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Big crash for Sutil in quiet Turkish practiceComments Off Adrian Sutil had a big crash at the end of Friday’s opening practice session in Turkey. The German driver went off the track at high speed on the exit of the Istanbul Park layout’s famous four-apex Turn 8 corner, incurring heavy damage to the Force India car. “He said he had understeer and went off into the marbles, which then put him into the barriers,” the team said on its Twitter page once Sutil had returned to the garage. It was otherwise a fairly quiet session under warm and blue skies and near-empty grandstands, amid rumours there is a chance of light rain for Sunday. Bruno Senna had to sit out the initial 90 minutes of practice in deference to Friday test driver Sakon Yamamoto, who ended the session slowest of all. Also making its 2010 debut was Red Bull’s first F-duct solution, fitted only to Sebastian Vettel’s car in order to provide a back-to-back comparison with Mark Webber’s RB6. Vettel ended the session fifth, two tenths faster than Barcelona/Monaco winner Webber. Lewis Hamilton topped the times in his McLaren, but he might now be reprimanded by the stewards for wearing newly-pierced earrings under his helmet. The wearing of jewellery is prohibited according to article 2.2.1 appendix L of the sporting regulations. Practice 1.1 - Istanbul Park .1º 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 00:01'28''653 .2º 1 Jenson Button McLaren 00:01'29''615 00:00'00''962 .3º 3 Michael Schumacher MercedesGP 00:01'29''750 00:00'01''097 .4º 4 Nico Rosberg MercedesGP 00:01'29''855 00:00'01''202 .5º 5 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 00:01'29''867 00:00'01''214 .6º 11 Robert Kubica Renault 00:01'30''061 00:00'01''408 .7º 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 00:01'30''065 00:00'01''412 .8º 6 Mark Webber Red Bull 00:01'30''097 00:00'01''444 .9º 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 00:01'30''294 00:00'01''641 .10º 14 Adrian Sutil Force India 00:01'30''501 00:00'01''848 .11º 23 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 00:01'30''615 00:00'01''962 .12º 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India 00:01'30''853 00:00'02''200 .13º 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 00:01'30''867 00:00'02''214 .14º 16 Sebastian Buemi Toro Rosso 00:01'31''011 00:00'02''358 .15º 22 Pedro de la Rosa Sauber 00:01'31''238 00:00'02''585 .16º 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams 00:01'31''355 00:00'02''702 .17º 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams 00:01'31''464 00:00'02''811 .18º 17 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 00:01'31''735 00:00'03''082 .19º 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Racing 00:01'32''161 00:00'03''508 .20º 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus Racing 00:01'32''990 00:00'04''337 .21º 20 Karun Chandhok HRT 00:01'34''876 00:00'06''223 .22º 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin Racing 00:01'35''137 00:00'06''484 .23º 24 Timo Glock Virgin Racing 00:01'35''583 00:00'06''930 .24º 21 Sakon Yamamoto HRT 00:01'36''137 (GMM) |
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End of second day of unveiling in JerezComments Off Under a sunshine that the ‘scuderias’ in the racetrack were thankful for, the second session of unveiling began in the Jerez circuit. With the absence of Virgin Racing in the tracks, because there were no spare parts to repair the single-seater, most of the pilots ran for long periods of time. Today restarted the work that could not be done yesterday due to bad weather. The teams have collected more data and have been playing the cat and the mouse. Buemi’s Toro Rosso stopped the chronometer at 1:20.026, getting the best time of the day. Many tests and many data, would be the balance of the day, where the expected Valencia time duel did not happen. The media were left with the feeling that the duo reserved for later on. However, tomorrow if the climate allows it, there will be new unveiling with other pilots. Time classification 1. Sebastian Buemi (Toro Rosso) 1:20.026 (121 laps) |
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End of second day’s morning sessionComments Off Despite the wet racetrack due to yesterday’s rain, the morning session allowed to collect and prove the single-seaters’ new modifications. The pilots scheduled for the morning rolled out: Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Mark Webber, Nico Hulkenberg, Viantonio Liuzzi, Sebastian Buemi, Michael Schumacher, Timo Glock and Kobayashi. During the morning two red flags were seen, the second being more significant, because a front wing belonging to Timo Glock’s car roamed in the racetrack and the German pilot passed over it destroying it. Sebástien Buemi’s Toro Rosso was a surprise making the best time; the pilot from Switzerland lowered his own times. Alonso remained up to an hour in the boxes doing changes to the F10. Everything is ready for the evening. The teams expect better racetrack conditions. Second day’s morning times 1. Sebastian Buemi (Toro Rosso) 1:20.026 (58 laps) |
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Review of third day of debuts’ morning sessionComments Off The third day began with the “variable” of watching Fernando Alonso drive the F10 for the first time. This morning, the Valencian Community Ricardo Tormo Circuit was at a complete standstill. A crowd of fans who gathered to see Alonso made long lines of cars in the A-3 freeway, a long distance the exit that leads to the Circuit. While regularly it takes around 3-4 minutes to access the Circuit, today it almost took 20 minutes. The expectation aroused by the pilot from Asturias was unbelievable. If yesterday we spoke of 7000 people who attended the Circuit, today the amount was estimated in more than 20.000 people present. Today has been a complete day. It was possible to watch the three Formula One Spanish pilots in the racetrack: Fernando Alonso , Pedro Martinez de la Rosa and Jaime Alguersuari. In addition, to the current champion, Jeson Button and Michael Schumacher who also rolled out. The debuting racing cars start at 10 AM on the dot. The single-seaters start to roll out and we see Fernando Alonso passing by with his new blue helmet (Asturias flag); he is ahead. Nonetheless, the “first fright“ came with De la Rosa when unexplainably he stopped on his tracks, just when he was marking the best time. The marshals showed a red flag. Up to that moment, Fernando had just made one reconnaissance lap. The march starts again and the pilots start to roll their cars. Fernando Alonso makes the best time, stopping the chronometer at 1:12.160. After that, he reduced his time on five consecutive laps. Just as well it’s the first time he rolls with this car. How many hours would he have made in the simulator? Behind the pilot from Asturias, Schumacher marks his best score; he’s fourth in the time table and goes to boxes. The difference between Alonso and Schumacher is of 1.007. There was a morbid fascination in the racetrack. Subsequent to his stop, Schumacher starts to lower his times. De la Rosa still has the second best time; the BMW C29 is performing well. It looks solid in the track. In this moment, the current champion, Jeson Button appears. He makes his official debut with McLaren. During his first laps his times were far away from the best (1:18.420), six seconds behind the Spaniard. The British is still in adaptation period with his new single-seater. A great surprise comes when the pilot from Asturias improves the time achieved by Felipe Massa, yesterday. The Brazilian made 1:11.722 and Alonso pulled off 1:11.709, in that same lap. Schumacher also lowers his time, remaining at 7 tenths of the Spaniard, and Pedro marks a best lap, too Aren’t this petty quarrels? At any rate, the show was in the racetrack. The F10 seems to please the pilot from Asturias, who in his first contact had the satisfaction of making a debut record, but subsequent to his return to the boxes he lowered again his best time. When a little more of two hours of testing had elapsed, he stopped the chronometer at 1:11.599. The third Spaniard in the racetrack, Jaime Alguersuari, rolled with consistent times all morning long. He was ahead of Button, specifically, fourth place in the time table. However, the most significant aspect is that his times are better than those of his team-mate, Sebastian Buemi. The last stage of the morning session starts to stabilize. Alonso starts to advance in 1:12 lows, a great rhythm. While “Schumi” and De la Rosa follow him at half a second. Everything seemed to indicate that the session would end in that monotony, but the pilot from Asturias returns with all his might; he wants to see the F10 potential and stopped the chronometer at 1:11.600. We were all surprised, but a bit later, 3 minutes later, he makes 1:11.470; he lowers his time again. Wasn’t it supposed to be his contact with the F10? At 2 o’clock the time came to stop and have lunch. Morning times: |
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