2007 FRENCH GRAND PRIX FREE PRACTICE
Magny Cours,
Fernando Alonso, MP4-22 06
Lewis Hamilton, MP4-22 04
T-car, MP4-22 05
Spare, MP4-22 03
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando
Alonso finished today’s second free practice for the
French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours in fourth and eighth positions
respectively. Lewis completed 36 laps and set a time of 1min15.780
whilst Fernando did 32 laps and a time of 1min16.049. In the
morning session, Fernando completed 19 laps with a best time
of 1min16.154 (third) whilst Lewis did 20 laps with a best
time of 1min16.277 (sixth).
Practice Session One:
Fernando: Lewis:
10.03: out & in 10.05: out / in
10.37: 7 laps, best 1:16.618 10.23: 2 laps, stopped on track
11.04: 7 laps, best 1:16.154 (3rd) 10.54: out & in best
1:12.901
11.27: 3 laps, best 1:20.779 11.01: 7 laps, best 1:16.484
11.20: 3 laps, best 1:16.277 (6th)
11.25: 4 laps, best 1:17.197
Practice Session Two:
Fernando: Lewis:
14.10: 5 laps, best 1:16.482 14.04: 7 laps, best 1:16.276
14.33: 6 laps, best 1:16.049 (8th) 14.28: 6 laps, best 1:15.964
14.52: 11 laps, best 1:16.536 14:51: 12 laps, best 1:16.220
15.18: 10 laps, best 1:16.365 15:15: 11 laps, best 1:15.780
(4th)
FERNANDO ALONSO
"We managed to complete our programme, and we have a
good understanding of the Bridgestone Potenza tyres characteristics
in these cooler than expected temperatures. We could have
been faster today, and there is still a little bit of work
to do tomorrow on the set-up. However I think we will be stronger
over the weekend than we appear today and so I am not too
worried about the results so far."
LEWIS HAMILTON
"This morning was a little frustrating as I missed some
track time when the engine protection system came in as a
result of the engine running too cool and I stopped on track.
Luckily the car was returned with about 45 minutes of the
session still to run so I still managed to get quite a few
laps in and completed our planned programme in the afternoon
session."
RON DENNIS
"A reasonable Friday practice despite a few minor glitches
this morning, but we still made significant steps forward.
However there is still room for improvement and we will be
working very hard overnight to ensure we are in the best possible
shape for tomorrow’s qualifying."
NORBERT HAUG
"Both drivers completed their planned programmes despite
Lewis stopping on track shortly in the morning session. This
was caused by an electronic safety control programme which
switched off the engine as a precaution because it was running
at a lower temperature than we had anticipated before the
session. After today’s two sessions we are not yet where
we want to be, but we gained a lot of valuable data and have
a good basis to make another step forward tomorrow."
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