2007 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX FREE PRACTICE
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers Fernando Alonso and Lewis
Hamilton finished Friday’s second free practice session
for the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest in first and third
positions respectively. Fernando did 29 laps and set a time
of 1:20.919, which was the fastest lap of the day. Lewis completed
32 laps with a best time of 1:21.338 before he spun off with
only a few minutes until the end of practice. In the morning
session, Fernando was fourth fastest with 1:22.585 (18 laps)
whilst Lewis was fifth with 1:22.654 (19 laps).
Practice Session One:
Fernando: Lewis:
10.03: out & in 10.02: out / in
10.47: 4 laps, best 1:23.600 10.38: 5 laps, best 1:23.657
11.06: 5 laps, best 1:23.010 11.01: 6 laps, best 1:23.303
11.20: 8 laps, best 1:22.585 (4th) 11.21: 7 laps, best 1:22.654
(5th)
Practice Session Two:
Fernando: Lewis:
14.07: 7 laps, best 1:22.130 14.05: 3 laps, best 1:23.022
14.33: 4 laps, best 1:20.919 (1st) 14.10: 4 laps, best 1:21.729
14.44: 4 laps, best 1:21.901 14.29: 11 laps, best 1:21.338
(3rd)
14.55: 4 laps, best 1:21.085 14.52: 12 laps, best 1:21.559
15.18: 10 laps, best 1:21.824 15.22: stopped on track
FERNANDO ALONSO
"Today was good and I am happy with the how the car feels
so far. We spent the morning working on the set-up and limited
the number of tyres we used. The track here improves as the
weekend goes on so we chose to do all the Bridgestone Potenza
tyre evaluation in the afternoon session. I think we are in
a good position and I am looking forward to the rest of the
weekend where we should continue to be strong."
LEWIS HAMILTON
"Today went smoothly, apart from my spin towards the
end of the second session, which meant that I missed out on
my last run, so maybe I could have gone faster. The spin happened
as I was catching Yamamoto on a flying lap and I was probably
a little too fast going into the corner. Despite this we were
able to make some positive steps and I am confident with our
performance so far at this track."
RON DENNIS
"An encouraging start to the weekend, with both cars
looking competitive. Obviously we will work hard for further
improvements overnight but we are comfortable with the progress
we have made so far. Unfortunately Lewis spun in the closing
minutes of the session, but this did not hamper our programme
too much."
NORBERT HAUG
"A good first practice day on this challenging track.
Both drivers went through their planned programmes and posted
quick and consistent lap times. Of course traffic is always
an issue here so you will find slow lap times in everyone’s
long runs. Nevertheless the base from which the team will
work from tomorrow is a good one."
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