Formula 1 blog

1 F Alonso (ESP) McLaren 2:06:26.358
2 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari
3 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull
4 A Wurz (AUT) Williams
5 D Coulthard (GBR) Red Bull
6 N Heidfeld (DEU) BMW Sauber
7 R Kubica (POL) BMW Sauber
8 H Kovalainen (FIN) Renault
9 L Hamilton (GBR) McLaren
10 G Fisichella (ITA) Renault
11 R Barrichello (BRA) Honda
12 A Davidson (GBR) Super Aguri
13 J Trulli (ITA) Toyota
14 K Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari out
15 T Sato (JPN) Super Aguri out
16 R Schumacher (DEU) Toyota out
17 M Winkelhock (DEU) Spyker out
18 J Button (GBR) Honda out
19 A Sutil (DEU) Spyker out
20 N Rosberg (DEU) Williams out
21 S Speed (USA) Red Bull out
22 V Liuzzi (ITA) Red Bull out

1 K Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari 1:31.450
2 F Alonso (ESP) McLaren 1:31.741
3 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1:31.778
4 N Heidfeld (DEU) BMW Sauber 1:31.840
5 R Kubica (POL) BMW Sauber 1:32.133
6 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1:32.476
7 H Kovalainen (FIN) Renault 1:32.478
8 J Trulli (ITA) Toyota 1:32.501
9 R Schumacher (DEU) Toyota 1:32.570
10 L Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 1:32.833
11 N Rosberg (DEU) Williams 1:31.978
12 A Wurz (AUT) Williams 1:31.996
13 G Fisichella (ITA) Renault 1:32.010
14 R Barrichello (BRA) Honda 1:32.221
15 A Davidson (GBR) Super Aguri 1:32.451
16 T Sato (JPN) Super Aguri 1:32.838
17 J Button (GBR) Honda 1:32.983
18 S Speed (USA) Red Bull 1:33.038
19 V Liuzzi (ITA) Red Bull 1:33.148
20 D Coulthard (GBR) Red Bull 1:33.151
21 A Sutil (DEU) Spyker 1:35.500
22 M Winkelhock (DEU) Spyker 1:35.940

It was an interesting race, not quite spectacular but interesting. It wasn’t Hamilton’s day, he finished “only” the third.
Massa did a pretty good job after he started last, from the pit lane. If only he could overtake Kubica.
Kubica is good, is very good.

1. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro-Ferrari 59 01:21:43.074

2. Fernando Alonso Spain Vodafone McLaren Mercedes-Mercedes +2.4

3. Lewis Hamilton Britain Vodafone McLaren Mercedes-Mercedes +39.3

4. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber F1 Team-BMW +53.3

5. Felipe Massa Brazil Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro-Ferrari +54.0

6. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber F1 Team-BMW +56.3

7. Heikki Kovalainen Finland ING Renault F1 Team-Renault +1 lap

8. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy ING Renault F1 Team-Renault +1 lap

9. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Honda Racing F1 Team-Honda +1 lap

10. Jenson Button Britain Honda Racing F1 Team-Honda +1 lap

11. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull Racing-Renault +1 lap

12. Nico Rosberg Germany AT&T Williams-Toyota +1 lap

13. Alexander Wurz Austria AT&T Williams-Toyota +1 lap

14. Takuma Sato Japan Super Aguri F1 Team-Honda +2

15. Christijan Albers Holland Spyker F1 Team-Ferrari +2 laps

16. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55 laps completed

17. Jarno Trulli Italy Panasonic Toyota Racing-Toyota 43 laps completed

18. Anthony Davidson Britain Super Aguri F1 Team-Honda 35 laps completed

19. Scott Speed USA Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 29 laps completed

20. Ralf Schumacher Germany Panasonic Toyota Racing-Toyota 22 laps completed

21. Adrian Sutil Germany Spyker F1 Team-Ferrari 17 laps completed

22. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull Racing-Renault 8 laps completed

Here is the starting grid, Kubica and Schumacher have good positions:
1 L Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 1:19.997
2 K Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari 1:20.099
3 F Alonso (ESP) McLaren 1:20.147
4 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1:20.265
5 R Kubica (POL) BMW Sauber 1:20.401
6 R Schumacher (DEU) Toyota 1:20.516
7 H Kovalainen (FIN) Renault 1:20.721
8 G Fisichella (ITA) Renault 1:20.775
9 N Heidfeld (DEU) BMW Sauber 1:20.894
10 J Trulli (ITA) Toyota 1:21.240
11 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1:20.235
12 D Coulthard (GBR) Red Bull 1:20.329
13 A Wurz (AUT) Williams 1:20.350
14 R Barrichello (BRA) Honda 1:20.364
15 S Speed (USA) Red Bull 1:20.515
16 V Liuzzi (ITA) Red Bull 1:20.823
17 N Rosberg (DEU) Williams 1:21.219
18 J Button (GBR) Honda 1:21.335
19 A Davidson (GBR) Super Aguri 1:21.448
20 A Sutil (DEU) Spyker 1:22.019
21 T Sato (JPN) Super Aguri 1:22.045
22 C Albers (NLD) Spyker 1:22.589

Ferrari 1,2 with Kimi Raikkonen the only under 1:21:000.
Toyota seems to be in godd shape here.

Silverstone second practice session results::
1 K Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari 1:20.639
2 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1:21.138
3 R Schumacher (DEU) Toyota 1:21.381
4 L Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 1:21.381
5 J Trulli (ITA) Toyota 1:21.467
6 F Alonso (ESP) McLaren 1:21.616
7 N Rosberg (DEU) Williams 1:21.619
8 A Wurz (AUT) Williams 1:21.650
9 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1:22.137
10 A Davidson (GBR) Super Aguri 1:22.143
11 H Kovalainen (FIN) Renault 1:22.189
12 G Fisichella (ITA) Renault 1:22.257
13 R Kubica (POL) BMW Sauber 1:22.372
14 D Coulthard (GBR) Red Bull 1:22.428
15 N Heidfeld (DEU) BMW Sauber 1:22.486
16 T Sato (JPN) Super Aguri 1:22.487
17 R Barrichello (BRA) Honda 1:22.765
18 S Speed (USA) Red Bull 1:22.840
19 C Klien (AUT) Honda 1:23.004
20 V Liuzzi (ITA) Red Bull 1:23.105
21 C Albers (NLD) Spyker 1:23.404
22 A Sutil (DEU) Spyker 1:23.720

Hamilton was the fastest on first practice session, but he went offroad for 2 times. Alonso just once.

Here are the results :
01 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:21.100 - 24 laps
02 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:21.211 - 26 laps
03 F. Massa Ferrari 1:21.285 - 26 laps
04 F. Alonso McLaren 1:21.675 - 21 laps
05 N. Rosberg Williams 1:22.006 - 24 laps
06 R. Kubica BMW 1:22.107 - 25 laps
07 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:22.176 - 13 laps
08 A. Wurz Williams 1:22.216 - 23 laps
09 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:22.878 - 21 laps
10 R. Barrichello Honda 1:22.956 - 27 laps
11 J. Trulli Toyota 1:23.030 - 26 laps
12 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:23.037 - 24 laps
13 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:23.099 - 25 laps
14 G. Fisichella Renault 1:23.179 - 21 laps
15 J. Button Honda 1:23.517 - 17 laps
16 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:23.548 - 18 laps
17 M. Webber Red Bull 1:23.564 - 21 laps
18 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:23.618 - 15 laps
19 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:23.854 - 20 laps
20 A. Sutil Spyker F1 1:23.954 - 25 laps
21 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:24.154 - 23 laps
22 C. Albers Spyker F1 1:24.172 - 30 laps