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    • Singapore 2009: Friday Practice Two

    Posted on September 25th, 2009 by Oliver White in 2009 Season

    Singapore’s second practice sessions wrapped up earlier and while Brawn continue to look strong, they weren’t quite as dominant on their second runs with Sebastian Vettel taking the top spot for Red Bull Racing. Fernando Alonso also improved and managed to get his Renault in to P2 while Heikki Kovalainen comfortably outpaced his team mate with a 1m48.952s in comparison to Lewis Hamilton’s 1m49.358s. Jenson Button completed 34 laps to get into P5 and was the busiest driver of the evening along with Williams’s Kazuki Nakajima.

    Mark Webber had been running ahead of his team mate for the first half of the session but unfortunately spun his RB5 in the final corner and clouted the barrier. The Red Bull sustained damage and the session was stopped briefly while the car was recovered. This forced Webber to sit out of the second half of the running while Red Bull mechanics frantically set about rebuilding the machine.

    Ferrari appear to be struggling a little and although both pilots improved between the two practice session today, Kimi Raikkonen slipped from ninth to fourteenth. this means Giancarlo Fisichella is closer to his team mate, but the Italian could only improve from seventeenth to sixteenth.

    McLaren also seem a little up-and-down, but the overall package the team has this weekend will probably be solid, if not spectacular in comparison to the Brawn and Red Bull. BMW look to have found some improvement although this is likely because the tighter and twistier nature of the Marina Bay circuit favours the F1.09 as opposed to the open and fast-flowing Monza and spa Francorchamps.

    Singapore 2009
    Friday Free Practice One

    Lap Time
    Fastest Time Set

    Laps Set
    Number Laps Set
    1. German FlagSebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1m48.650s 31 Laps
    2. Spanish FlagFernando Alonso Renault 1m48.924s 27 Laps
    3. Finnish FlagHeikki Kovalainen McLaren 1m48.952s 30 Laps
    4. German FlagNick Heidfeld BMW 1m49.098s 31 Laps
    5. British FlagJenson Button Brawn 1m49.311s 34 Laps
    6. Australian FlagMark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m49.317s 14 Laps
    7. German FlagNico Rosberg Williams 1m49.333s 33 Laps
    8. German FlagTimo Glock Toyota 1m49.342s 30 Laps
    9. British FlagLewis Hamilton McLaren 1m49.358s 28 Laps
    10. Polish FlagRobert Kubica BMW 1m49.609s 24 Laps
    11. Brazilian FlagRubens Barrichello Brawn 1m49.616s 30 Laps
    12. German FlagAdrian Sutil Force India 1m49.710s 31 Laps
    13. Italian FlagJarno Trulli Toyota 1m49.795s 29 Laps
    14. Finnish FlagKimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m49.941s 29 Laps
    15. Japanese FlagKazuki Nakajima Williams 1m50.023s 29 Laps
    16. Italian FlagGiancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 1m50.253s 31 Laps
    17. Swiss FlagSebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m50.527s 29 Laps
    18. Italian FlagVitantonio Liuzzi Force India 1m50.605s 28 Laps
    19. French FlagRomain Grosjean Renault 1m50.972s 17 Laps
    20. Spanish FlagJaime Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m51.423s 31 Laps
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    1. TED BELL

      September 25th, 2009 - 8:19pm

      This morning I watched the SPEED TV coverage of practice two and was kind of surprised to hear the comments about crashgate and how Hobbs and Varsha simply couldn’t believe how Piquet got off with no punishment.

      BlogF1 has been polite enough to allow us to air our varied opinions about this matter and I guess I am one of but a few who think his actions have ruined his career and that in itself is a fairly stiff punishment.

      I will say no more about is and wanted those who really disagreed with me to know that I respect your opinions and wasn’t trying to be a jackass with my response. Sorry to all of you.

      Piquets father was my F1 hero back in his day. I had hopes that the same blood ran in his sons veins, but now it seems his time in F1 ended before he could make a proper name for himself. Part of my reaction was to the fact that I had hopes of seeing his fathers greatness in him and now I relize that it really wasn’t there to begin with.

      Good to see that Formula One has moved on and that Singapore is a pretty cool place to host a race as night time and having the city as a backdrop makes the spectacle of Grand Prix racing what it is.

      Men and machines challenging nation against nation in pursuit of victory through competition, knowledge and technology. A noble test of the human spirit.

    2. Oliver White

      September 25th, 2009 - 8:24pm

      Men and machines challenging nation against nation in pursuit of victory through competition, knowledge and technology. A noble test of the human spirit.

      Indeed. The show must go on and that was a nice piece of writing. :)

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