Hamilton leads way in afternoon

Eurosport - Sat, 11 Jul 12:50:00 2009

Briton Lewis Hamilton of McLaren led the way in Friday afternoon testing for the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.

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Reigning champion Hamilton clocked one minute, 32.149 seconds with only seven minutes left in the session to take over from home favourite Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull.

McLaren spent a good deal of the morning session - topped by Mark Webber of Red Bull - and some of the afternoon upgrading their bodywork, while the world champion also sported a new double diffuser.

It paid off for Hamilton, as team-mate Heikki Kovalainen's MP4-24 did not feature the upgrades and he finished 17th.

Again the session was interrupted early by rain, but once the track dried a flurry of quick laps were set on super-soft tyres.

Finn Kovalainen started it off with an hour remaining, before first Australian Webber then Briton Jenson took P1.

Vettel delighted fans braving the chilly weather by going top with 25 minutes to go, and with rain again threatening to fall, it looked as though the headlines would belong to Red Bull once again.

However, Vettel had to be content with second after Hamilton's quick run, which came a lap after a long trip to the run-off area at Mercedes Arena.

Button was third ahead of Webber, followed by Toyota's Jarno Trulli and Force India's Adrian Sutil, who had retired in the morning with a mechanical problem.

Rubens Barrichello enjoyed a better session in seventh, with Kazuki Nakajima of Williams sandwiched between Renault duo Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr behind the Brawn GP driver.

Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen were 12th and 16th for Ferrari, while bottom was Giancarlo Fisichella, who spun his Force India into the barriers after only three timed laps as the track became wet.

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  1. It's time to race Michael C.

    From Michael C, on Sun 12 Jul 12:49PM

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    From Mark S, an absolute Muppet, on Sat 11 Jul 12:31PM
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    From TotallyTV, on Sat 11 Jul 12:06PM

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    From elfywatson, on Sat 11 Jul 11:19AM
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    From Mauricio, on Sat 11 Jul 10:54AM
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    Ja know why the F1 site has the biggest bunch of­ wan*kers as regularse on it???

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    From touronroute, on Sat 11 Jul 9:45AM
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    paulhancock1123,no. i'm in the real world enjoying­ life better than you guaranteed.Then i shall have a few­ pints and watch practising on the big screen at the­ driving club.(YOU) watching it on a 12 inch tele in­ your grubby little bedroom.

    From touronroute, on Sat 11 Jul 9:40AM
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    You might change your picture and have many alias mga,­ but you have made enemies for life you n0b

    From celticrob46, on Sat 11 Jul 9:29AM

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    From paulhancock1123, on Sat 11 Jul 8:56AM

  16. I thought this was a sports forum related to the­ preceding article ? You lot are behaving like a bunch­ of uneducated teenagers and wasting space. Genuine­ readers want to hear relavent opinions from other­ likeminded people. Stick to the subject or go and use a­ chatroom elsewhere.

    From greenstandard, on Sat 11 Jul 8:20AM
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    Colin R@144 sorry i didn't get back to you last­ evening,but somebody was taken ill in the village and i­ popped them into casuallity,and sorry i'm not­ saying on here who was doing what.

    From touronroute, on Sat 11 Jul 6:57AM
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    come on then MGA - all mouth ye dikc!!! - you and yer­ F1 gayboys!!! No offence to any F1 fans, but this MGA­ has been causing trouble on footy pages - come on over­ he stated!!! what a prat!!!

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    From Darren W, on Sat 11 Jul 6:18AM
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    Who's this nobhead MGA ?

    From Robin, on Sat 11 Jul 5:14AM
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    Well haven't you been a busy little boy:-))))
    And­ you point is?????
    How will posting as me on the­ football site effect me:-)))
    now people on here will­ see who's the multiple ID poster:-)))
    Keep­ thumbing:-))

    From MGA, on Sat 11 Jul 3:46AM
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