Kimi Räikkönen feels reassured…
9 05 2008
This afternoon, pole position will remain red. Kimi Räikkönen signs the best time after twenty eight minutes of session. The top 3 is completed by Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa. Let us return together on these practice 2...
The second session opens with the rain and the coolness (13°C in the air). The track is wet and shows 18°C. The rate of humidity is 65 % and the wind speed fell (1,1 m.s).
Kimi Räikkönen dominated these free tries(essays) 2. He takes down the best time from 2:28 pm (1'27"543). The Finn outstrips Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa. David Coulthard is the fourth. Heikki Kovalainen is classified fifth. The rest of the top 10 is completed by Robert Kubiça, Jarno Trulli, Kazuki Nakajima, Fernando Alonso and Nick Heidfeld. Jenson Button is eleventh. The British is followed by Timo Glock and Nico Rosberg. Williams driver seems in big difficulty with his FW30. He is dominated, again, by his team-mate. Giancarlo Fisichella occupies the fourteenth rank. Rubens Barrichello is only fifteenth in front of Nelsinho Piquet. The end of the classification counts Toro Rosso drivers, Mark Webber and Adrian Sutil.
Landmarks of the practice 2 : 2:27 pm, Felipe Massa turns too wide in N.1. 2:30 pm, Adrian Sutil and Nico Rosberg are adrift. 2:31 pm, Mark Webber pulled any right in the wall for the exit of the bend 6. The Red Bull is very damaged but the Australian driver isn't hurt. The red flag is spread. 2:37 pm, the track is opened again. Many inaccuracies are to be noted in this session among which those of Sebastien Bourdais, Timo Glock and Heikki Kovalainen … Jarno Trulli and Nico Rosberg are in permanent skid. 3:19 pm, Jenson Button goes out of the track. 3:25 pm, Timo Glock takes out of the track and damages the TF108's front aileron by going back up above.
To note : Giancarlo Fisichella will be demoted by three places on the starting grid. This morning, he went out of the stands before the official opening of the track.
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