2008 Spanish GP

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Directly from Spain, first session results:
5th. Kovalainen
6th. Alonso (+ 0.18 seconds only!)
 
On the other hand, Kimi and Massa are very close, and half a second ahead of Hamilton, who, in turn, is half a second ahead of Alonso.

Who is 1.2s behind the Ferraris.
 
FP1 - Both Ferrari's quickest by half a second from Hamilton, Kubica, Kovalainen, Alonso, Piquet, Coulthard, Heidfeld and Button.

Massa spun twice, first at the final chicane and then out of turns 6 and 7. The Super Aguris ran with all white cars, apart from the black and red on the nose, but managed 24 laps between them. Trulli was also another spinner, this time at Turn 9.
 
BTW, I think some of you guys should head over to www.sidepodcast.com, they have a Live Commenting thread, that lets you talk about the Practice, Qualifying and race sessions as they happen. It's good stuff.
 
Interesting aero treatments this round. Here's a few captures from FP1. Don't click if you don't want to be spoiled:

http://home.comcast.net/~ttzx/espanafp1


Tipping Kimi for the win, McMerc 2nd and 5th, BMW 3rd and 6th. I'm lost on 4th. Chances of rain seem mild.
 
Z
Interesting aero treatments this round. Here's a few captures from FP1. Don't click if you don't want to be spoiled:
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The quality makes '90s interwebs cry. Most websites carry same-size, but far better quality. For example.



FP1 results:

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Pos  	No  	Driver  	Team 	Time/Retired  	Gap  	Laps
1 	1 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Ferrari 	1:20.649 		17
2 	2 	Felipe Massa 	Ferrari 	1:20.699 	0.050 	9
3 	22 	Lewis Hamilton 	McLaren-Mercedes 	1:21.192 	0.543 	20
4 	4 	Robert Kubica 	BMW Sauber 	1:21.568 	0.919 	20
5 	23 	Heikki Kovalainen 	McLaren-Mercedes 	1:21.758 	1.109 	10
6 	5 	Fernando Alonso 	Renault 	1:21.933 	1.284 	18
7 	6 	Nelsinho Piquet 	Renault 	1:21.936 	1.287 	21
8 	9 	David Coulthard 	Red Bull-Renault 	1:22.118 	1.469 	20
9 	3 	Nick Heidfeld 	BMW Sauber 	1:22.278 	1.629 	24
10 	16 	Jenson Button 	Honda 	1:22.632 	1.983 	16
11 	12 	Timo Glock 	Toyota 	1:23.002 	2.353 	21
12 	7 	Nico Rosberg 	Williams-Toyota 	1:23.003 	2.354 	25
13 	10 	Mark Webber 	Red Bull-Renault 	1:23.015 	2.366 	14
14 	11 	Jarno Trulli 	Toyota 	1:23.141 	2.492 	15
15 	8 	Kazuki Nakajima 	Williams-Toyota 	1:23.153 	2.504 	24
16 	20 	Adrian Sutil 	Force India-Ferrari 	1:23.156 	2.507 	22
17 	21 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Force India-Ferrari 	1:23.196 	2.547 	20
18 	17 	Rubens Barrichello 	Honda 	1:23.353 	2.704 	14
19 	14 	Sebastien Bourdais 	STR-Ferrari 	1:23.952 	3.303 	15
20 	15 	Sebastian Vettel 	STR-Ferrari 	1:24.082 	3.433 	15
21 	18 	Takuma Sato 	Super Aguri-Honda 	1:24.278 	3.629 	14
22 	19 	Anthony Davidson 	Super Aguri-Honda 	1:25.068 	4.419 	10
 
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Ferrari on the move again. 0.5 sec off Lewis even though its just FP1.
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They've been charging hard, though. Among the first teams to set competitive times, and Raikkonen repeatedly improved himself, with Massa coming out for short hotlaps. McLaren were active later on in the session, rarely pitting.
 
Metar
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FP1 results:

Code: 
Pos  	No  	Driver  	Team 	Time/Retired  	Gap  	Laps
1 	1 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Ferrari 	1:20.649 		17
2 	2 	Felipe Massa 	Ferrari 	1:20.699 	0.050 	9
3 	22 	Lewis Hamilton 	McLaren-Mercedes 	1:21.192 	0.543 	20
4 	4 	Robert Kubica 	BMW Sauber 	1:21.568 	0.919 	20
5 	23 	Heikki Kovalainen 	McLaren-Mercedes 	1:21.758 	1.109 	10
6 	5 	Fernando Alonso 	Renault 	1:21.933 	1.284 	18
7 	6 	Nelsinho Piquet 	Renault 	1:21.936 	1.287 	21
8 	9 	David Coulthard 	Red Bull-Renault 	1:22.118 	1.469 	20
9 	3 	Nick Heidfeld 	BMW Sauber 	1:22.278 	1.629 	24
10 	16 	Jenson Button 	Honda 	1:22.632 	1.983 	16
11 	12 	Timo Glock 	Toyota 	1:23.002 	2.353 	21
12 	7 	Nico Rosberg 	Williams-Toyota 	1:23.003 	2.354 	25
13 	10 	Mark Webber 	Red Bull-Renault 	1:23.015 	2.366 	14
14 	11 	Jarno Trulli 	Toyota 	1:23.141 	2.492 	15
15 	8 	Kazuki Nakajima 	Williams-Toyota 	1:23.153 	2.504 	24
16 	20 	Adrian Sutil 	Force India-Ferrari 	1:23.156 	2.507 	22
17 	21 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Force India-Ferrari 	1:23.196 	2.547 	20
18 	17 	Rubens Barrichello 	Honda 	1:23.353 	2.704 	14
19 	14 	Sebastien Bourdais 	STR-Ferrari 	1:23.952 	3.303 	15
20 	15 	Sebastian Vettel 	STR-Ferrari 	1:24.082 	3.433 	15
21 	18 	Takuma Sato 	Super Aguri-Honda 	1:24.278 	3.629 	14
22 	19 	Anthony Davidson 	Super Aguri-Honda 	1:25.068 	4.419 	10
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Congratulations. I was taking screenshots from a zoomed-in media player. It's basically the quality of a phone picture. You can still get the idea.
 
mustang245
Welcome new guy! Barcelona, I see. Hmm, you'll fit in here perfectly.👍
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Thanks. I'll try to be polite and balanced. BTW, looks like in Montmeló there will be good weather at the next days.
 
For me the man at the mo is Kimi despite not beating Massa he delivers consistently when the car delivers where as Massa has good and bad days and this does not make for consistency. Hamilton will deliver sooner or later and will always regret not taking his chance last year -lost when left out a lap to long on worn tyres - i was calling him in from my sofa as i,m sure you all were. His task is much harder now Ferrari not only have momentum but also to consider BMW are on the way and will play a monumentous roll in the overall results. Good Luck to all -- Prediction 1ST KIMI 2ND HAM 3RD MASSA 4TH HEID 5TH KOV
 
Get ready, 2nd sesion results:
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Well that session wasn’t remotely telling then… Bring on qualifying. :D

orimarc
Here is the magic:
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How could I not possibly have known about that earlier? Thank you oh so very much. :D:tup:

Meanwhile I’m pretty sure that would be piracy and against the AUP so you should probably remove the link. ;)
 
Well, well, well. El Matador P3.
Good job, orimarc. Nice results post. Stick around, no need to be polite.
 
mustang245
Well, well, well. El Matador P3.
Good job, orimarc. Nice results post. Stick around, no need to be polite.
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Beaten by his rookie teammate. Now where have I heard that before?

:p

Anyhoo, it's only practice.

Oh, and yes, there is a need to be polite. It's part of what makes this forum so good.
 
BUTTONJ
For me the man at the mo is Kimi despite not beating Massa he delivers consistently when the car delivers where as Massa has good and bad days and this does not make for consistency. Hamilton will deliver sooner or later and will always regret not taking his chance last year -lost when left out a lap to long on worn tyres - i was calling him in from my sofa as i,m sure you all were. His task is much harder now Ferrari not only have momentum but also to consider BMW are on the way and will play a monumentous roll in the overall results. Good Luck to all -- Prediction 1ST KIMI 2ND HAM 3RD MASSA 4TH HEID 5TH KOV
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I'd put Kubica in 4th and Heidfeld fighting Alonso for 6th.
 
I'm hoping for a good race. If it rains I can see Rubens ranking good.
 
As odd as it seems, the new engine-cover is only a small part of the Renault's updates for Barcelona. The team finally got J-Dampers to work on the recent tests - a variation on 2006's Tuned Mass Dampers, reportedly used by McLaren for 2007, and by Ferrari and BMW since 2008 as well. As a mechanical component, it's invisible to us - but reportedly improved traction by such a degree that McLaren and BMW engineers rated it as almost 0.3-0.4 per lap.
 
Metar
As odd as it seems, the new engine-cover is only a small part of the Renault's updates for Barcelona. The team finally got J-Dampers to work on the recent tests - a variation on 2006's Tuned Mass Dampers, reportedly used by McLaren for 2007, and by Ferrari and BMW since 2008 as well. As a mechanical component, it's invisible to us - but reportedly improved traction by such a degree that McLaren and BMW engineers rated it as almost 0.3-0.4 per lap.
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What's so odd about that? Noone expected an engine cover to solve all the R28's problems.
 
Well practice has been pretty much meaningless all weekend. Quite frustrating really. Bring on qualifying.
 
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