Sunday, May 07, 2006
# posted by Rich @ 3:54 AM
Europe Friday practice 2: report
Friday practice 2 seemsto have set the tonefor the weekend, and we start where we left off in San Marino - the two fastest race drivers were Alonso, who was second quickest, and Michael, who was third quickest. The quickest driver, however, was Alex Wurz in the Williams Cosworth. His time of 1:32.675 was 9 tenths faster than Alonso.
Williams were quick here last year - remember that Heidfled took pole, and came home second, 16.5 seconds adrift of Alonso. It remains to be seen whether the Williams cars are as quick this year in the face of stiff competition from both Renault and a resurgent Ferrari.
Behind Alonso and Michael were the Friday drivers Doornbos and Davidson. The next race driver in line was Ralf, who was only 3 tenths slower than Alonso's time. From there on down the time sheet, there were few surprises. Some selected drivers performances: Button was 7th, Rosberg 11th, Raikkonen 13th, Massa 14th, Barrichello 15th, Webber 16th, Montoya 17th.
One other thing to note this weekend is the absence of Yuje Ide. Dropped by Super Aguri, presumably because he is crap (they claim because he needs more experience). In his place in Franck Montagny, the French former Renault test driver. His time of 1:36.665, whilst not stellar, was only 4 tenths slower than Sato - a vast improvement over Ide, who was typically two seconds slower than Sato.
Anyway, Saturday practice is next, followed by qualifying. I expect more of the same from Alonso and Michael...
Williams were quick here last year - remember that Heidfled took pole, and came home second, 16.5 seconds adrift of Alonso. It remains to be seen whether the Williams cars are as quick this year in the face of stiff competition from both Renault and a resurgent Ferrari.
Behind Alonso and Michael were the Friday drivers Doornbos and Davidson. The next race driver in line was Ralf, who was only 3 tenths slower than Alonso's time. From there on down the time sheet, there were few surprises. Some selected drivers performances: Button was 7th, Rosberg 11th, Raikkonen 13th, Massa 14th, Barrichello 15th, Webber 16th, Montoya 17th.
One other thing to note this weekend is the absence of Yuje Ide. Dropped by Super Aguri, presumably because he is crap (they claim because he needs more experience). In his place in Franck Montagny, the French former Renault test driver. His time of 1:36.665, whilst not stellar, was only 4 tenths slower than Sato - a vast improvement over Ide, who was typically two seconds slower than Sato.
Anyway, Saturday practice is next, followed by qualifying. I expect more of the same from Alonso and Michael...
Labels: Europe, Formula 1, Grand Prix
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