JAPANESE GRAND PRIX FRIDAY
Team McLaren Mercedes drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Kimi Raikkonen
set the eighth and 10th fastest times respectively in today's
second free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix.
Pedro set a time of 1:35.064 and completed a total of six
laps whilst Kimi's best time was 1:35.367 over five laps.
Both of today's sessions were run in wet conditions with rain
falling intermittently throughout the morning, as a result
both drivers only completed an installation lap in the first
session and set no times. Running in the afternoon was also
limited with the track only improving enough to use dry tyres
towards the end of the session.
Practice Session One:
Kimi: Pedro:
11.08: out / in 11.21: out / in
Practice Session Two:
Pedro: Kimi:
14.53: 6 laps, best 1:35.064 (8th) 14.52: 5 laps, best 1:35.367
(10th)
PEDRO DE LA ROSA
"Due to the wet weather conditions we took the decision
to conserve the engine and tyres, so we limited our running
to only six laps at the end of the second practice session.
Despite this the team worked very efficiently to gain good
tyre comparison data. We expect weather conditions to improve
tomorrow."
KIMI RAIKKONEN
"A first practice day where nothing really happened due
to the wet weather conditions. There was no use in doing anything
other than some set-up and tyre evaluation work as the track
conditions were not ideal for detailed results. Tomorrow's
free practice will hopefully give us a better opportunity
to prepare for qualifying and the race."
RON DENNIS
"An uneventful practice session where we restricted our
programme to a handful of laps in the second session when
weather and track conditions improved."
NORBERT HAUG
"Kimi and Pedro only went out eight minutes from the
end of this afternoon's session to start working on their
basic set-up."
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