European GP Free Practice 1,2 & 3

[Chrissie]

No thread on this yet???

Here's the times from today:

First Practice:
Rosberg Quickest in First Europe Practice

Quote:01. Rosberg Mercedes 1:41.175 16 laps
02. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.339 + 0.164 19 laps
03. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.383 + 0.208 21 laps
04. Kubica Renault 1:41.715 + 0.540 20 laps
05. Massa Ferrari 1:42.182 + 1.007 21 laps
06. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:42.216 + 1.041 24 laps
07. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:42.275 + 1.100 17 laps
08. Schumacher Mercedes 1:42.312 + 1.137 18 laps
09. Alonso Ferrari 1:42.421 + 1.246 22 laps
10. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:42.463 + 1.288 21 laps
11. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:42.707 + 1.532 23 laps
12. Petrov Renault 1:42.962 + 1.787 17 laps
13. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:43.310 + 2.135 23 laps
14. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:43.380 + 2.205 19 laps
15. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:43.397 + 2.222 21 laps
16. di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:43.437 + 2.262 18 laps
17. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:43.729 + 2.554 21 laps
18. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:44.183 + 3.008 21 laps
19. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:44.491 + 3.316 21 laps
20. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:45.653 + 4.478 23 laps
21. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:47.123 + 5.948 17 laps
22. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:47.285 + 6.110 18 laps
23. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:47.343 + 6.168 14 laps
24. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:47.356 + 6.181 24 laps

Second Practice:
Alonso Tops Second Practice in Valencia

Quote:01. Alonso Ferrari 1m39.283s 33 laps
02. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m39.339s + 0.056s 27 laps
03. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m39.427s + 0.144s 29 laps
04. Rosberg Mercedes 1m39.650s + 0.367s 22 laps
05. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m39.749s + 0.466s 24 laps
06. Kubica Renault 1m39.880s + 0.597s 28 laps
07. Massa Ferrari 1m39.947s + 0.664s 22 laps
08. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m40.020s + 0.737s 30 laps
09. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m40.029s + 0.746s 27 laps
10. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m40.174s + 0.891s 33 laps
11. Schumacher Mercedes 1m40.287s + 1.004s 24 laps
12. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1m40.387s + 1.104s 33 laps
13. Petrov Renault 1m40.618s + 1.335s 29 laps
14. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m40.906s + 1.623s 34 laps
15. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1m40.945s + 1.662s 30 laps
16. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m41.115s + 1.832s 35 laps
17. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1m41.371s + 2.088s 30 laps
18. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m41.457s + 2.174s 36 laps
19. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1m42.467s + 3.184s 31 laps
20. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1m42.993s + 3.710s 30 laps
21. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m43.811s + 4.528s 14 laps
22. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1m43.854s + 4.571s 27 laps
23. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1m44.095s + 4.812s 24 laps
24. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1m44.566s + 5.283s 21 laps

It's tempting to say those upgrades seem to be working but we won't really know until tomorrow

In any case, qualifying is shaping up to be a closely fought battle

[alonso 4ever]

yeah, i hope these upgrades works well in the quali and the race too :)

lets wait and see

[Tension_36th]

Even force India and Renault can close in, these times are nothing, the top 14 are closed under 1 second. A small gap of 0.4 sec is actually quite a loss on a track like this.

[icegirljenni]

Didnt have time to put it up as am sick, thanks for updating it Chrissie, you are my life saver