A remarkable final few minutes of second practice at Valencia threw the order into turmoil as Fernando Alonso came from nowhere to take top spot for Renault, but it wouldn’t be for long as with no time left to respond Kimi Raikkonen produced a blinding effort to put Ferrari back on top with a 1;39.477 lap, just two one-hundredths up on Alonso.
Third, another with a low fuel lap, was Jenson Button in the Honda leading to speculation that there is more time to come from this intriguing track. Behind the Honda came Felipe Massa’s Ferrari, the McLaren’s of Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton, and the last man under the 1:40 barrier was Timo Glock in the Toyota in seventh.
STR failed to live up to the promise of this morning with both cars languishing in the lower quarter of the table and in close company with sister team Red Bull, while Force India raised eyebrows with some impressive runs, the best of which put Giancarlo Fisichella in a fine tenth position.
Written: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:37:40
[ Print View ][ E-Mail Article ]
- March 13, 2010Alonso ahead in final practice
- March 12, 2010First blood to Rosberg
- March 12, 2010Sutil upsets the form book
- February 26, 2010Ferrari tests 'shark fin' engine cover
- February 25, 2010Barcelona test begins in the dry
- February 24, 2010Button worried about 'happy Alonso'
- February 12, 2010Virgin stop testing after wing failure
- February 11, 2010Wet first day at Jerez
- February 09, 2010Four day Jerez test ready to go
- February 03, 2010Big crowd ready for Alonso return
- (August 22, 2008)View all headlines from this date
- (Grand Prix: Round 12: Day 1)View event information
