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Race (Sunday 2000 hours) 1
Fernando Alonso Renault 61 Winner
Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday 2200 hours) 1
Felipe Massa Ferrari
* 3 place grid penalty for blocking Rubens Barichello when driving into the pit lane Practice 3 (Saturday 1900 hours) 1
Fernando Alonso Renault 1:44.506
(19 laps)
Practice 2 (Friday 21:30 hours) 1
Fernando Alonso Renault 1:45.654
(30 laps)
Practice 1 (Friday 1900 hours) 1
Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.518
( 20 laps)
Pre race comment Felipe
Massa - "A
positive dayThis is only the start of the weekend and there is still a
lot of work to do, but we have got off on the right foot. The car
is handling well, especially on the harder tyres, but we know track conditions
will improve so it is too early to draw conclusions. I think we will
be competitive: whether we will be more or less so than our rivals, I
Kimi Räikkönen - "At the start of the day, we had a well balanced car and then, in the afternoon, we tried a modification to the front end that we had tried at the Mugello test last week, but it did not produce the effect we hoped for, but there was not enough time to switch back," Fernando
Alonso - "The first day of work has gone well. The circuit
is interesting, very bumpy in places, especially into turn number seven,
and we have to keep an eye on that because it can become a problem. In
terms of the lighting, when I walked the track I was impressed, but behind
the wheel at 300 km/h some parts of the track are a bit dark. But
Nelsinho Piquet - "It was an interesting experience to drive today during the night and the organisers have done a remarkable job to make this possible. The behaviour of the car felt good and it reacted well to the different set-up options that we tried. However, we still have a bit of work to do ahead of qualifying tomorrow, but the first signs are encouraging." Nico Rosberg - “In general I think we can be quite happy with our performance today.We have started well and I feel quite confident that we can have a good weekend. Of course there is some way to go to see how we will shape up with the competition around us.” Kazuki Nakajima - “In the second session I had a bit of a moment as I made contact with the wall, but fortunately the damage was minor and I could complete the planned programme,” he said. Looking ahead, I know exactly the places on the track where I need to improve and I will have a good go at this tomorrow. t’s a very tough track, hot and bumpy, probably the bumpiest track surface we encounter all season. As a consequence, I think it will be a pretty demanding race. The grip level is not at all bad, maybe a little low at the moment, but by the time we get into qualifying and the race, the track will have rubbered in well.” Timo
Glock - "I am really looking forward to this race because I believe
we have a good chance to score more points. Things didn't work out
for us in Monza, with the changing track conditions coming at just the
wrong time for our strategy and the fight for fourth in the constructors'
championship is very close now. We are really motivated to come out
on top." After Friday - "They were both quite difficult sessions for me
today. The track is really bumpy and the car is quite tricky to handle
at the moment. It was a different experience driving in the lights
and the whole track is a bit unusual. At the end of second practice I just
lost the car when I hit a kerb and that was it, I made contact with the
barrier. But that didn't affect our programme and overall we got
through a lot of work today, so it was successful in that sense. So far
I am not totally happy with the car and we have quite a lot to improve
Jarno
Trulli -
"High-downforce tracks suit our car very well and after bad luck in Spa
and Monza I am looking forward to returning to the points" Defends
'safe' U-turn - “In first practice unfortunately I had a spin at the last
corner andI wanted to move off the racing line as safely as possible, so
I decided to go down the pit lane,” he said. I took the quickest
and safest option available to me and the other cars. I have been penalised
and I accept that but I know I did the safest thing for me and the other
drivers – it is one of the quickest
Sebastian Vettel - “I’m not happy with my car yet as it feels very loose and I don’t think we will have an easy time. So tonight we must work hard to improve it and hopefully make a step forward tomorrow.” Sebastien Bourdais - “It’s a very nice track but, unfortunately, the quick parts are the bumpiest and so we are having to run the cars quite high, which obviously reduces performance. Globally the car is not too bad and today we have been trying to find the best set-up and assess the two types of tyre.There are no worries about running under the lights and I even ran with a lightly smoked visor. There are hardly any shadows and you can see very well.” Nick Heidfeld - “Overall I had a good first practice day here, although my fastest lap from the second session doesn't give that impression." Robert
Kubica - “As expected the track is quite demanding – not only for
the driver but also for the car. You are always going round corners
and the surface is very bumpy, especially in two or three places.
It is very important to have a stable car here as you can easily lose a
lot of time in several corners. On the first lap I got used to the track
and, as I was going at a good pace immediately, we were then able to start
working on the set-up. In the second session we did the tyre comparison.
Now we have to analyse the data and
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