TURKISH GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE
FRIDAY 9 MAY, 2008
AT&T Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima and Nico Rosberg
closed Friday’s free practice sessions for the Turkish
Grand Prix in 8th and 13th places respectively, using the
track time available to evaluate set-up direction. Running
was somewhat restricted today, a result of Istanbul’s
cooler May conditions and a damp track at the start of both
sessions. A red flag in the second also cost the drivers some
set-up time.
Kazuki Nakajima:
Practice was good for me today. In the morning I struggled
a little with the grip levels because the track was really
slippery, but it improved a lot in the afternoon. The rain
at the start of the second session prevented me from carrying
out some of my scheduled programme, but I did at least do
a tyre compare which has given us some useful information.
We’re looking in reasonable shape for tomorrow’s
qualifying; there’s still some work to do tonight on
set-up, but I’m happy.
Nico Rosberg:
We covered quite a lot of ground today, especially on the
aero side. We have definitely made some progress and are taking
the right direction, but we are not 100% there yet. It was
quite slippery out there, and not easy to keep the car on
the track, but I don’t think the temperatures here are
causing us too many problems, which is a plus.
Sam Michael, Technical Director:
It was a reasonably productive day for us, especially taking
into account the weather conditions. The track was damp at
the start of the first session, due to track washing, and
then it rained in the break so we had to start both sessions
on wet tyres. Apart from that, we worked through our tyre
comparison and have a good idea what direction we’ll
take on the set-up for tomorrow.
SESSION 1 SESSION 2
AIR TEMP 150C 13 - 140C
TRACK TEMP 230C 19 - 210C
WEATHER Overcast Overcast
TOP 3
F Massa 1:27.323
H Kovalainen 1:27.456
L Hamilton 1:27.752
K Raikkonen 1:27.543
L Hamilton 1:27.579
F Massa 1:27.682
CHASSIS & ENGINE 1st SESSION 2nd SESSION
K NAKAJIMA FW30-04 / H268 1:29.002 (6th) 19 LAPS 1:28.664
(8th) 27 LAPS
N ROSBERG FW30-03 / H269 1:29.367 (13th) 20 LAPS 1:28.907
(13th) 29 LAPS
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