Monaco Grand Prix
Free practice – First session
Driver Pos. Time Laps Chassis
K. Raikkonen 5th 1.17.918 28 262
F. Massa 8th 1.18.189 29 260
Weather: air temperature 26/29 °C, track temperature 33/40
°C, sunny.
Free Practice – Second session
Driver Pos. Time Laps Chassis
K. Raikkonen 2nd 1.16.215 43 262
F. Massa 6th 1.16.784 37 260
Weather: air temperature 28 °C, track temperature 42/45
°C, sunny.
Kimi Raikkonen: “I am reasonably happy
with how things went in free practice today. We have found
a good balance on the car right from the morning session and
we have completed all the programme we had planned for the
day. As usual, it is too early to draw conclusions as to how
the rest of the weekend will go, because we don’t know
what our closest rivals have done and also because the track
conditions change a lot from Thursday to Saturday. All in
all, a good start to the weekend.”
Felipe Massa: “I didn’t manage
to exploit all the car’s potential, partly because I
always had traffic when I was running in the second session
with new tyres. Unfortunately, on this special track, traffic
can cost you an awful lot of time. Over a long run, the situation
seems good, but we still have work to do on finding the right
balance of the car and that includes on the first lap on new
tyres. All the same, I am confident.”
Luca Baldisserri: "As always, it is
difficult to judge the result of free practice, because there
are too many unknown factors in our main rivals’ work
programme, as outright performance can be compromised by traffic
on the track. As for ourselves, we can say we achieved everything
we had put on the day’s job list, without any particular
problems. We worked on finding the best set-up on the car
for Sunday’s race and on the comparison between the
two types of tyre on offer from Bridgestone. From what we
have seen today, the choice seems less evident than usual.
In the light of these three hours of practice, we think we
will be competitive both in qualifying and in the race.”
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