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A rather chilly start to the second day’s action here in Austin saw Kimi and Romain finish the morning in P13 / P17 respectively; the former racking up the laps while mechanical issues confined the latter to the garage for much of the session.
Summary
- Another cool, clear start to the day in Austin with track temperature as low as 16 degrees in the early stages
- Both drivers ran with an updated exhaust layout and rear brake drum configuration; each development having been successfully trialled during yesterday’s running
- Kimi tested a new iteration of front wing in the latter stages of proceedings
- A single yellow flag period just after half distance forced the field to slow for a few minutes; the Toro Rosso of Jean-Eric Vergne coming to a halt through the T3-T7 sequence
- Romain’s session was curtailed after 40mins by a suspected gearbox issue
- Only Felipe Massa completed more laps than Kimi; the Finn conducting a number of useful long runs to gather race simulation readings
Kimi Räikkönen, E20-05
Position: P13
Fastest Lap: 1:37.765
Laps Completed: 26
Key Moments:
03mins: Kicks off the morning with a long run on hard rubber; encouraging race simulation pace in the early phases
30mins: P15 at the half way stage
31mins: Back out for a second on-track excursion; racking up the laps with another long stint
52mins: Short blast on medium tyres to wrap things up
60mins: Session ends; P13 for the Finn
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap Laps 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m36.490s 18 2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.748s + 0.258s 20 3. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m37.001s + 0.511s 21 4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m37.180s + 0.690s 21 5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m37.247s + 0.757s 24 6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m37.262s + 0.772s 27 7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m37.298s + 0.808s 18 8. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m37.415s + 0.925s 20 9. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m37.495s + 1.005s 20 10. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m37.538s + 1.048s 20 11. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m37.569s + 1.079s 21 12. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m37.760s + 1.270s 21 13. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m37.765s + 1.275s 26 14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m37.953s + 1.463s 23 15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m38.547s + 2.057s 23 16. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m38.653s + 2.163s 22 17. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m38.753s + 2.263s 11 18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m39.689s + 3.199s 12 19. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m40.407s + 3.917s 23 20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m40.753s + 4.263s 19 21. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m41.011s + 4.521s 19 22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m41.466s + 4.976s 19 23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m43.563s + 7.073s 21 24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m44.043s + 7.553s 23
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