Belgian GP Practice 1,2 & 3

[icegirljenni]

Alonso fastest in wet Spa practice

Quote:Fernando Alonso put Ferrari at the top of the times as first practice for the Belgian Grand Prix was significantly affected by a large dose of typical Spa weather.

Alonso's initial benchmark time of 2m01.223s, set halfway through the 90-minute session, allowed him to eclipse title rivals Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull). Click the above link for more info of FP1

[Chrissie]

Yay, Fernando quickest in both sessions...shame I can't watch them though - seems the beeb aren't replaying them on the red button this week for some reason

[icegirljenni]

Alonso fastest again in second practice

Quote:Fernando Alonso pulled together a fantastic final lap to deny Adrian Sutil the fastest time of Friday's second free practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix, following a bizarre climax to the session.

Practice was stopped for more than 10 of the last 15 minutes because some spectators were climbing the safety fence at Turn 8. A frustration for the drivers who had waited all day for a dry track. Click the above link for more news about FP2

Good sign for Ferrari I was thinking is this is really their own pace, or they just focus on time Lets see the qualifying It will definitely be exciting Qualifying

[alonso 4ever]

i don't know why the redbulls were not that good in both the practice sessions...

i have a feeling that it'll be a great interesting quali as well...

all the best farnando..

[TheProdigalSon]

(08-27-2010 09:16 PM)icegirljenni Wrote:  

Alonso fastest again in second practice

Quote:Fernando Alonso pulled together a fantastic final lap to deny Adrian Sutil the fastest time of Friday's second free practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix, following a bizarre climax to the session.

Practice was stopped for more than 10 of the last 15 minutes because some spectators were climbing the safety fence at Turn 8. A frustration for the drivers who had waited all day for a dry track. Click the above link for more news about FP2

Good sign for Ferrari I was thinking is this is really their own pace, or they just focus on time Lets see the qualifying It will definitely be exciting Qualifying

I'm excited for qually too Jen, I will be watching it from work, luckly I found out the password to unlock blocked sites so I will even be on here If I'm not too busy hehe

[icegirljenni]

and i will be watching this weekend race mat hotel , not that i am on vacation

[icegirljenni]

Webber tops final practice at Spa

Quote:Mark Webber set the fastest time of final free practice ahead of this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.

The Saturday morning session was affected by rain, as were both yesterday, beginning on a damp track, drying during the middle of the hour before a torrential downpour in the last 15 minutes.

It was 15 minutes into the hour before the first cars ventured out onto track on slick tyres.

Vettel's session ended early when his car cut out and stuck in gear at the pitlane entry. He was pushed back to his box, where the team examined the problem. His engine was re-fired with 12 minutes to go but he did not return to the track. Red Bull put his incident down to an air box problem and say he was told to shut down the engine as a precaution.

Hamilton, Vettel and Jenson Button completed a sweep of the first four places for Red Bull and McLaren, with Kubica fifth and Fernando Alonso sixth, after a big sideways moment at Pouhon mid-way through the hour.

Felipe Massa, Sutil, Hulkenberg and Kamui Kobayashi completed the top 10.

The heavy rain in the last 15 minutes caught out Jarno Trulli and Hamilton, as both arrived at the Bus Stop chicane, on slick tyres, to find a sodden braking zone.

As the rain increased, only Jaime Alguersuari and Michael Schumacher went out to complete several laps - with Schumacher sliding off the road at Eau Rouge on his out lap. Button joined them on circuit late on, while the likes of Hamilton and Alonso were out of their cars for the last 10 minutes.