Circuit: "Ricardo Tormo" di Cheste circuit, (Valencia) - 4.005 km
Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa
Car: F2008
Weather: air temperature 12/18 °C, track 11/22°C. Sunny.
Second day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, working again at the "Ricardo Tormo" Cheste circuit, on the outskirts of Valencia.
Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen continued with development work on the F2008, concentrating chiefly on set-up testing, reliability and starts.
The day in figures is as follows: 108 laps for Kimi (best time 1.11.850) and 81 for Felipe (1.11.662).
Testing continues at this circuit tomorrow, again with Massa and Raikkonen on track.
| POS: |
DRIVER: |
TEAM: |
TIME: |
LAPS: |
| 1. |
Kovalainen |
Mclaren |
1:11.000 |
92 |
| 2. |
Massa |
Ferrari |
1:11.662 |
81 |
| 3. |
Raikkonen |
Ferrari |
1:11.850 |
108 |
| 4. |
Hamilton |
Mclaren |
1:12.076 |
115 |
| 5. |
Nakajima |
Williams |
1:12.255 |
92 |
| 6. |
Alonso |
Renault |
1:12.360 |
111 |
| 7. |
Rosberg |
Williams |
1:12.493 |
117 |
| 8. |
Webber |
Red Bull |
1:12.594 |
87 |
| 9. |
Heidfeld |
BMW |
1:12.976 |
51 |
| 10. |
Vettel |
Toro Rosso |
1:13.015 |
63 |
| 11. |
Glock |
Toyota |
1:13.129 |
96 |
| 12. |
Kubica |
BMW |
1:13.230 |
121 |
| 13. |
Bourdais |
Toro Rosso |
1:13.307 |
118 |
| 14. |
Sutil |
Force India |
1:13.409 |
98 |
| 15. |
Trulli |
Toyota |
1:13.547 |
96 |
| 16. |
Barrichello |
Honda |
1:14.874 |
35 |
| 17. |
Kogure |
Honda |
1:16.761 |
50 |
16:57 - Barrichello's average lap time is 1:15.100 at the moment.
16:55 - Rosberg leaps over Webber for 7th place.
16:52 - With 8mins left there is Alonso, Nakajima, Glock, Rosberg, Barrichello, Raikkonen and Sutil on track.
16:35 - Massa improves his time but still over half a second off Kovalainen's time set just after midday.
16:13 - The Honda garage is closed up with nothing by an engine sound coming from the RA08 and many mechanics standing around it.
15:23 - Bourdais has stopped out on track. RED FLAG.
15:17 - Glock improves by 0.003.
15:12 - Bourdais moves up a place and takes 0.2 out of his previous best.
15:05 - Hamilton, Nakajima, Kovalainen, Raikkonen, Webber, Bourdais and Kubica are all out of track. Its starting to busy again.
14:51 - After Vettel's spin, the light is green again. Heidfeld, Raikkonen, Kubica, Alonso and Kovalainen are on track. Track temperature 34.4C and air temperature 18.5C
14:46 - The words "Disaster" and "Honda" go well together at the moment. On track it looks slow and going by the times, it is.
12:52 - Kovalainen goes to the top of the times and heads straight back into the pits.
12:44 - Alonso, Raikkonen, Rosberg and Bourdais are on track. Air temperature is 17.4C and track temperature 32.8C.
12:20 - Massa, Bourdais, Vettel, Raikkonen, Rosberg and Kubica out on circuit.
11:59 - Alonso, Webber, Kovalainen, Kubica, Glock, Rosberg and Vettel are all out on circuit. Barrichello spun 20mins ago but got going again.
11:28 - Raikkonen jumps to the top with Alonso moving into third.
10:53 - Only Barrichello has yet to leave the pits this morning.
10:13 - Massa stops out on track.
09:45 - Current air temperature is 9.2C and should get upto around the 20C mark today. There is sun at the moment.