2007 Belgian GP – Practise Sessions

Saturday @ Spa Franchorchamps – Practice 3, Kimi on top

Kimi Räikkönen; Ferrari; Circuit National de Francorchamps

Kimi dominated the final free practise session at Spa-Francorchamps, beating Felipe Massa to the
fastest time by 0.251 seconds. Kimi reached a highest speed of 318kph through Eau Rouge.

The Finn led the way for the majority of the morning, setting an
early lap in 1:46.137. He looked set to beat that time when he switched
to softer tyres at the end of the session, but after setting a new best
sector time in the first third of the lap, he lost time further around
the course.

Pos  Driver        Team                    Time              Laps
 1.  Raikkonen     Ferrari            (B)  1:46.137 +         17
 2.  Massa         Ferrari            (B)  1:46.388 + 0.251   17
 3.  Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:46.507 + 0.370   10
 4.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:46.782 + 0.645   14
 5.  Kovalainen    Renault            (B)  1:47.065 + 0.928   13
 6.  Trulli        Toyota             (B)  1:47.218 + 1.081   11
 7.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:47.251 + 1.114   16
 8.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber         (B)  1:47.359 + 1.222   16
 9.  R.Schumacher  Toyota             (B)  1:47.454 + 1.317   19
10.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:47.527 + 1.390   15
11.  Fisichella    Renault            (B)  1:47.564 + 1.427   16
12.  Button        Honda              (B)  1:47.767 + 1.630   18
13.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:47.806 + 1.669   10
14.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:47.838 + 1.701   19
15.  Wurz          Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:47.902 + 1.765   16
16.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:48.129 + 1.992   16
17.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:48.163 + 2.026   21
18.  Sutil         Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:48.348 + 2.211   18
19.  Barrichello   Honda              (B)  1:48.528 + 2.391   16
20.  Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:48.955 + 2.818   16
21.  Yamamoto      Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:49.179 + 3.042   14
22.  Kubica        BMW Sauber         (B)  No time             2

Kimi clearly has the speed, so he is my favourite for pole position. He must keep it together in Q3.

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Friday – Practice 2

Fernando Alonso; McLaren; Circuit National de Francorchamps

Friday quotes: Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen – 4th: "Satisfied with the way thing
went this morning, but a bit less happy about the afternoon would sum
up my day. This morning the car balance was very good, while we
struggled a bit in the second session to find the right settings. We
need to get the package we have to work better."

Pos  Driver        Team                    Time               Laps
 1.  Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:46.654            29
 2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:46.765  + 0.111   29
 3.  Massa         Ferrari            (B)  1:46.953  + 0.299   27
 4.  Raikkonen     Ferrari            (B)  1:47.166  + 0.512   26
 5.  Trulli        Toyota             (B)  1:47.491  + 0.837   33
 6.  R.Schumacher  Toyota             (B)  1:47.946  + 1.292   34
 7.  Fisichella    Renault            (B)  1:48.086  + 1.432   30
 8.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:48.271  + 1.617   29
 9.  Kubica        BMW Sauber         (B)  1:48.279  + 1.625   37
10.  Kovalainen    Renault            (B)  1:48.567  + 1.913   38
11.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber         (B)  1:48.606  + 1.952   36
12.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:48.840  + 2.186   32
13.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:48.883  + 2.229   17
14.  Button        Honda              (B)  1:48.919  + 2.265   29
15.  Barrichello   Honda              (B)  1:49.364  + 2.710   31
16.  Wurz          Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:49.393  + 2.739   28
17.  Yamamoto      Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:49.697  + 3.043   32
18.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:49.720  + 3.066   34
19.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:50.168  + 3.514   23
20.  Sutil         Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:50.399  + 3.745   24
21.  Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:50.542  + 3.888   24
22.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:50.865  + 4.211    9

Friday – Practice 1

A good morning for Kimi, although teammate Massa had problems and didn’t set a time. His Ferrari seemed to go just go straight off the track at the exit of Les Combes and Massa went into the tyre barriers.

Pos  Driver        Team                    Time               Laps
 1.  Raikkonen     Ferrari            (B)  1:47.339            16
 2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:47.881  + 0.542   19
 3.  Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes   (B)  1:47.994  + 0.655   17
 4.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber         (B)  1:48.052  + 0.713   20
 5.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:48.372  + 1.033   18
 6.  Kubica        BMW Sauber         (B)  1:48.605  + 1.266   20
 7.  Wurz          Williams-Toyota    (B)  1:48.920  + 1.581   20
 8.  Trulli        Toyota             (B)  1:48.994  + 1.655   19
 9.  Kovalainen    Renault            (B)  1:49.138  + 1.799   22
10.  Button        Honda              (B)  1:49.330  + 1.991   22
11.  Fisichella    Renault            (B)  1:49.380  + 2.041   25
12.  R.Schumacher  Toyota             (B)  1:49.548  + 2.209   21
13.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:49.894  + 2.555   23
14.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault   (B)  1:49.931  + 2.592   19
15.  Barrichello   Honda              (B)  1:50.264  + 2.925   22
16.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:50.482  + 3.143   27
17.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:50.640  + 3.301   16
18.  Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda  (B)  1:50.648  + 3.309   20
19.  Sutil         Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:50.768  + 3.429   22
20.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B)  1:51.628  + 4.289   12
21.  Yamamoto      Spyker-Ferrari     (B)  1:52.379  + 5.040   21
22.  Massa         Ferrari            (B)  No time              2