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Turkish GP - Free Practice 2

Friday June 5, 2009 | Finished

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  1. Kovalainen quickest in Turkey

    Kovalainen quickest in Turkey

    McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen enjoyed a rare afternoon at the top of the timesheets during second free practice for the Turkish Grand Prix. More

Free practice: Live standing

P. Driver Team Time
1 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:28.841
2 Fernando Alonso Renault 0:00.006
3 Robert Kubica BMW 0:00.215
4 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 0:00.250
5 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 0:00.361
6 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0:00.366
7 Nico Rosberg Williams 0:00.416
8 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 0:00.464
9 Mark Webber Red Bull 0:00.542
10 Nelson Piquet Renault 0:00.560
11 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0:00.575
12 Jenson Button Brawn 0:00.589
13 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 0:00.594
14 Timo Glock Toyota 0:00.677
15 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:00.679
16 Nick Heidfeld BMW 0:00.709
17 Adrian Sutil Force India 0:01.240
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0:01.250
19 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 0:01.454
20 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 0:01.788

Live Commentary

  1. 0 That's it everybody. Not many quick times there, mainly due to the teams running on the softer compound tires. Heikki Kovalainen was the quickest, followed by Alonso and Kubica. Join us tomorrow for the third practice session at 9am, with the qualifying taking place at 12pm, both of those British times.

  2. 3 Fischicella and Nakajima crash into one another, they go around the turn side by side, Nakajima loses the back end of his car and they both spin around.

  3. 4 Fernando Alonso goes into the final sector, up on Kovalainen's time, but it falls apart and he finishes 0.300 down on the McLaren.

  4. 6 Debris flies from Kovalainen's McLaren, more problems for them.

  5. 12 Massa asks his team on the radio who is going quickly on the soft tires? I can tell him, no one at all. It will be interesting to see how the teams manage the softer compound tires on Sunday.

  6. 18 A pretty mundane practice session this, only Hamilton has set a personal best.

  7. 23 More misery for Ferrari as Massa locks his steering and he runs off of the track.

  8. 25 Piquet and Nakajima both have a little spin, but no worries, they carry on once more.

  9. 26 Button is back on the track, with the slower, softer tires.

  10. 30 A disgruntled Raikkonen has been on the radio and has complained that the right wing of his car was the reason why he was half a second down. He brings the car in for some changes.

  11. 34 We have just had word that all of the quick times are being set on the harder tire compounds rather than the softer ones.

  12. 40 Unsurprisingly, Hamilton's car is in the garage, he has his gloves off and is discussing the problems with the car. The top three are: Kovalinen, Alonso and Kubica.

  13. 42 Lewis has another little slip, his reactions are good though and he avoids a third spin.

  14. 43 Kubica has got up to second place.

  15. 47 Lewis has had another spin. His car is showing just how difficult his McLaren is to control. Again the abck of his car went away from him, this time on turn nine.

  16. 52 We had not had a spun car...we have now. Lewis Hamilton turns in at turn one and then loese control of the back of his car. Quite surprising, he was not going at too high a speed there.

  17. 55 Vettel is going to be out of this practice session then, that is a big blow for him. He was looking at the back of the car with the stewards suggesting problems with the drive shaft. He radioed to his team saying he felt a vibration, stopping the car on his own accord. Mark Webber will now be carrying all of the weight for the Red Bull team.

  18. 57 Now Vettel is off of the track again, a technical fault has caused him to get out of the cop pit. He has only done four laps.

  19. 58 Vettel is out on the track and sets the third quickest time.

  20. 60 The McLarens have been quick today. Hamilton was the second quickest this morning and now Kovalinen is leading.

  21. 62 We have just heard that Renault will not be testing with the Kenetic Energy Reproduction System (or KERS) this afternoon.

  22. 64 Nakajima has been quick all day and he becomes the quickest of the day...for around four seconds before Rosberg takes that title back once more.

  23. 68 After a busy start, we just have a handful of drivers on the track. No sign of the spin offs we saw on the track this morning, though it is still very dusty out there.

  24. 74 The only driver we have not seen so far is Vettel who is now suiting up after the mechanics did some work on his car.

  25. 75 Have you made your changes to your fantasy F1 team for this week? Choose your team here

  26. 80' Lewis Hamilton is the fastest so far in this session, clocking in at 1.29.452.

  27. 82' Nico Rosberg was the fastest this morning in the first session of practice click here to read a report on that session.

  28. 90' We are back underway Istanbul, this is the second practice session of the day.

Circuit Map

Kurtköy Circuit
 

About the Turkish GP

Length 5.338 km
Laps 58 (309.356 Km)
Last Year 1, 2, 3 1. F. Massa 2. L. Hamilton 3. K. Raikkonen
Record Lap J-P. Montoya - 1'24''770 (2005, McLaren)
Record Pole K. Raikkonen - 1'26''506 (2008, Ferrari)
Last Year Pole F. Massa - 1'27''617 (Ferrari)

Previous winners

Year Driver
2008 F. Massa (Ferrari)
2007 F. Massa (Ferrari)
2006 F. Massa (Ferrari)
2005 K. Raikkonen (McLaren)

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  1. TURKEY !!!!

    From yagix.yagiz, on Mon 29 Jun 2:32PM
  2. shut up u british pig ........
    internet is for­ everyone........

    From dinodd88, on Sat 6 Jun 6:40AM
  3. Jenson will be on look out for Red Bull, they are way­ behind on points, yet have nearest chance of catching­ him.
    Theres only Barricelo realisticly in the­ competition with him at the moment. If Jenson can get a­ few more wins under his belt his team mate will be all­ hes got to keep ahead of.

    From FeetonGround, on Sat 6 Jun 5:53AM
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    Hey Polish turds - Post in ENGLISH on this site or else­ get lost to your own crappy page!

    From Bulldog, on Fri 5 Jun 10:45PM
  5. Next year best team? Kubica & Alonso in Ferrari...

    From hejon1, on Fri 5 Jun 10:02PM
  6. Well my genius F1 experts. Can you tell me where Button­ was after 2nd free practice every race this year? And­ can you tell me where he was on the grid in each of­ those races and where he finished in the actual race?­ Hahahahah.

    If you all know so much about F1 racing­ surely you understand that Braun had very little­ pre-season practice. Practice between racing is not­ allowed, so they have to use unofficial practice at­ each GP to futher test. They use the telemetry reading­ from these sessions to learn about the car, things they­ could not do before the season.

    But come official­ practice and race day, they know what to do. Don't­ they? Well they keep winning....

    From trouble, on Fri 5 Jun 6:57PM
  7. GO BMW SAUBER PETRONAS...MAKE MALAYSIA PROUD AND MAIDEN­ PODIUM...

    From farizal i, on Fri 5 Jun 5:00PM
  8. Nice to see how they are doing but shows no resemblance­ to what will happen in tomorrows Qualifying.
    You­ don't get points for being fastest in free­ practice.

    From Terry, on Fri 5 Jun 4:57PM
  9. i think s.vettel have chance to win this race

    From allvis_svettel, on Fri 5 Jun 4:55PM
  10. Looks like several teams are closer to "making­ silk purses from sow's ears" this weekend.­ Should be an exciting race if improvements continue.

    From Red Ears, on Fri 5 Jun 4:27PM
  11. I guess the race will be deficult 4 the brawn car
    and­ Maclaren, Toyota and BMW will be there to show some­ hope.
    Ricardo
    Your Toyota seems stronger to this­ GP
    Good lucky.
    Nayo will U be at Mundus?

    From Eleuterio T, on Fri 5 Jun 2:26PM
  12. It is the Ice man that will show how it's done.The­ flying fin is woken.With the power of seven men he is­ going to come and win from here to the end.Kimi­ Raikkonen the man.

    From puppeli66, on Fri 5 Jun 2:22PM
  13. As has been said on here a million times before -­ Don't take these times seriously.
    These times are­ not a true reflection of the pace. So don't count­ your chickens yet pawel500.

    Who fancies an omelette?

    From andymiller68, on Fri 5 Jun 2:17PM
  14. TURKEY ! ! ! ! ! ! !

    From erenkayan, on Fri 5 Jun 2:08PM
  15. raiders1, hamilton spinning doesnt mean a thing. The­ practice session is there for you to push the car as­ hard as you can without repercusions. schumacher used­ to spin all the time in practice ,he just then made a­ mental note of how hard he could push on each corner­ then strung all of that together during qualifying. If­ someone doesnt spin in practice then either the car is­ too slow or they are just not trying hard enough

    From paulhancock1123, on Fri 5 Jun 1:52PM
  16. Brawn is Down, hehe

    From pawel500, on Fri 5 Jun 1:47PM
  17. who is the man
    who is the man
    the man the man
    A @#$%­ with agressive drive

    LH

    From Eleuterio T, on Fri 5 Jun 1:46PM
  18. lewis went around four time is this a big Issue for the­ race or maybe Q-time? Kimi will he get out of Q-1 or be­ out? can wait intill pole day!

    From raiders1, on Fri 5 Jun 1:12PM
  19. Go Robert Go !!!!!!!!

    From iceman55553, on Fri 5 Jun 12:55PM
  20. Has Robert Kubica learned to fly?

    From Red Ears, on Fri 5 Jun 12:48PM
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