Indy 2007 – *Updates* Practise Sessions|Videos

Indianapolis, Saturday Practice 3
     
Pos  Driver        Team                    Time              Laps
 1.  Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:12.150            12
 2.  Vettel        BMW Sauber         (B)  1:12.321  + 0.171   27
 3.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:12.378  + 0.228   14
 4.  Kovalainen    Renault            (B)  1:12.574  + 0.424   21
 5.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber         (B)  1:12.646  + 0.496   24
 6.  Raikkonen     Ferrari            (B)  1:12.692  + 0.542   16
 7.  Massa         Ferrari            (B)  1:12.709  + 0.559   17
 8.  Fisichella    Renault            (B)  1:12.710  + 0.560   20
 9.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:12.940  + 0.790   17 
10.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:13.031  + 0.881   18
11.  Trulli        Toyota             (B)  1:13.057  + 0.907   23
12.  R.Schumacher  Toyota             (B)  1:13.061  + 0.911   23
13.  Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:13.069  + 0.919   20
14.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:13.289  + 1.139   14
15.  Button        Honda              (B)  1:13.318  + 1.168   20
16.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:13.415  + 1.265   23
17.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:13.476  + 1.326   19
18.  Barrichello   Honda              (B)  1:13.573  + 1.423   17
19.  Wurz          Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:13.626  + 1.476   18
20.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:13.979  + 1.829   18
21.  Sutil         Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:14.142  + 1.992   24
22.  Albers        Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:14.402  + 2.252   24

Friday - Practice 2

Kimi is working hard, I can assure you people! You will see!

Pos  Driver        Team                    Time              Laps
 1.  Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:12.156            35
 2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:12.309  + 0.153   34
 3.  Massa         Ferrari            (B)  1:12.435  + 0.279   36
 4.  Raikkonen     Ferrari            (B)  1:12.587  + 0.431   38
 5.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber         (B)  1:13.026  + 0.870   43
 6.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:13.042  + 0.886   41
 7.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:13.057  + 0.901   35
 8.  Kovalainen    Renault            (B)  1:13.110  + 0.954   48
 9.  Barrichello   Honda              (B)  1:13.144  + 0.988   40
10.  Button        Honda              (B)  1:13.202  + 1.046   46
11.  Vettel        BMW Sauber         (B)  1:13.217  + 1.061   50
12.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:13.263  + 1.107   21
13.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:13.332  + 1.176   41
14.  Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:13.364  + 1.208   46
15.  Fisichella    Renault            (B)  1:13.394  + 1.238   44
16.  Wurz          Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:13.539  + 1.383   29
17.  Trulli        Toyota             (B)  1:13.692  + 1.536   42
18.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:13.712  + 1.556   34
19.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:13.753  + 1.597   46
20.  R.Schumacher  Toyota             (B)  1:13.765  + 1.609   39
21.  Albers        Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:14.225  + 2.069   30
22.  Sutil         Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:14.513  + 2.357   33

Kimi’s new way of communicationg to the team? That’s the fighting spirit! GRRRR!!! As long as it works, I don’t mind, LOL! Good boy Kimi, sticking up there with Massa and the McLaren’s….hopefully by tomorrow’s last practise session Kimi will have a stronger package to be able to challenge for pole position. He really needs to find any way for an assault upon every single rival, including the BMWs’.

US GP Friday quotes: Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen – "I am reasonably happy with how today went. This afternoon, we definitely improved the situation over the way it was in the first session. There is still work to do on improving the car’s set up but I think we can be competitive up against our main rivals. One thing that is certain, is that we will put all our effort into achieving that."

Video

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F1 USA FP1 – Kimi Nice Save

Practice 1

Pos  Driver        Team             Time             Laps
 1.  Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:11.925            16
 2.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber         (B)  1:12.391  + 0.466   24
 3.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:12.628  + 0.703   21
 4.  Vettel        BMW Sauber         (B)  1:12.869  + 0.944   33
 5.  Raikkonen     Ferrari            (B)  1:12.966  + 1.041   21
 6.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:13.020  + 1.095   24
 7.  Massa         Ferrari            (B)  1:13.040  + 1.115   22
 8.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:13.159  + 1.234   22
 9.  Button        Honda              (B)  1:13.597  + 1.672   23
10.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:13.682  + 1.757   26
11.  Trulli        Toyota             (B)  1:13.777  + 1.852   32
12.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:13.786  + 1.861   27
13.  R.Schumacher  Toyota             (B)  1:13.819  + 1.894   27
14.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:13.907  + 1.982   28
15.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:13.990  + 2.065   24
16.  Fisichella    Renault            (B)  1:14.000  + 2.075   19
17.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:14.037  + 2.112   20
18.  Barrichello   Honda              (B)  1:14.052  + 2.127   23
19.  Kovalainen    Renault            (B)  1:14.189  + 2.264   18
20.  Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:14.632  + 2.707   10
21.  Albers        Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:14.636  + 2.711   28
22.  Sutil         Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:14.810  + 2.885   27

Well, the BMWs’ are becoming another problem to sort out for Ferrari. They’ve had good qualifying pace since Australia and they are getting stronger, along with McLaren. Looks like the challenges for podiums will be between the two German manufacturers. Ferrari’s lack of pace may be down to the softer tyre compounds, whereas the McLaren cars work better with them rather than the hards. Kimi was using the hard compound, but Vettel on the softs was only a tenth quicker. Also, the F2007’s long wheelbase design may be proving to be a problem in the mickey mouse section of the track, slow and curvy like Monaco, they lose most of their time in the middle sector. Hopefully Kimi can get a stronger car set up today and be prepared fully for qualifying. He needs to make an assault just for a little flame of hope in this championship.

Vettel, who replaced Kubica for this weekend, seems to be doing a solid job keeping near Heidfeld while covering the most laps in preparing himself for his first F1 grand prix this weekend! Oh and take a look at how close Hamilton came to the wall into turn 13! –