2007 EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX FREE PRACTICE
Fernando Alonso MP4-22 06
Lewis Hamilton MP4-22 01
T-car MP4-22 04
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set the
fastest time in Friday’s first free practice session
with 1m32.515 which was also the fastest lap of the day. In
the afternoon, Lewis was second fastest with a 1m33.478. He
completed 26 laps in the morning and 28 laps in the second
session. Fernando Alonso was third fastest in the first practice
with 1m32.932 (28 laps) and ended the afternoon session in
fourth place with 1m33.637 (30 laps).
Practice Session One:
Fernando: Lewis:
10.01: out / in 10.01: out / in
10.24: 7 laps, best 1:33.792 (1st) 10.22: 9 laps, best 1:33.149
10.50: 9 laps, best 1:33.504 10.56: 7 laps best 1:33.190
11.18: 10 laps, best 1:32.932 (3rd) 11.19: 9 laps, best 1:32.515
(1st)
Practice Session Two:
Fernando: Lewis:
14.02: out / in 14.02: out / in
14.24: 9 laps, best 1:35.167 14.10: 9 laps, best 1:35.236
14.52: 10 laps, best 1:33.709 14.37: 5 laps, best 1:34.820
15.16: 10 laps, best 1:33.637 (4th) 14.53: 9 laps, best 1:33.478
(2nd)
15.15: 4 laps, best 1:34.174
LEWIS HAMILTON
“As always we focused on tyre evaluation and general
set-up work. Obviously this was affected a bit by the wet
weather. However I found a good balance early on and am generally
happy with the car. We have introduced some aerodynamic changes
this weekend which so far seem to be working well and I know
the team has worked really hard since Silverstone. As I haven’t
run recently on a drying track I went out to gain some more
experience, just in case we need it this weekend.”
FERNANDO ALONSO
“Of course the weather played a role in today’s
practice with the rain in between the two sessions. However
as we knew that it might rain we focused on getting a lot
of running in the first session. I struggled with low grip
and oversteer but we are working on improving the balance.
During the second session the track was drying all the time.
I think the weather will add an extra challenge this weekend
but we did do some wet weather running during last week’s
test at Spa so we have a good basis. I like this track and
hope for a strong performance this weekend.”
RON DENNIS
“A positive start to a weekend where the weather might
play an important role. Fernando and Lewis completed their
programmes according to plan. The weather did affect the grip
levels slightly but we are confident that we will have a competitive
weekend.”
NORBERT HAUG
“The first practice day at our second home grand prix
after Silverstone looked good. We were fast and consistent
achieving all our planned good mileage.”
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