2009 - 04 - BRN - Practice 1
Brian Lawrence
First Practice - Friday 24 April 2009 - 10:00-11:30
## Driver Team Time Lps Gap %Gap Km/hr mph
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1 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1'33.647 19 0.000 0.000 208.049 129.276
6 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW 1'33.907 17 0.260 0.278 207.473 128.918
5 R Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW 1'33.938 17 0.291 0.311 207.405 128.875
16 N Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1'34.227 24 0.580 0.619 206.769 128.480
22 J Button Brawn-Mercedes 1'34.434 15 0.787 0.840 206.316 128.198
2 H Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1'34.502 24 0.855 0.913 206.167 128.106
23 R Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1'34.531 18 0.884 0.944 206.104 128.067
3 F Massa Ferrari 1'34.589 17 0.942 1.006 205.977 127.988
14 M Webber Red Bull-Renault 1'34.827 21 1.180 1.260 205.460 127.667
4 K Räikkönen Ferrari 1'34.827 19 1.180 1.260 205.460 127.667
17 K Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1'34.880 24 1.233 1.317 205.346 127.596
15 S Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1'34.938 21 1.291 1.379 205.220 127.518
8 N Piquet Renault 1'34.974 21 1.327 1.417 205.142 127.470
20 A Sutil F India-Mercedes 1'35.021 18 1.374 1.467 205.041 127.407
9 J Trulli Toyota 1'35.036 22 1.389 1.483 205.009 127.386
21 G Fisichella F India-Mercedes 1'35.042 16 1.395 1.490 204.996 127.378
10 T Glock Toyota 1'35.333 20 1.686 1.800 204.370 126.990
7 F Alonso Renault 1'35.348 24 1.701 1.816 204.338 126.970
11 S Bourdais T Rosso-Ferrari 1'35.353 22 1.706 1.822 204.327 126.963
12 S Buemi T Rosso-Ferrari 1'35.369 15 1.722 1.839 204.293 126.942
Weather: Air 34, Track 46, Humidity 22%, Wind 3.6 mps, Dry (windy)
2008 Best: L Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1'35.630
Notes: Sebastian Buemi's Toro Rosso expired on the circuit with only six
minutes of the session remaining. Most drivers explored the run off areas
at least once, no one did any damage, although Kimi Räikkönen came close
on his first hot lap. Lewis Hamilton, despite topping the times, managed
to go off track several times. The two BMW Sauber's were the only ones
to try out the option (super-soft) tyres, which enabled them to jump up
to second and third in the dying moments of the session. Fernando Alonso's
Renault languished right at the bottom for most of the 90 minutes, his
engine seeming quite smokey early on.
Most of the KERS-equipped cars were apparently using it for this session,
although they haven't decided whether it will be used for the race. The
Sakhir circuit was reckoned to be one where KERS would be most useful.
More bodywork upgrades for several teams, including an interim double
deck diffuser for Force India.
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Brian Lawrence
Brian_W_...@msn.com
Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK
Brian Lawrence
> 1 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1'33.647 19 0.000 0.000 208.049 129.276
> 2008 Best: L Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1'35.630
Apologies, I neglected to update the 2008 Best, which, as posted, relates to
China.
Here are the best laps in each session at Sakhir 2008.
P1 F Massa (Ferrari) 1'32.233 2009: Hamilton 1'33.630
P2 F Massa (Ferrari) 1'31.320
P3 N Rosberg (Williams) 1'32.521
Q1 F Massa (Ferrari) 1'31.937
Q2 F Massa (Ferrari) 1'31.188
Q3 R Kubica (BMW Sauber) 1'33.096
Race H Kovalainen (McLaren) 1'33.193
Brian Lawrence
Second Practice - Friday 24 April 2009 - 14:00-15:30
## Driver Team Time Lps Gap %Gap Km/hr mph
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16 N Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1'33.339 36 0.000 0.000 208.736 129.702
7 F Alonso Renault 1'33.530 25 0.191 0.205 208.310 129.438
9 J Trulli Toyota 1'33.616 37 0.277 0.297 208.118 129.319
15 S Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1'33.661 29 0.322 0.345 208.018 129.257
14 M Webber Red Bull-Renault 1'33.676 32 0.337 0.361 207.985 129.236
22 J Button Brawn-Mercedes 1'33.694 35 0.355 0.380 207.945 129.211
20 A Sutil F India-Mercedes 1'33.763 30 0.424 0.454 207.792 129.116
10 T Glock Toyota 1'33.764 37 0.425 0.455 207.790 129.115
23 R Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1'33.885 30 0.546 0.585 207.522 128.948
17 K Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1'33.899 36 0.560 0.600 207.491 128.929
1 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1'33.994 30 0.655 0.702 207.281 128.799
21 G Fisichella F India-Mercedes 1'34.025 23 0.686 0.735 207.213 128.756
12 S Buemi T Rosso-Ferrari 1'34.127 37 0.788 0.844 206.988 128.617
11 S Bourdais T Rosso-Ferrari 1'34.366 26 1.027 1.100 206.464 128.291
8 N Piquet Renault 1'34.411 29 1.072 1.149 206.366 128.230
3 F Massa Ferrari 1'34.564 34 1.225 1.312 206.032 128.022
5 R Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW 1'34.605 31 1.266 1.356 205.943 127.967
4 K Räikkönen Ferrari 1'34.670 28 1.331 1.426 205.801 127.879
2 H Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1'34.764 35 1.425 1.527 205.597 127.752
6 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW 1'34.790 33 1.451 1.555 205.541 127.717
Weather: Air 36, Track 50, Humidity 13%, Wind 4.8 mps, Dry (windy)
2008 Best: F Massa (Ferrari) 1'31.420
Notes: The track seemed to develop compared to this morning, with fewer off-
track excursions, although there were still quite a lot. Nelson Piquet broke
his front wing going over the kerbs, continuing at speed for a while,
seemingly unaware of the sparks he was producing as the broken wing was
dragging on the track. Nico Rosberg topped the times yet again, with Fernando
Alonso popping up in second after spending most of the 90m running with a
heavy fuel load. The Force Indias seem to have gained nearly half a second
from their new double-deck diffuser, at one time both drivers were in the
top 10. The Ferraris and BMWs were slowest, but perhaps they remained on
heavy fuel. Kimi Räikkönen was not using KERS today, allowing Ferrari to
compare data with Massa's KERS car.
Note: I will almost certainly not be able to post tomorrow's times until
the evening, or maybe not until Sunday.