British Grand Prix – Friday practice

July 8, 2005 by paul
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Monteiro spun in the first practice session; Webber struggled through one corner; but a fairly quiet session. Apparenty MS nearly rear-ended NH in the pit lane! (Replay shows MS did actually hit NH!)

Jordan’s have a back nosecone as a mark for yesterday’s terrorist attacks.

Liuzzi locks up and fights the Red Bull car through a corner.
De La Rosa sets fastest lap 1:23.129
Track temperature 24°C; air temp 18°C ; wind 1.7m/s; humidity 73%; pressure 1003.0 mBar.

5 minutes gone: Alonso sets f/lap 1:22.336
CK spins it and slides off backwards; recovers
FA puts in fastest Sector 1 and S2 but hits traffic and backs off
FA f/lap 1:22.060

10mins: PdlR f/lap 1:21.763
It’s looking a bit overcast
JT spins it and then so does JV (different corners)

15mins: JM f/lap 1:21.427
PdlR f/lap 1:21.363
MS f/lap 1:21.261
MS f/lap 1:21.044
MS significantly faster than anyone else in S3

20mins: GF is the only one yet to come out for this session
PdlR f/lap 1:20.875

25mins: KR f/lap 1:20.454
KR f/lap 1:20.384

30mins: GF appears to be getting ready to join the fun … yep, he’s on track
JM f/lap 1:20.252 – that’s a McLaren 1,2,3

35mins: TS’s engine smoking?

40mins: Onboard with JB – doesn’t appear to be struggling but just a bit slow – hopefully it’s heavy with fuel – he’s down in P11, and teammate TS is way down in P18
RZ f/lap 1:20.086

45mins: SpeedTV just showed a bit of the 2002(?) British GP when the idiot Irish priest ran on the track
CK runs wide but rejoins

50mins: Doornbos is putting in personal fastest sectors … and drags himself off the bottom of the table
RZ puts in best sector times: S1=25.1; S2=33.9; S3=19.8; new f/lap 1:18.964

55mins: Replay from the earlier practice session shows MS driving into the back of NH in the pit lane. Will the stewards investigate? (No, don’t be silly!)
PdlR f/lap 1:18.589
Chequered flag is out
PdlR f/lap 1:18.530

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