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German GP - Free Practice 2

Friday July 10, 2009 | Finished

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  1. Hamilton leads way in afternoon

    Hamilton leads way in afternoon

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

Free practice: Live standing

P. Driver Team Time
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:32.149
2 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 0:00.182
3 Jenson Button Brawn 0:00.220
4 Mark Webber Red Bull 0:00.331
5 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0:00.362
6 Adrian Sutil Force India 0:00.436
7 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 0:00.515
8 Fernando Alonso Renault 0:00.625
9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 0:00.723
10 Nelson Piquet Renault 0:00.843
11 Nick Heidfeld BMW 0:00.863
12 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0:00.903
13 Nico Rosberg Williams 0:00.979
14 Robert Kubica BMW 0:01.012
15 Timo Glock Toyota 0:01.023
16 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:01.033
17 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 0:01.575
18 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 0:01.754
19 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 0:01.876
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0:06.728

Live Commentary

  1. - The times are on the left-hand side. Join us for live coverage of qualifying and the race this weekend!!

  2. 0' Eurosport blogger Nelson Piquet Jr has an electrical problem and has beached his R29.

  3. 0' And after all the final flying laps have been completed, Hamilton is indeed top of the pops in this afternoon session.

  4. 2' Kovalainen 19th but not running the upgraded car that Hamilton has at his disposal...

  5. 3' Vettel, Button, Webber and Trulli follow, and all four are eyeing a final waltz to win a few headlines.

  6. 7' Hamilton takes over top spot with 1:32.149!! A great recovery from the McLaren ace.

  7. 10' Hamilton with a publicity-friendly spin in the Mercedes Arena, taking a trip to the run-off area.

  8. 13' A few cars out to try and climb up that slippery ladder.

  9. 15' Rosberg back out as the rain eases off. No Button for some time now as the Brawn team make changes to his BGP001.

  10. 20' The top 16 drivers are within a second. Very close indeed. And the rain resumes!!

  11. 23' The rain still holding off on a grey day at the Nurburgring.

  12. 25' Vettel, like Hamilton, now on a new set of soft tyres. And he wastes no time in setting the quickest lap of 1:32.342.

  13. 27' Hamilton goes second in the McLaren MP4-24!! The reigning world champ looking good in this afternoon session.

  14. 30' ... but at present they seem able to do it in the cold too, having also taken second in FP1 via Button. Of course, things are less rosy for Brazilian Barrichello, despite sitting second in the championship.

  15. 32' Button leads the way after setting a lap-time of 1:32.369. Brawn have been accused of only doing it in the heat - specifically by our Fantasy expert On the Grid... Fantasy F1: On the grid in Germany

  16. 34' Fernando Alonso goes ninth fastest in the Renault R29.

  17. 37' Webber, the leader in first practice, still on top. Can he still win the drivers' championship? Drivers standings

  18. 38' Sutil is up to eighth in his Force India, although that becomes ninth almost immediately as Button sneaks in behind sixth-placed Hamilton.

  19. 42' Nakajima on soft tyres and he sets a quick time straight off, third in the list.

  20. 45' Hamilton sixth fastest, looking okay now - although he clips the kerb there to cause a bit of a wobble. No damage.

  21. 47' Webber quickest in 1:32.584 from Heidfeld, while Raikkonen has jumped into the top five.

  22. 49' Hamilton out and about after a problem with overheating bodywork caused a delay to his McLaren.

  23. 51' Trulli spins his Toyota at turn four but is back up and running immediately.

  24. 52' Button goes third before Vettel runs wide at the NGK Chicane.

  25. 54' Geoff Willis has been relieved of his role as technical director at Red Bull Racing: Willis laid off by Red Bull

  26. 56' Kimi Raikkonen back in the garage without having set a time. He has a hydraulics problem; Sutil's problem this morning was not related to hydraulics, it turns out. In other news, Force India had a scare before the day started when German police tried to impound the team's assets due to a dispute relating to their motorhome.

  27. 60' Finn Kova lowers the mark further to 1:33.724.

  28. 62' Kova lowers the mark to 1:34.906 on those tyres. There are still loads of dark clouds overhead.

  29. 65' Nico Rosberg sets a lap on hard dry tyres while Heikki Kovalainen now emerges on super-softs.

  30. 70' Hedifeld went straight back in and Bourdais follows suit after a little sniff around the circuit.

  31. 75' Nick Heidfeld takes his BMW Sauber out on wets. He has the track to himself. It isn't that wet though...

  32. 76' So an intial flurry of lap-times come to an end. Timo Glock, 19th this morning, is second from Trulli, Robert Kubica, Seb Buemi, Nick Heidfeld, Massa, Fisichella, Seb Bourdais, Webber, Kazuki Nakajima and Jenson Button.

  33. 78' That 'wet' announcement means the teams can use another set of tyres without it affecting the number they are restricted to over their weekend preparations.

  34. 80' The flags are out as the marshals clear away the damaged VJM02. He lost it due to the wet track - officially declared wet moments before by the stewards.

  35. 82' Vettel goes top of the early timesheets with 1:35.577. And Giancarlo Fisichella spins his Force India, putting it into the barriers at Michelin Kurve sideways on!!

  36. 83' Felipe Massa has gone back to his main front wing design after testing a new one this morning. Lewis Hamilton is again using his new wing.

  37. 85' Trulli takes a bit off that time as the rain begins to fall.

  38. 87' Rain is coming! Glock sets the first timed lap of 1:37.252.

  39. 88' Quite a few cars out straight away, with Sebastian Vettel the first. He suffered problems in the opening session: Webber leads Button in practice

  40. 90' As we get underway, the conditions are: 20 degrees air temp, 12 degrees track temp, 7.6 m/s wind speed and a massively-reduced 59 per cent humidity.

  41. - Welcome to second practice for the German Grand Prix.

Circuit Map

Nurburgring Circuit
 

About the German GP

Length 5.148 km
Laps 60 (308.863 Km)
Last Year 1, 2, 3 1. F. Alonso 2. F. Massa 3. M. Webber
Record Lap M. Schumacher - 1'29''468 (2004, Ferrari)
Record Pole M. Schumacher - 1'28''351 (2004, Ferrari)
Last Year Pole K. Raikkonen - 1'31''450 (Ferrari)

Previous winners

Year Driver
2007 F. Alonso (McLaren)
2006 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2005 F. Alonso (Renault)
2004 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2003 R. Schumacher (Williams)
2002 R. Barrichello (Ferrari)
2001 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2000 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
1999 J. Herbert (Stewart)
1998 M. Hakkinen (McLaren)
1997 J. Villeneuve (Williams)
1996 J. Villeneuve (Williams)
1995 M. Schumacher (Benetton)

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  1. 'Nurburgring'A great track to make a­ comeback...Many will be wishing you well Hammy,so­ better make good to-day and hit the numbers on all­ 'Qs'

    From Julian S, on Sat 11 Jul 8:09AM
  2. the world knows ho is the best driver , here hi com`s­ agein jeppppp

    From exhisin, on Fri 10 Jul 9:34PM
  3. wooohooo u go lewis come on

    From Emma, on Fri 10 Jul 5:14PM
  4. Wow, one good result and everyone is going berserk­ about Hamilton.
    Free practices don't mean that much­ I mean how many times has Rosberg been the fastest in­ the practices and has he won anything, did he do­ anything spectacular? NO.
    Button is right behind him­ there's no way Jenson's going to let him­ go.
    But yes it is a good result for McLaren, finally.

    From luukzengerink, on Fri 10 Jul 4:54PM
  5. come on hammy get that engine pumping

    From Jonathan, on Fri 10 Jul 3:40PM
  6. Theo knows nothing about F1

    From s.thomas214, on Fri 10 Jul 3:39PM
  7. Nice one Lewis, Too many people were prepared to say­ you were finished after one season. Go get e'm

    From s.thomas214, on Fri 10 Jul 3:28PM
  8. keep it up lewis...

    From gunners4 lyfe:), on Fri 10 Jul 2:54PM
  9. ..what will Mosley do this time?

    From doji_fere, on Fri 10 Jul 2:46PM
  10. Potter is fail.
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    Nice one Lewis, surprised me!

    From Tempoe, on Fri 10 Jul 2:44PM
  11. Good on you Lewis

    From judith, on Fri 10 Jul 2:42PM
  12. Come on Lewis!!

    From Tom M, on Fri 10 Jul 2:40PM
  13. nice to see force provin to keep up some force...­ finished 5th with fisichella in morning session and 6th­ in afternoon session with adrian.they are improving

    From sahil_dams, on Fri 10 Jul 2:39PM
  14. Go show Lewis.... Let the Burt slapping begin!

    From Red Ears, on Fri 10 Jul 2:36PM
  15. What a nice sight to see. Lewis Hamilton Tops the list.­ Good work Lewis.

    From djsmith5751, on Fri 10 Jul 2:35PM
  16. Well called Potter.

    From Holly-Anna Bumface, on Fri 10 Jul 2:33PM
  17. So Lewis is back ! ! !

    From savofsixtynine, on Fri 10 Jul 2:27PM
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  19. The Brawn seems good in the damp / wet conditions. Hope­ Jenson goes well this weekend. Hope all the Brits do­ well.

    From djsmith5751, on Fri 10 Jul 2:06PM
  20. Mark webber has all the confidence going into this­ weekend. Hope we get a good race weekend.

    From djsmith5751, on Fri 10 Jul 1:47PM
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