FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2009-10th/11/12th july

[Everest]

Lewis Hamilton surprisingly clocked Friday's fastest German Grand Prix practice lap in his vastly modified McLaren at a cold Nurburgring.

Red Bull's Mark Webber was quickest in the morning but the struggling world champion beat his time with one minute 32.149 seconds in the afternoon.

Some drivers experienced trouble testing newly-updated cars.

But championship pacesetters Brawn and Red Bull ran well in the second session as the track temperature finally rose.

1.  HAMILTON      McLaren       1m 32.149s 
2.  VETTEL        Red Bull      1m 32.331s
3.  BUTTON        Brawn         1m 32.369s
4.  WEBBER        Red Bull      1m 32.480s
5.  TRULLI        Toyota        1m 32.511s
6.  SUTIL         Force India   1m 32.585s
7.  BARRICHELLO   Brawn         1m 32.664s
8.  ALONSO        Renault       1m 32.774s
9.  NAKAJIMA      Williams      1m 32.872s
10. PIQUET        Renault       1m 32.992s
11. HEIDFELD      BMW           1m 33.012s
12. MASSA         Ferrari       1m 33.052s
13. ROSBERG       Williams      1m 33.128s
14. KUBICA        BMW           1m 33.161s
15. GLOCK         Toyota        1m 33.172s
16. RAIKKONEN     Ferrari       1m 33.182s
17. KOVALAINEN    McLaren       1m 33.724s
18. BUEMI         Toro Rosso    1m 33.903s
19. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso    1m 34.025s
20. FISICHELLA    Force India   1m 38.877s

 

[the viscount]

1 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.149 23

well well what a turn up wonder what will happen tomorrow.

 

[the viscount]

10th July 2009

LEWIS HAMILTON
MP4-24-04
P1 programme 14 laps 1m34.483s (13th)
Lewis’s first session was devoted to understanding and evaluating new aerodynamic components for MP4-24 – principally a substantially revised floor section and matching top body. With modifications to the car carrying on into the first session, and with the morning’s running briefly interrupted by a rain shower, Lewis completed just two runs (five laps/1m34.483s and four laps/1m35.945s) and ended P1 in 13th position.
“The car still lacks downforce,” said Lewis afterwards, “but there’s definitely been an improvement from the new parts we tried today.”

P2 programme 23 laps 1m32.149s (1st)
More spots of rain delayed the start of Lewis’s afternoon programme, but he still completed three runs, this time with the added benefit of the new FW5 front wing, recording runs of eight laps/1m33.059s (Primes), four laps/1m32.413s (Options) and three laps/1m32.149s (Options).
The engineers used this session to back-to-back the new front wing against the older iteration while also refining the balance of the new package over long runs.
Lewis said: “We’ve still got a long way to go but, most importantly, these new upgrades are pushing us in the right direction. It’s a work in progress, but the guys back at the factory have done an incredible job to get these parts to the circuit – I’ve even heard of one guy working a 36-hour non-stop shift to build these parts, which is incredible. Hopefully we’ll now do our job at the track and try to keep everything moving forward. It’s still early days, and we shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves, but I’m hopeful of being able to get into Q3 tomorrow and look at scoring a couple of points on Sunday afternoon.

 

[the viscount]

BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula 1 | Live - German Grand Prix practice

 

[the viscount]

Lewis Hamilton tops 3rd practice

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula 1 | Live - German Grand Prix qualifying

Get ready for qualifying. Starts at 1:00.

 

[Turkey]

Hamilton 4th after Q1. Positive stuff!

 

[Turkey]

Hamilton qualifies 5th. Webber on pole. Class.

 

[Marc]

wheres Button?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Button is third.

 

[Marc]

sweet ta

 

[JJ McClure]

Webber
Rubens
Button
Vettel
Hamilton

Very good quali that. Lets hope for a little bit of rain to help mix it up tomorrow too.

 

[the viscount]

The Official Formula 1 Website



Weather for todays race

 

[NF9]

Webber ruins Hamilton's race by being to aggressive, prick.

 

[the viscount]

I f***ing hate Mark Webber so much already, now even more. I hope he crashes, breaks his other leg, and has to retire. Australian prick

Oh well, another weekend over inside the first lap for us Lewis fans.

Oh well nearly got to the front but for that prick Webber send the convict home.

 

[the viscount]

YEA Barrichello and Webber under investigation by the stewards.re the first lap

 

[vegster]

Erstaunliche Szenen !

 

[NF9]

Drive through for Mark Webber.

Coultard being a total biased c*nt as usual.