BELGIAN GRAND PRIX FREE PRACTICE
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Fernando Alonso was fastest
in Friday’s second free practice for the Belgian Grand
Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, setting a time of 1m46.654. His
team mate Lewis Hamilton was second with 1m46.765; 0.111sec
behind. Fernando completed 29 laps and Lewis did 28. In the
morning session, Lewis was second fastest with 1min47.881
(19 laps) followed by Fernando in third place with 1min47.994
(17 laps).
Practice Session One:
Fernando: Lewis:
10.03: out/in 10.03: out / in
10.48: 7 laps, best 1:47.994 (3rd) 10.33: 6 laps, best 1:48.142
11.18: 10 laps, best 1:48.193 10.59: 4 laps, best 1:48.378
11:19. 8 laps, best 1:47.881 (2nd)
Practice Session Two:
Fernando: Lewis:
14.00: 4 laps, best 1:49.084 14.00: 5 laps, best 1:49.660
14.18: 4 laps, best 1:46.866 14.26: 3 laps, best 1:48.371
14.32: 3 laps, best 1:46.654 (1st) 14.45: 7 laps, best 1:48.066
14.48: 9 laps, best 1:48.633 15.04: 7 laps, best 1:48.169
15.17: 9 laps, best 1:47.274 15.21: 7 laps, best 1:46.765
(2nd)
FERNANDO ALONSO
"A good start to the weekend, with all our set-up work
completed and with some positive results. The car feels good
to drive round here, but as always there is still room for
improvement. We have a good idea of where we are and where
we can improve, so it should be a close fight all weekend."
LEWIS HAMILTON
"Today we completed all our work without any problems.
I love this circuit, so really enjoyed driving round here
and just seeing what the MP4-22 could do. The balance of the
car on this technical circuit is good, but I struggled to
get a clear lap all session until the very end. That being
said I could really feel a definite improvement in our overall
performance since we tested here back in July."
RON DENNIS
"It’s good to be focusing on the track action with
two problem free practice sessions today, where we managed
to complete all our race preparation work. We will have to
continue to optimise the car’s performance as the circuit
cleans and the grip levels improve, but absolutely everyone
in the team is fully committed and focused towards winning
here this weekend."
NORBERT HAUG
"We went through our planned programme, and the form
we showed during testing here was confirmed. Both Fernando
and Lewis were fast and posted consistent lap times; our goal
is to continue like that."
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