Practice
(Friday afternoon)
Fernando Alonso
dominated the morning practice lapping nearly half a second quicker than
his nearest rival, but this afternoon Hamilton (1:12.309) ended up only
0.153s adrift of the Fernando Alonso (1:12.156 ), with Felipe Massa (1:12.435)
another 0.1s behind in third and Kimi Raikkonen (1:12.587) 0.4s off the
ultimate pace in fourth. Nick Heidfeld (1:13.026) showed that he
is still hanging in there with David Coulthard (1:13.042), Nico Rosberg
(1:13.057), Heikki Kovalainen (1:13.110) and the two Hondas of Rubens Barrichello(1:13.144)
and Jenson Button (1:13.202) completing the top ten. Sebastian Vettel who
had pushed his way up to fourth place without putting a wheel wrong this
morning finished this afternoon 11th fastest. |
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Qualifying
(3rd
practice - black) - (2nd practice elimination's
- dark blue) - (1st
practice elimination's - light blue)
| 1 |
|
Lewis Hamilton |
|
McLaren Mercedes |
|
1:12.331 |
| 2 |
|
Fernando Alonso |
|
McLaren Mercedes |
|
1:12.500 |
| 3 |
|
Felipe Massa |
|
Ferrari |
|
1:12.703 |
| 4 |
|
Kimi Räikkönen |
|
Ferrari |
|
1:12.839 |
| 5 |
|
Nick Heidfeld |
|
BMW |
|
1:12.847 |
| 6 |
|
Heikki Kovalainen |
|
Renault |
|
1:13.308 |
| 7 |
|
Sebastian
Vettel |
|
BMW |
|
1:13.513 |
| 8 |
|
Jarno Trulli |
|
Toyota |
|
1:13.789 |
| 9 |
|
Mark Webber |
|
Red Bull Renault |
|
1:13.871 |
| 10 |
|
Giancarlo
Fisichella |
|
Renault |
|
1:13.953 |
| 11 |
|
David Coulthard |
|
Red Bull Renault |
|
1:12.873 |
| 12 |
|
Ralf Schumacher |
|
Toyota |
|
1:12.920 |
| 13 |
|
Jenson Button |
|
Honda |
|
1:12.998 |
| 14 |
|
Nico Rosberg |
|
Williams Toyota |
|
1:13.060 |
| 15 |
|
Rubens Barrichello |
|
Honda |
|
1:13.201 |
| 16 |
|
Anthony Davidson |
|
Super Aguri
Honda |
|
1:13.259 |
| 17 |
|
Alexander
Wurz |
|
Williams Toyota |
|
1:13.441 |
| 18 |
|
Takuma Sato |
|
Super Aguri
Honda |
|
1:13.477 |
| 19 |
|
Vitantonio
Liuzzi |
|
Scuderia Toro
Rosso Ferrari |
|
1:13.484 |
| 20 |
|
Scott Speed |
|
Scuderia Toro
Rosso Ferra |
|
1:13.712 |
| 21 |
|
Adrian Sutil |
|
Spyker Ferrari |
|
1:14.122 |
| 22 |
|
Christijan
Albers |
|
Spyker Ferrari |
|
1:14.597 |
* Engine
Change - drops 10 places on the grid
Lewis Hamilton
took a sensational second pole this afternoon. Fernando Alonso had had
the edge in all of the sessions up until the pole position shootout, but
Hamilton hooked up two perfect laps in the final 15 minutes to take the
pole at Indianapolis by 0.02s. Ferrari managed to keep the BMW of
Nick Heidfeld behind them with Felipe Massa being quicker than his team
mate Kimi Räikkönen, occupying the second row. Heikki Kovalainen
sits alongside Heidfeld having out qualified the other Renault of Giancarlo
Fisichella who finished 10th. On the fourth row was the 19 year olf
Rookie Sebastian Vettel who has driven well all weekend and Jarno Trulli
who has sat on pole here. Mark Webber was the faster of the two Red
Bulls with a 9th., David Coulthard complaining of handling problems, but
still happy with an 11th which will allow him to pick his race strategy.
Nico Rosberg did not produce the form that he has shown recently and is
down at number fourteen. The poles show Lewis and Fernando as pretty
even to win the race tomorrow but the Rookie has not put a foot wrong this
weekend so far, driving close to the wall and loving it. |
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Race
| 1 |
|
Lewis Hamilton |
|
McLaren Mercedes |
|
1:51:09.965
secs |
|
201.461 km/hr |
| 2 |
|
Fernando Alonso |
|
McLaren Mercedes |
|
+ 1.5 secs |
|
|
| 3 |
|
Felipe Massa |
|
Ferrari |
|
+ 12.8 secs |
|
|
| 4 |
|
Kimi Räikkönen |
|
Ferrari |
|
+ 15.4 secs |
|
|
| 5 |
|
Heikki Kovalainen |
|
Renault |
|
+ 41.4 secs |
|
|
| 6 |
|
Jarno Trulli |
|
Toyota |
|
+ 1:06.7 secs |
|
|
| 7 |
|
Mark Webber |
|
Red Bull Renault |
|
+ 1:07.3 secs |
|
|
| 8 |
|
Sebastian
Vettel |
|
BMW |
|
+ 1:07.7 secs |
|
|
| 9 |
|
Giancarlo
Fisichella |
|
Renault |
|
+ 1 lap |
|
|
| 10 |
|
Alexander
Wurz |
|
Williams Toyota |
|
+ 1 lap |
|
|
| 11 |
|
Anthony Davidson |
|
Super Aguri
Honda |
|
+ 1 lap |
|
|
| 12 |
|
Jenson Button |
|
Honda |
|
+ 1 lap |
|
|
| 13 |
|
Scott Speed |
|
Scuderia Toro
Rosso Ferrari |
|
+ 2 laps |
|
|
| 14 |
|
Adrian Sutil |
|
Spyker Ferrari |
|
+ 2 laps |
|
|
| 15 |
|
Christijan
Albers |
|
Spyker Ferrari |
|
+ 3 laps |
|
|
| 16 |
|
Nico Rosberg |
|
Williams Toyota |
|
+ 5 laps |
|
|
| 17 |
|
Vitantonio
Liuzzi |
|
Scuderia Toro
Rosso Ferrari |
|
+ 5 laps |
|
|
Lewis Hamilton
drove faultlessly having resisted Fernando Alonso´s initial attack
during the first two laps and then later on lap 38 when Fernando pulled
out of Lewis´s slipstream and attempted to overtake going into turn
1. Behind at the start Ralf Schumacher and David Coulthard made contact
with both drivers having to retire and also Rubens Barichello, but there
was no need for the safety car. Learning from Canada McLaren pulled
both cars in earlier than anticipated for their pit stop. Hamilton
was superior in the first stage, then it looked as if Alonso had the upper
hand in the middle sector, but in the third sector with the two McLarens
out front and apparently in no danger from the Ferraris they could ease
off. It was thought that Kimi Raikkonen´s soft compound would
allow him to overtake Felipe Massa but in the end it was the Brazilian
that took the third place. Heikki Kovalainen followed up his fourth place
in Montreal with fifth place at Indy and 2005 pole sitter Jarno Trulli
drove his Toyota into sixth place ahead of Mark Webber, ending his run
of bad luck and MW's teenage ace Sebastian Vettel to eighth, giving him
the final point on his debut. Commentators this weekend were alert
to the possible tensions between the two McLaren team mates but on the
podium the body language was one of friendship today. Nick Heidfeld
once again looked strong until he had to retire after 55 and driver of
the day last weekend retired after only 13 laps with an off. Had
he not retired he would have got a 10 second penalty for overtaking under
yellow flags. The stewards have given him a 10 place drop on the
grid for the French Grand Prix as his punishment.
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