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2010 Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix

Session Results Discussion Thread

First Friday Practice Second Friday Practice Saturday Practice Qualifying Race

Second Friday Practice

Spanish Formula One Grand Prix - 2nd Friday Practice

(05/07/2010)

1:57

NewsOnF1:

Second Friday practice session starting shortly. Air temperature at 16 degrees while track temperature is at 26 degrees

Friday May 7, 2010 1:57 NewsOnF1

2:01

NewsOnF1:

Session underway and Pedro de la Rosa who didn't set a time this morning is among the first drivers to be out on the track

Friday May 7, 2010 2:01 NewsOnF1

2:02

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton was fastest this morning ahead of Button and Schumacher

Friday May 7, 2010 2:02 NewsOnF1

2:02

MikeGascoyne:

Session about to start. Jarno had an hydraulic leak at the end of the session but fixed. Waiting 5 mins before going out

Friday May 7, 2010 2:02 MikeGascoyne

2:02

VirginRacing:

Lucas raring to go, so he's out first for us.

Friday May 7, 2010 2:02 VirginRacing

2:02

MikeGascoyne:

Both drivers pleased with car updates

Friday May 7, 2010 2:02 MikeGascoyne

2:02

InsideFerrari:

Here we are for the second free practice session of the Spanish GP

Friday May 7, 2010 2:02 InsideFerrari

2:03

NewsOnF1:

Kobayashi is the first to set a time with a 1:23.385. de la Rosa follows with a 1:24.197

Friday May 7, 2010 2:03 NewsOnF1

2:04

NewsOnF1:

de la Rosa now quickest with a 1:23.090

Friday May 7, 2010 2:04 NewsOnF1

2:05

VirginRacing:

Timo's car is still up in the air but steering wheel back on so ok to fire up

Friday May 7, 2010 2:05 VirginRacing

2:05

clubforce:

Adrian and Tonio have both completed install laps now in preparation for some longer runs this afternoon. Not raining...yet

Friday May 7, 2010 2:05 clubforce

2:05

rf1paddockpass:

It's a little bit windy this afternoon, track temp at 27C but air temp only 16C

Friday May 7, 2010 2:05 rf1paddockpass

2:06

NewsOnF1:

Kubica now fastest with a 1:22.694

Friday May 7, 2010 2:06 NewsOnF1

2:06

NewsOnF1:

Sutil spins but recovers

Friday May 7, 2010 2:06 NewsOnF1

2:07

InsideFerrari:

Both drivers are in the cockpit of the F10. Both cars are again fitted with the blown rear wing system

Friday May 7, 2010 2:07 InsideFerrari

2:07

InsideFerrari:

Temperatures are more or less stable> 19 C air, 25 C track

Friday May 7, 2010 2:07 InsideFerrari

2:07

[Comment From k sukumar k sukumar : ]

what happened to alonso will he be the best in this session ED - This is only practice so it really depends on the program they run. So far this season Ferrari concentrated on race setup on Fridays

Friday May 7, 2010 2:07 k sukumar

2:08

NewsOnF1:

Kubica fastest with a 1:21.937

Friday May 7, 2010 2:08 NewsOnF1

2:10

clubforce:

Adrian goes off line onto the grass at the chicane but no damage done, will take a couple of laps to clean up tyres tho

Friday May 7, 2010 2:10 clubforce

2:10

InsideFerrari:

Stefano Domenicali is in the pit-lane looking at the sky, which is getting more and more cloudy..

Friday May 7, 2010 2:10 InsideFerrari

2:12

InsideFerrari:

Felipe is going out now on the 2nd set of hard tyres

Friday May 7, 2010 2:12 InsideFerrari

2:12

NewsOnF1:

Michael Schumacher fastest with a 1:21.322

Friday May 7, 2010 2:12 NewsOnF1

2:13

NewsOnF1:

Looks like Michael is more comfortable with this car after the modifications

Friday May 7, 2010 2:13 NewsOnF1

2:13

NewsOnF1:

Button moves into second with a 1:21.518

Friday May 7, 2010 2:13 NewsOnF1

2:14

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg up into 3rd with a 1:21.686. Michael pits after 2 flying laps

Friday May 7, 2010 2:14 NewsOnF1

2:14

clubforce:

Adrian back into pits, he is 3td quickest after 6 laps on prime tyres

Friday May 7, 2010 2:14 clubforce

2:14

rf1paddockpass:

Vitaly came in briefly, he's trying our new fron wing. Robert is now back in the garage.

Friday May 7, 2010 2:14 rf1paddockpass

2:16

[Comment From Akshay Akshay : ]

How much difference has the new car made to Schumi? Exactly how have they modified it? And in doing so, has it adversely affected Nico? ED - Mercedes have done major modifications to their car, whether it adversly affected Rosberg remains to be seen. Qualifying is the real measure, in practice we don't know the fuel loads

Friday May 7, 2010 2:16 Akshay

2:16

NewsOnF1:

Massa into 6th and Webber in 7th

Friday May 7, 2010 2:16 NewsOnF1

2:16

VirginRacing:

Sun! Excellent :-) Lucas seems quite happy with the car, maybe a bit of a change needed with the slow speed balance

Friday May 7, 2010 2:16 VirginRacing

2:16

InsideFerrari:

and Fernando is going out now as well on hard tyres

Friday May 7, 2010 2:16 InsideFerrari

2:17

NewsOnF1:

Webber now fastest with a 1:21.272 and Vettel goes out on the track as well

Friday May 7, 2010 2:17 NewsOnF1

2:19

VirginRacing:

Another short run planned for Lucas. http://moby.to/u04skd

Friday May 7, 2010 2:19 VirginRacing

2:20

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton into second with a 1:21.305

Friday May 7, 2010 2:20 NewsOnF1

2:22

NewsOnF1:

Hulkenberg spins and hits the tyre barrier. The session has stopped

Friday May 7, 2010 2:22 NewsOnF1

2:22

VirginRacing:

Timo's car is down on short stands now and a set of tyres selected. Timo climbing in.

Friday May 7, 2010 2:22 VirginRacing

2:23

NewsOnF1:

Replay shows Hulkenberg going wide on the grass, losing control and going straight into the tyre barrier and bouncing back onto the gravel! He is ok

Friday May 7, 2010 2:23 NewsOnF1

2:24

[Comment From k sukumar k sukumar : ]

how much of difference can force india make with their changed set up? ED - All the teams are making developments so the order is unlikley to change much

Friday May 7, 2010 2:24 k sukumar

2:25

InsideFerrari:

Red flag for a crash of Hulkenberg

Friday May 7, 2010 2:25 InsideFerrari

2:25

VirginRacing:

Wind picking up now. Feels cooler than 17 deg. Timo off out or not. Red flag

Friday May 7, 2010 2:25 VirginRacing

2:25

rf1paddockpass:

A red flag caused by Hulkenberg, Robert's coming back in.

Friday May 7, 2010 2:25 rf1paddockpass

2:25

InsideFerrari:

Fernando has to come in because of the red flag. Felipe was already in the garage.

Friday May 7, 2010 2:25 InsideFerrari

2:25

clubforce:

red flag stops the session. both force indias in the pits already making some small tweaks to the vjm03

Friday May 7, 2010 2:25 clubforce

2:26

NewsOnF1:

Just over an hour remaining in the session and the order is: Webber, Hamilton, Schumacher, Button, Rosberg, Kubica, Vettel, Massa, Sutil and Liuzzi

Friday May 7, 2010 2:26 NewsOnF1

2:28

InsideFerrari:

Something to be repaired on the rear of Fernando's car after he jumped a bit heavily on a kerb, nothing major anyway

Friday May 7, 2010 2:28 InsideFerrari

2:29

NewsOnF1:

Hulkenberg's car has now been removed. Track being cleaned and trye wall repaired

Friday May 7, 2010 2:29 NewsOnF1

2:30

[Comment From AmmarMilano AmmarMilano : ]

let's see if the Ferrari can make a step forward or no, I hope that

Friday May 7, 2010 2:30 AmmarMilano

2:31

NewsOnF1:

Session should get underway shortly as the tyre wall is now repaired

Friday May 7, 2010 2:31 NewsOnF1

2:31

ClaireVWilliams:

The Hulk just put it into the gravel 20 mins into the session, not sure of the reason, more info to follow. Red flag #f1

Friday May 7, 2010 2:31 ClaireVWilliams

2:33

NewsOnF1:

Session re-starting in 2 minutes

Friday May 7, 2010 2:33 NewsOnF1

2:34

ClaireVWilliams:

Nico's been to the medical centre and has been given the all clear. Session starts again in 2 mins #f1

Friday May 7, 2010 2:34 ClaireVWilliams

2:34

rf1paddockpass:

http://tweetphoto.com/21401844 #spanishgp just waiting for the session to resume, drivers ready

Friday May 7, 2010 2:34 rf1paddockpass

2:34

InsideFerrari:

Red flag will be off soon but the crew is still working on both cars

Friday May 7, 2010 2:34 InsideFerrari

2:35

NewsOnF1:

Session restarts and the cars stream out of the pit lane

Friday May 7, 2010 2:35 NewsOnF1

2:38

rf1paddockpass:

Vitaly is out on soft tyres while Robert's just left the garage with the hard tyres

Friday May 7, 2010 2:38 rf1paddockpass

2:38

VirginRacing:

Starting again timo joining the queue to practice a start. Lucas powersliding past the pit photographers

Friday May 7, 2010 2:38 VirginRacing

2:38

clubforce:

Adrian out again on the hard tyres for an 8 lap run. Tonio leaving for 3 laps on options

Friday May 7, 2010 2:38 clubforce

2:38

InsideFerrari:

both cars back on track: Felipe on new soft, Fernando on used hard

Friday May 7, 2010 2:38 InsideFerrari

2:40

NewsOnF1:

Looks like the focus now is on the race setup. Not much improvement on the times

Friday May 7, 2010 2:40 NewsOnF1

2:41

VirginRacing:

Ride height changes will be the next thing to evaluate on timo's car

Friday May 7, 2010 2:41 VirginRacing

2:43

NewsOnF1:

Massa into 6th with a 1:21.691. He is on the softer compound

Friday May 7, 2010 2:43 NewsOnF1

2:44

NewsOnF1:

Alonso up into 5th with a 1:21.660, he is on the harder compound!

Friday May 7, 2010 2:44 NewsOnF1

2:44

InsideFerrari:

traffic for both drivers in this lap

Friday May 7, 2010 2:44 InsideFerrari

2:44

ClaireVWilliams:

FW watching practice this afternoon from his secret hideout (i.e a hidden area next to our garage)! #f1

Friday May 7, 2010 2:44 ClaireVWilliams

2:44

InsideFerrari:

Fernando is currently 5th, Felipe 7th

Friday May 7, 2010 2:44 InsideFerrari

2:44

VirginRacing:

On lap for timo. With a constant speed section on the back straight to check readings. Lucas is flying :-)

Friday May 7, 2010 2:44 VirginRacing

2:46

NewsOnF1:

Massa moves into second with a 1:21.302

Friday May 7, 2010 2:46 NewsOnF1

2:47

NewsOnF1:

Webber on the softer compound and is very quick!

Friday May 7, 2010 2:47 NewsOnF1

2:48

InsideFerrari:

Felipe went up to 2nd position in 1.21.302

Friday May 7, 2010 2:48 InsideFerrari

2:48

InsideFerrari:

both drivers back in the pit-lane

Friday May 7, 2010 2:48 InsideFerrari

2:48

ClaireVWilliams:

The boys bringing the Hulk's wheels back #f1

Friday May 7, 2010 2:48 ClaireVWilliams

2:48

VirginRacing:

Pit stop for timo http://moby.to/v25oi0

Friday May 7, 2010 2:48 VirginRacing

2:49

NewsOnF1:

A 1:20.175 for Webber! That is over 1.1 seconds quicker than anyone else!

Friday May 7, 2010 2:49 NewsOnF1

2:52

ClaireVWilliams:

Rubens practices a stop in the box #f1

Friday May 7, 2010 2:52 ClaireVWilliams

2:52

clubforce:

Tonio back in from soft tyre run. got caught in traffic on first lap but reports that the tyres are ok especially when warm

Friday May 7, 2010 2:52 clubforce

2:52

InsideFerrari:

Fernando is going out now on new soft tyres

Friday May 7, 2010 2:52 InsideFerrari

2:52

clubforce:

Adrian back in after longer run. reports balance ok and car is stable

Friday May 7, 2010 2:52 clubforce

2:52

NewsOnF1:

Schumacher improves and moves into 2nd with a 1:20.757

Friday May 7, 2010 2:52 NewsOnF1

2:55

NewsOnF1:

Alonso in 3rd with a 1:21.108. He is now on the softer compound

Friday May 7, 2010 2:55 NewsOnF1

2:56

NewsOnF1:

Button on the soft compound as well

Friday May 7, 2010 2:56 NewsOnF1

2:56

ClaireVWilliams:

Not a huge amount of chassis damage to the Hulk's tobogan, he won't make it out again today, but will be fine 4 tom. #f1

Friday May 7, 2010 2:56 ClaireVWilliams

2:56

VirginRacing:

Lucas looking to gout for four laps and do a comparison on the brakes

Friday May 7, 2010 2:56 VirginRacing

2:57

NewsOnF1:

Alonso improve again but still in 3rd with a 1:20.850

Friday May 7, 2010 2:57 NewsOnF1

2:58

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg now in 4th with a 1:21.271

Friday May 7, 2010 2:58 NewsOnF1

2:59

NewsOnF1:

Kubica moves into 4th with a 1:21.202

Friday May 7, 2010 2:59 NewsOnF1

3:00

NewsOnF1:

30 minutes remain and the top 10 are: Webber, Schumacher, Alonso, Kubica, Rosberg, Massa, Hamilton, Button, de la Rosa and Vettel

Friday May 7, 2010 3:00 NewsOnF1

3:01

VirginRacing:

Timo out again. Still on primes

Friday May 7, 2010 3:01 VirginRacing

3:01

InsideFerrari:

Alonso is 3rd with 1.20.850, Felipe is going back now on track again on soft tyres but used ones

Friday May 7, 2010 3:01 InsideFerrari

3:01

VirginRacing:

A rubbish picture but it gives you an idea ;-) #f1 http://moby.to/y4nzwk

Friday May 7, 2010 3:01 VirginRacing

3:01

InsideFerrari:

Fernando is coming back in now

Friday May 7, 2010 3:01 InsideFerrari

3:01

rf1paddockpass:

Robert's done the 4th fastest time, Vitaly is out on a longer run

Friday May 7, 2010 3:01 rf1paddockpass

3:05

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton up into 5th with a 1:21.219

Friday May 7, 2010 3:05 NewsOnF1

3:06

clubforce:

Tonio out for extended run on hard tyres, Adrian switches to the softer options for a short 4 lap run

Friday May 7, 2010 3:06 clubforce

3:06

VirginRacing:

Next run we will be trying options according to the original programme so hope weather holds. No rain due.

Friday May 7, 2010 3:06 VirginRacing

3:07

NewsOnF1:

Vettel goes fastest with a 1:19.965! He is on the soft compound

Friday May 7, 2010 3:07 NewsOnF1

3:09

NewsOnF1:

Petrov goes wide and slides over the gravel but recovers

Friday May 7, 2010 3:09 NewsOnF1

3:10

VirginRacing:

Both cars coming in at the same time again. This is timo. More work needed to get a perfect balance

Friday May 7, 2010 3:10 VirginRacing

3:14

InsideFerrari:

Felipe came in and Fernando went out, on the same set of soft tyres as before

Friday May 7, 2010 3:14 InsideFerrari

3:14

InsideFerrari:

Felipe will do another back to back test of the rear wing, coming back to the standard version

Friday May 7, 2010 3:14 InsideFerrari

3:14

clubforce:

Adrian posts 10th quickest lap, he's happy with the balance of the car

Friday May 7, 2010 3:14 clubforce

3:14

VirginRacing:

Lucas going out on options so we should see how that goes he has a big gap behind him

Friday May 7, 2010 3:14 VirginRacing

3:14

VirginRacing:

Timo out on options with a bit more traffic than Lucas has

Friday May 7, 2010 3:14 VirginRacing

3:16

[Comment From Mohit Mohit : ]

Is it going to Intermediate tyre for all?If Enough time remaining for that ED - You mean the option tyre ? Yes they are all trying the option (softer compound) tyre

Friday May 7, 2010 3:16 Mohit

3:17

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton up into 5th wth a 1:20.819

Friday May 7, 2010 3:17 NewsOnF1

3:19

NewsOnF1:

Barrichello gives Hamilton a hard time!

Friday May 7, 2010 3:19 NewsOnF1

3:20

NewsOnF1:

10 minutes remaining and the top 10 are: Vettel, Webber, Schumacher, Alonso, Hamilton, Kubica, Rosberg, Massa, Button and Sutil

Friday May 7, 2010 3:20 NewsOnF1

3:26

rf1paddockpass:

Robert's just started his run while Vitaly is coming back in.

Friday May 7, 2010 3:26 rf1paddockpass

3:26

VirginRacing:

Good lap from Lucas just shy of lotus but timo has too much traffic

Friday May 7, 2010 3:26 VirginRacing

3:26

InsideFerrari:

Fernando is in traffic with Buemi

Friday May 7, 2010 3:26 InsideFerrari

3:26

InsideFerrari:

FElipe is back on track on soft tyres and standard rear wing

Friday May 7, 2010 3:26 InsideFerrari

3:26

rf1paddockpass:

http://tweetphoto.com/21406036 #spanishgp Vitaly is back out for his last run of the day

Friday May 7, 2010 3:26 rf1paddockpass

3:26

VirginRacing:

Last run for timo today. Options as you'd expect

Friday May 7, 2010 3:26 VirginRacing

3:26

NewsOnF1:

Alguersuari stops on the track

Friday May 7, 2010 3:26 NewsOnF1

3:27

NewsOnF1:

He was 17th

Friday May 7, 2010 3:27 NewsOnF1

3:28

NewsOnF1:

Nearly all the drivers are now on the track with just 2 minutes remaining

Friday May 7, 2010 3:28 NewsOnF1

3:30

NewsOnF1:

Session over, awaiting final times

Friday May 7, 2010 3:30 NewsOnF1

3:32

NewsOnF1:

Top 10: Vettel (1:19.965), Webber (+0.210), Schumacher (+0.792), Alonso, Hamilton, Kubica, Rosberg, Massa, Button and Sutil (+1.553)

Friday May 7, 2010 3:32 NewsOnF1

3:35

NewsOnF1:

11th to 24th: de la Rosa, Liuzzi, Kobayashi, Buemi (+2.219), Barrichello, Petrov, Alguersuari, Hulkenberg, Trulli (+4.244), Kovalainen, di Grassi, Chandhok, Senna and Glock (+6.631)

Friday May 7, 2010 3:35 NewsOnF1

3:36

VirginRacing:

Timo is just trying a front/rear ride height change btw

Friday May 7, 2010 3:36 VirginRacing

3:36

InsideFerrari:

Yellow flag because of Alguersuari stopped on track at turn 7

Friday May 7, 2010 3:36 InsideFerrari

3:36

VirginRacing:

Yellow flag in turn 7 for last few mins means we can't improve.

Friday May 7, 2010 3:36 VirginRacing

3:36

VirginRacing:

Dave telling timo: last timed lap track clear

Friday May 7, 2010 3:36 VirginRacing

3:36

rf1paddockpass:

Lots of good work done in both sessions today. Robert is 6th fastest and Vitaly 16 th fastest in FP2.

Friday May 7, 2010 3:36 rf1paddockpass

3:36

ClaireVWilliams:

Practice over, the red bulls led the way with vettel quickest on a 1:19.965, rb 1:22.192 and the hulk 1:23.765 #f1

Friday May 7, 2010 3:36 ClaireVWilliams

3:36

InsideFerrari:

Session finished with Alonso 4th and Felipe 8th. Red Bull looks very strong...

Friday May 7, 2010 3:36 InsideFerrari

3:47

MikeGascoyne:

Not too bad a session but definitely more to come. More updates for tomorrow as well

Friday May 7, 2010 3:47 MikeGascoyne

3:47

VirginRacing:

The truck carrying the Toro Rosso back just crashed into the bridge next to our motorhome! Car not damaged by the look of it.

Friday May 7, 2010 3:47 VirginRacing

3:48

[Comment From Mohit Mohit : ]

is there any Live radio like commentry, Link avalable? ED - Try the BBC Website but if you are outside the UK, it won't let you listen lve

Friday May 7, 2010 3:48 Mohit

3:49

[Comment From colin colin : ]

what are the thoughts in the paddock re: Schumacher's change in fortune? ED - Too early to speculate. Yes he has a good day and appears to be in front of his teammate but qualifying is when we'll know where he stands

Friday May 7, 2010 3:49 colin

3:49