Saturday – Practice 3
Raikkonen escapes large accident
Update = It seems the Ferrari mechanics are trying to discover how exactly the brakes failed: Image 1 Image 2
However, Kimi will be using the T-car with the same engine.
Kimi Raikkonen has walked away from a heavy crash during Saturday morning’s practice session at Monza. Raikkonen was on his fourth lap of the morning when his Ferrari snapped
right under braking for the Ascari chicane. It glanced the wall before
hitting the tyre barriers at high speed, head on.
The car jerked
violently to the right. It hit the
concrete barrier and slid at high speed along a strip of grass that lay
between the gravel trap and the barrier before crashing heavily into
the tyre wall.
Raikkonen was able to exit the car immediately, however the session
was red-flagged while the remains of the car were retrieved and the
tyrewall repaired.
Changes had been made to the circuit in an effort to improve safety
in preparation for this year’s race, with the gravel run-off at the
second chicane having been replaced by asphalt. However some drivers
had highlighted other sections of the track as needing attention in the
future, including the spot where Raikkonen crashed.
"Parabolica and Ascari are still on the edge," Mark Webber told
journalists on Friday. "You’re still going to go in hard if you have a
failure."
Thanks to God that Kimi is unhurt in this horrible accident, his first main crash after Nurburgring 2005. I hope he will be okay for qualifying. As long as he is feeling okay, I am not worried. Saftey comes first in Formula One.
The pictures with Luca Di Montezemolo were taken before the accident, strangely. It seems funny, if not just odd, that Kimi has a big crash afterwards. I hope there’s no sabotaging going on!!!!
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Video
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:22.054 10
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:22.200 + 0.146 11
3. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:22.615 + 0.561 11
4. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:22.855 + 0.801 15
5. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:23.287 + 1.233 14
6. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:23.454 + 1.400 13
7. Wurz Williams-Toyota (B) 1:23.596 + 1.542 15
8. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:23.672 + 1.618 16
9. Kovalainen Renault (B) 1:23.672 + 1.618 12
10. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:23.708 + 1.654 13
11. Button Honda (B) 1:23.803 + 1.749 15
12. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:23.830 + 1.776 14
13. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:23.853 + 1.799 14
14. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:23.877 + 1.823 12
15. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:23.942 + 1.888 12
16. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:24.022 + 1.968 16
17. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:24.055 + 2.001 12
18. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:24.167 + 2.113 13
19. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:24.208 + 2.154 15
20. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:24.442 + 2.388 3
21. Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:24.736 + 2.682 17
22. Sutil Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:24.943 + 2.889 18
Friday – Practice 2
Kimi missed a lot of track time in the second session due to some hydraulic problems after completing just five
laps. He managed to get back on track and do seven laps when the session was nearly finished.
"The first session went well, but in the second one I lost a lot of
time with a hydraulic problem and I only managed to do one run of laps
on new tyres in the final moments," said Raikkonen.
"We therefore don’t have much of a reference point on where we
actually are, on top
of the fact that as usual there are the unknown
factors linked to the fuel loads and tyres used by the other teams
during the practice.
"The balance of the car is not bad, but we definitely have work to
do to improve the performance, especially for qualifying, where our
rivals are particularly competitive. But our race pace should be good.
"Monza is Ferrari’s home race and I will be doing my best to give the team and all its fans something to be happy about."
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:22.386 30
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:23.209 + 0.823 33
3. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:23.584 + 1.198 38
4. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:23.599 + 1.213 44
5. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:23.679 + 1.293 33
6. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:23.722 + 1.336 27
7. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:23.821 + 1.435 38
8. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:23.833 + 1.447 12
9. Kovalainen Renault (B) 1:23.848 + 1.462 32
10. Wurz Williams-Toyota (B) 1:23.881 + 1.495 32
11. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:23.919 + 1.533 39
12. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:23.922 + 1.536 29
13. Button Honda (B) 1:24.137 + 1.751 36
14. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:24.328 + 1.942 31
15. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:24.462 + 2.076 40
16. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:24.605 + 2.219 31
17. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:25.328 + 2.942 27
18. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:25.459 + 3.073 36
19. Sutil Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:25.531 + 3.145 24
20. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:25.567 + 3.181 26
21. Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:25.863 + 3.477 40
22. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:26.021 + 3.635 6
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Kimi started off his first Italian GP weekend as a Ferrari driver perfectly, leading a Ferrari 1-2 in the first practise session. The McLarens’ are still considerably close to their rivals, with the rest of the grid being over a whole second slower. McLaren and Ferrari are in a class of their own, so I hope we’ll see some good racing on Sunday!
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:22.446 20
2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:22.590 + 0.144 17
3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:22.618 + 0.172 18
4. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:22.840 + 0.394 12
5. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:23.472 + 1.026 21
6. Button Honda (B) 1:23.668 + 1.222 21
7. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:23.671 + 1.225 22
8. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:23.703 + 1.257 22
9. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:23.886 + 1.440 17
10. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:23.965 + 1.519 29
11. Kovalainen Renault (B) 1:24.076 + 1.630 21
12. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:24.564 + 2.118 19
13. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:24.587 + 2.141 15
14. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:24.595 + 2.149 22
15. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:24.660 + 2.214 20
16. Wurz Williams-Toyota (B) 1:24.689 + 2.243 29
17. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:24.694 + 2.248 17
18. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:24.810 + 2.364 19
19. Sutil Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:25.130 + 2.684 24
20. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:25.439 + 2.993 25
21. Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:25.448 + 3.002 25
22. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:25.762 + 3.316 25
What’s going on in the track isn’t what everyones’ talking about, however. The latest news regarding the spy saga between Ferrari and McLaren is becoming ever more bolder and clearer. Read these here:
– FIA says has new evidence in spy case
– McLaren respond to FIA announcement
– Ferrari say truth will out in spy hearing
– McLaren fined $50,000 by stewards over gearbox
– Letter confirms Alonso and De la Rosa had new evidence
FUCK ISRAEL 
First place!
Cool!
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