Spain - Friday Practice 2

this is spa09, written by terrysaunders @ 10:11 am May 9, 2009

Williams are still keeping up with the practice beating game, this time getting a 1-2 for Rosberg and Nakajima.

Previous experience tells us that this will mean utterly nothing, but they too have a lot of new bits on the car and this 1-2 is enough to leave me to leave rosberg on my fantasy F1.

We will soon find out if this was foolish or not.

Alonso got up to third, and we can expect his car to be empty but for some fuel fumes and a lot of love come qualifying.

Pos  Driver       Team                       Time              Laps
 1.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:21.588            43
 2.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:21.740  + 0.152   40
 3.  Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:21.781  + 0.193   36
 4.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:21.843  + 0.255   39
 5.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:22.027  + 0.439   37
 6.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:22.052  + 0.464   35
 7.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:22.082  + 0.494   45
 8.  Piquet       Renault               (B)  1:22.349  + 0.761   26
 9.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:22.571  + 0.983   17
10.  Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:22.599  + 1.011   40
11.  Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:22.615  + 1.027   30
12.  Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:22.670  + 1.082   32
13.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:22.809  + 1.221   31
14.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:22.876  + 1.288   29
15.  Massa        Ferrari               (B)  1:22.878  + 1.290   35
16.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:22.948  + 1.360   40
17.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:23.173  + 1.585   39
18.  Glock        Toyota                (B)  1:23.360  + 1.772   46
19.  Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:23.623  + 2.035   47
20.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)

Spain - Friday Practice 1

this is spa09, written by terrysaunders @ 10:06 am

What with all the teams having big updates and diffusers, it was kind of expected that this first practice would be yet another shakeup of the already shaky new world order

But it didn’t really happen.

The final result show a glimmer of hope for the disastrous BMW-Sauber season, but it looks, despite a new nose job, that it was just a light fuel run to trick the BMW board into thinking that everything is going ok, honest

Button in his Brawn seems to have the measure of the weekend whereas both McLaren and Ferrari’s changes either haven’t had much effect, or they be hustling…

Pos  Driver       Team                      Time               Laps
 1.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B) 1:21.799            21
 2.  Trulli       Toyota                (B) 1:22.154  + 0.355   30
 3.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B) 1:22.221  + 0.422   24
 4.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B) 1:22.658  + 0.859   14
 5.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B) 1:22.659  + 0.860   24
 6.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B) 1:22.667  + 0.868   26
 7.  Piquet       Renault               (B) 1:22.753  + 0.954   24
 8.  Glock        Toyota                (B) 1:22.828  + 1.029   29
 9.  Massa        Ferrari               (B) 1:22.855  + 1.056   15
10.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B) 1:22.859  + 1.060   24
11.  Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B) 1:22.873  + 1.074   20
12.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B) 1:22.934  + 1.135   25
13.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B) 1:22.959  + 1.160   24
14.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B) 1:23.077  + 1.278   21
15.  Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B) 1:23.088  + 1.289   30
16.  Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes  (B) 1:23.089  + 1.290   25
17.  Alonso       Renault               (B) 1:23.157  + 1.358   18
18.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B) 1:23.185  + 1.386   31
19.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B) 1:23.522  + 1.723   17
20.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B) 1:23.536  + 1.737   19

Bahrain - Friday Practice 2

this is bah09, written by terrysaunders @ 6:10 pm April 24, 2009

Isn’t this just getting a little embarrassing for Rosberg and Williams? Yet again another top of the timesheets in a way that always fails to convert to quali or race pace.

We’re starting to wonder if the other teams go slow on purpose in some big practical joke. “aha, nico, you weren’t fastest at all - wankerrrr”

Conversely Alonso spent the whole practice dead last, making Piquet believe for a precious few minutes that maybe he was good after all, but then Fernando blitzed round in a 1:33 and Nelson knew he was totally fucked

Pos  Driver       Team                       Time              Laps
 1.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:33.339            36
 2.  Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:33.530  + 0.191   25
 3.  Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:33.616  + 0.277   37
 4.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:33.661  + 0.322   29
 5.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:33.676  + 0.337   32
 6.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:33.694  + 0.355   35
 7.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:33.763  + 0.424   30
 8.  Glock        Toyota                (B)  1:33.764  + 0.425   37
 9.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:33.885  + 0.546   30
10.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:33.899  + 0.560   36
11.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:33.994  + 0.655   30
12.  Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:34.025  + 0.686   23
13.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:34.127  + 0.788   37
14.  Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:34.366  + 1.027   26
15.  Piquet       Renault               (B)  1:34.411  + 1.072   29
16.  Massa        Ferrari               (B)  1:34.564  + 1.225   34
17.  Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:34.605  + 1.266   31
18.  Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:34.670  + 1.331   28
19.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:34.764  + 1.425   35
20.  Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:34.790  + 1.451   33

Bahrain - Friday Practice 1

this is bah09, written by terrysaunders @ 6:01 pm

Similar to when the cleaner of a big theatre takes to the stage when the place is shut and pretends to be a star, Lewis Hamilton headed the first practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix, pretending that he really has a chance of winning.

Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica also tried this, but their dreams only left them 2nd and 3rd. There’ll be some stiff letters to Jim’ll Fix It written in the morning.

Pos  Driver        Team                 Time              Laps
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     1:33.647 +         19
 2.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           1:33.907 + 0.260   17
 3.  Kubica        BMW Sauber           1:33.938 + 0.291   17
 4.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      1:34.227 + 0.580   24
 5.  Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes    1:34.434 + 0.787   15
 6.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     1:34.502 + 0.855   24
 7.  Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes    1:34.531 + 0.884   18
 8.  Massa         Ferrari              1:34.589 + 0.942   17
 9.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault     1:34.827 + 1.180   21
10.  Raikkonen     Ferrari              1:34.827 + 1.180   19
11.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota      1:34.880 + 1.233   24
12.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault     1:34.938 + 1.291   21
13.  Piquet        Renault              1:34.974 + 1.327   21
14.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes 1:35.021 + 1.374   18
15.  Trulli        Toyota               1:35.036 + 1.389   22
16.  Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes 1:35.042 + 1.395   16
17.  Glock         Toyota               1:35.333 + 1.686   20
18.  Alonso        Renault              1:35.348 + 1.701   24
19.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:35.353 + 1.706   22
20.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:35.369 + 1.722   15

China - Friday Practice 1

this is chi09, written by terrysaunders @ 12:20 pm April 17, 2009

Ron Dennis’ parting gift to McLaren F1 was seemingly to bequeath them a new diffuser, and it did the trick with Hamilton topping the timesheets in this first practice for this earlier-than-usual chinese grand prix.

Ferrari are still grumbling to anyone that’ll ask (though less people are indulging them in that kind of polite small talk) that the diffusers have ruined the year, the sport and probably got something to do with all the worlds ills. And they ended up the session in a typically grumbly 11th and 15th, there is talk that they’ll be re-employing Stefan Johannsson and Jean Alesi to remind the team how to lose properly.

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time              Laps
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     1:37.334 +         22
 2.  Button        Brawn GP-Mercedes    1:37.450 + 0.116   18
 3.  Barrichello   Brawn GP-Mercedes    1:37.566 + 0.232   19
 4.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes     1:37.672 + 0.338   23
 5.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault     1:37.752 + 0.418   20
 6.  Trulli        Toyota               1:37.764 + 0.430   19
 7.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      1:37.860 + 0.526   24
 8.  Glock         Toyota               1:37.894 + 0.560   21
 9.  Alonso        Renault              1:38.089 + 0.755   19
10.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:38.195 + 0.861   24
11.  Raikkonen     Ferrari              1:38.223 + 0.889   23
12.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault     1:38.274 + 0.940   20
13.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1:38.307 + 0.973   26
14.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes 1:38.319 + 0.985   18
15.  Massa         Ferrari              1:38.418 + 1.084   20
16.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           1:38.456 + 1.122   21
17.  Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes 1:38.460 + 1.126   19
18.  Kubica        BMW Sauber           1:38.463 + 1.129   18
19.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota      1:38.730 + 1.396   25
20.  Piquet        Renault              1:38.825 + 1.491   20

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