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Williams ChineseGP Practice Report |
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Friday, 17 April 2009 |
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WILLIAMS CHINESE GRAND PRIX PRACTICE
| Practice 1, 10.00 - 11.30hrs |
Practice 2, 14.00 - 15.30hrs |
10.21: Buemi completes the weekend’s first flying
lap, 1m41.316s.
10.22: Buemi posts a 1m39.959s.
10.26: Räikkönen runs wide at T14.
10.27: Buemi posts a 1m39.395s.
10.28: Trulli laps in 1m39.269s.
10.30: Räikkönen laps in 1m38.530s, Trulli in
1m37.945s.
10.31: Trulli improves to 1m37.797s.
10.33: Trulli slows to a crawl and returns to the pits.
10.35: Rosberg goes second, 1m38.174s.
10.43: Hamilton laps in 1m37.603s, Webber in
1m37.752s.
10.44: Glock runs off the circuit at T11.
10.46: Glock skates wide again, at T2.
10.47: Button laps in 1m37.450s.
11.01: Hamilton sets a 1m37.334s.
11.03: Piquet runs onto the grass at T11.
11.07: Massa spins at T14.
11.11: Alonso runs wide at T14.
11.13: Nakajima slides wide at T2.
11.15: Rosberg runs wide at T14…
11.16: ...as does Nakajima.
11.22: Heidfeld slithers wide at T14.
11.30: Session ends with Hamilton fastest from
Button, Barrichello and Kovalainen.
Rosberg is 7th, Nakajima 19th.
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14.07: Alonso goes off at Turn 14 but rejoins.
14.16: Nakajima sets quickest time, lm37.690s.
14.18: Rosberg laps in 1m37.464s.
14.22: Trulli posts 1m36.686s, then improves to
1m36.361s.
14.24: Glock makes it a Toyota 1-2 with
1m36.361s.
14.26: Webber quickest for Red Bull, 1m36.179s.
14.27: Vettel goes a hundredth quicker in the
second Red Bull.
14.27: Alonso goes off at 16 and rejoins.
14.46: Fisichella goes off at Turn 14 and resumes…
14.47: As does Sutil at Turn 1.
14.54: Barrichello sets fastest lap, 1m35.995s, then
1m35.881s.
14.57: Button makes it a Brawn 1-2 with
1m36.059s.
15.02: Massa goes off at Turn 10 and rejoins.
15.14: Fisichella goes off at Turn 2 and rejoins.
15.18: Raikkonen runs wide at Turn 11 and rejoins.
15.21: Button sets fastest time with 1m35.679s.
15.27: Rosberg splits Brawns with 1m35.704s.
15.28: Nakajima seventh with 1m36.377s.
15.30: Sutil spins at Turn 2.
15.30: Session ends with Button quickest from
Rosberg, Barrichello, Webber, Vettel, Trulli and
Nakajima. |
Nico Rosberg: It’s been an interesting day for us. We’ve learnt a lot, particularly about the tyres and how to get
the best out of them here. The one major thing for us at the moment though is that this season we have
consistency from one track to another. We’re now going to a race and not getting any big surprises as we seem
to have learnt from our mistakes from last year.
Kazuki Nakajima: It was a bit difficult out there for me today. The tyres were behaving strangely this morning but
they did improve a little this afternoon. I was also struggling to find a good balance. I now need to see where I
can improve for qualifying tomorrow. We’ll see how we go.
By the numbers:
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SESSION 1 |
SESSION 2 |
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WEATHER |
Sunny |
Sunny |
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AIR & TRACK TEMP |
180C / 26 - 330C |
16 - 19 - 200C / 30 - 340C |
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TOP 3 per session |
L Hamilton 1:37.334
J Button: 1:37.450
R Barrichello 1:37.566 |
J Button: 1:35.679
N Rosberg: 1:35.704
R Barrichello: 1:35.881 |
| N ROSBERG |
36 LAPS Chassis FW31-03 Engine H450 |
1:37.860 (7th) 24 LAPS |
1:35.704(2nd) |
| K NAKAJIMA |
32 LAPS Chassis FW31-04 Engine H452 |
1:38.730 (19th) |
25 LAPS 1:36.377 (7th) |
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