastor had
completed twenty three laps and Bruno twenty two. With thirty minutes
remaining Button was still fastest from Vettel, Rosberg, Hamilton,
Raikkonen, Grosjean, Webber, Schumacher, Kobayashi, and Hulkenberg in tenth.
Both Williams drivers continued to put in laps on their longer runs as
Hamilton pitted after running wide at the final chicane. Drivers would
continue to put in laps using both the hard and soft tyre and as the session
drew to a close Bruno would spin his car at Turn twelve but was able to
continue. With the end of the session Pastor and Bruno would finish in
thirteenth and eighteenth positions. The top ten would remain the same at
the end of the
session. Pastor was only just outside the top ten but Bruno was a bigger
margin down the times. It would again be a case of a lot of work for the
Williams team if they hope to move towards the front. |
