Friday analysis - Singapore’s star shines bright Friday’sfirst-ever night time practice sessions were a voyage of discovery. Asexpected, running beneath floodlights instead of in natural daylightproved spectacular for spectators and trouble-free for the drivers - inthe dry at least. In fact, none of them reported any visibilityproblems at all. More challenging was coping with the numerous bumps onSingapore’s Marina Bay circuit, the very high humidity, an ambienttemperature of 28 degrees Celsius (despite the late hour) and just anhour between sessions instead of the usual two and a half. We take ateam-by-team look at the early progress…
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$ n. |- F' t0 h0 w! D5.39.217.76McLarentvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) [' p7 \& Y* U* C( s
Lewis Hamilton, 1m 45.518s, P1/1m 45.752s, P2 S$ C: t8 d5 H/ V1 _5 C
Heikki Kovalainen, 1m 46.463s, P4/1m 45.797s, P4
' m3 U" t9 T% y5.39.217.76Hamiltonsaid he was quite happy with the way his day had gone, although hisMP4-23 was bottoming over the bumps. He thought there was plenty ofgrip, however, which allowed him to brake late into the slower corners.He also reported that a good lap required twice the energy of a similarlap at Monaco. Kovalainen had a 360 degrees spin in the final corner inthe first session, without sustaining any damage, but otherwise avoidedtrouble as he worked through his programme.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 |% [4 _9 S8 O8 _% @+ G( r
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9 K% f9 E4 w3 R; l公仔箱論壇Fernando Alonso, 1m 46.725s, P7/1m 45.654s, P14 b1 H1 H: {/ J7 g' f) F2 q
Nelson Piquet, 1m 47.175s, P9/1m 47.145s, P127 h: z; y- _8 R6 D6 K- x" e% g. Q- i3 M
Alonsoran aggressively all day, which included missing the Turn 10 chicane atone point in the second session, and reported that the first day hadgone well after setting the fastest time of that session. Piquet had anoff in the Turn 18 escape road in the first session and spun in Turn 16in the second, but was otherwise happy with the way his day went andrecorded the most laps of any driver - 65.
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Felipe Massa, 1m 45.598s, P2/1m 45.793s, P3公仔箱論壇+ M5 D7 N2 n2 y: R( A; D9 D
Kimi Raikkonen, 1m 45.961s, P3/1m 46.580s, P7% U% v- M Z& G: d, R. ?2 G# K# @
Massareported a positive day, with a car that handled well, especially onthe soft tyre. Raikkonen loved his F2008’s balance and poise in themorning, but said the afternoon was wasted after a set-up change thatdid not have the desired effect. Switching back would simply have takentoo much time, so he had to make the best of the car as it was.
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6 f) C/ N& a2 m8 v& F! G1 [Nico Rosberg, 1m 46.710s, P6/1m 46.164s, P5" V: T% z; T- s8 j) U: F
Kazuki Nakajima, 1m 47.662s, P12/1m 47.013s, P9TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# q4 q1 ?% E# m$ m
Rosbergsaid his pace all day left him feeling cautiously confident for therest of the weekend, and that he was happy with his FW30’s balance thusfar. Nakajima had some adventures, which included escape roads andlater a brush with a wall in the second session. m4 y, S$ [9 d% |
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Robert Kubica, 1m 46.618s, P5/1m 46.384s, P6
( K& J! B- f( T5.39.217.76Nick Heidfeld, 1m 46.964s, P8/1m 47.760s, P16
9 [; b/ G4 K& K3 t- o( KKubicawas happy to get to grips with the track straight away, and was able tocomplete his planned programme without problem. Heidfeld said much thesame, while admitting that his time in the second session might notnecessarily convey that impression.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 t( i/ |( e3 c0 o) }5 Z# {; g3 ]5 S
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Honda
# U4 |% H b# u' b. A" ^2 jJenson Button, 1m 47.277s, P10/1m 46.901s, P8
" Z5 N% d: M2 F5.39.217.76Rubens Barrichello, 1m 48.725s, P16/1m 48.009s, P18tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) v8 K+ j4 G' O
AsButton starred, Barrichello had a poor day. The Englishman said he’d‘had a strange day of testing tonight,’ which about summed up theparadox of a night race, and was particularly surprised by the heatgiven the late hour. He reported a largely positive day, but that hedidn’t get the best from his last set of new tyres. The Brazilian wastroubled a lot by his RA108 bottoming, and admitted that with theset-up he tried for the second session, following his crash in thefirst, he was largely a passenger.
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$ F; u0 k0 E: }" s" |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTimo Glock, 1m 47.706s, P13/1m 47.046s, P10
$ D8 b! t) D) N; I% k! WJarno Trulli, 1m 49.064s, P19/1m48.059s, P19
8 h! Z+ m" D3 M/ C# ]4 r2 j* w5.39.217.76Glockmade the pace initially in the first session, and ended the second 10theven though he was not totally happy with his TF108. That left him alot better off than Trulli, who was 19th in both sessions as hestruggled to find a decent set-up for the bumps. To cap it all, he wasfined 10,000 euros for going against the flow of the traffic into thepits, after spinning in the final corner in the first session.
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Red Bull
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David Coulthard, 1m 48.517s, P15/1m 47.640s, P15
. H8 K7 Y+ v4 K公仔箱論壇Webberwas a little embarrassed with his incident in Turn 18 after three lapsof the first session, when the bumps put him in the wall. The teammanaged to get him out late into the second session, and he made amendswith the 11th fastest time. Coulthard likened the track surface to thecobbled streets of Paris, and predicted a lot of incidents in the race.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。& B$ _) E6 P: v5 ]! ~% c" h1 j' d
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& U5 v; ?9 G: iSebastian Vettel, 1m 47.570s, P11/1m 47.300s, P13
1 |3 r8 T/ `5 P i' k* [Sebastien Bourdais, 1m 48.097s, P14/1m 47.487s, P14
R7 M% f. s! C6 ?9 j: R2 \5.39.217.76Bothdrivers struggled with their STR3s over the bumps, finding that theneed to run relatively high ride heights reduced grip and balance.Vettel reported low grip and had a couple of excursions to prove howhard he was pushing., l2 l. C2 A7 y( _
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, v! w0 s3 ?' M* T3 y- K; S+ |) C5.39.217.76Giancarlo Fisichella, 1m 48.906s, P18/1m 47.965s, P17公仔箱論壇3 m* U/ _9 A/ c
Adrian Sutil, 1m 48.839s, P17/1m 48.311s, P20
2 V" M3 S, Q8 R, ~( `Fisichellareported a normal day apart from a gearbox problem, but Sutil wastroubled by bruised legs as his limbs made so much contact with thesides of the Force India’s monocoque over the numerous bumps.
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