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Alonso fastest in wet Spa practice By Simon StrangFriday, August 27th 2010, 09:38 GMT Fernando Alonso put Ferrari at the top of the times as first practice for the Belgian Grand Prix was significantly affected by a large dose of typical Spa weather. Alonso's initial benchmark time of 2m01.223s, set halfway through the 90-minute session, allowed him to eclipse title rivals Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull). Shortly after setting his time, Alonso then reported on the radio that the rain from Stavelot up to Blanchimont had become much worse, and pitted. Within minutes the track was saturated by an ocean of rain and everybody else followed suit. Several drivers emerged from the pits in the last 10 minutes of the session, as the biblical weather instantly replaced itself with blue skies and puffy clouds, but the track was so saturated that improvements looked unlikely, as Felipe Massa proved by running wide at Pouhon. But Alonso was having none of that and went faster still by lapping the majestic Belgian circuit in 2m00.797s fastest - as if just to make a point. Hamilton did not go out again, but his lap was good enough to keep him second fastest. The rain did not stop the F-duct equipped Robert Kubica from improving either as the Renault man jumped to third in the final minutes. Vettel was fourth, ahead of Adrian Sutil, who is always good in these conditions. The German was fifth fastest for Force India having battled for the top spot early on with Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari, who slipped down the order to 16th. Jenson Button was not one of those drivers who went out, and thus dropped to sixth for McLaren. The world champion was followed by Hungaroring winner Mark Webber (Red Bull), Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi and Rubens Barrichello, who left it late to set a time for Williams. Mercedes' Micheal Schumacher completed the top 10. Despite the weather, no one delivered their car back to the pits broken - though there were predictably several offs, notably for Schumacher, Heikki Kovalainen and Massa. Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps 1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 2m00.797s 17 2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 2m01.567s + 0.770s 7 3. Robert Kubica Renault 2m02.081s + 1.284s 14 4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 2m02.450s + 1.653s 11 5. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 2m02.646s + 1.849s 14 6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2m02.913s + 2.116s 6 7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 2m02.926s + 2.129s 11 8. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 2m03.401s + 2.604s 17 9. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 2m03.424s + 2.627s 7 10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 2m03.489s + 2.692s 9 11. Felipe Massa Ferrari 2m03.601s + 2.804s 17 12. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 2m03.649s + 2.852s 17 13. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 2m03.654s + 2.857s 6 14. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 2m03.851s + 3.054s 17 15. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 2m04.145s + 3.348s 12 16. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2m04.250s + 3.453s 16 17. Vitaly Petrov Renault 2m04.690s + 3.893s 15 18. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2m05.680s + 4.883s 6 19. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 2m05.697s + 4.900s 18 20. Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 2m06.695s + 5.898s 14 21. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 2m07.189s + 6.392s 15 22. Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 2m07.737s + 6.940s 13 23. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 2m07.955s + 7.158s 15 24. Sakon Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 2m10.507s + 9.710s 18 All timing unofficial
Alonso è stato bravo a fare il tempo migliore (anche se il suo secondo tempo migliore gli sarebbe bastato ad essere primo nella sessione) negli ultimi 10 minuti con la pista che andava ascigandosi. La bravura è stata nel fatto che, come da copione, il tracciato aveva parti ancora allagate che si alternavano a parti quasi asciutte. Se pioggia deve essere preferirei qualifiche e gara completamente bagnate
Verissimo ! Se in gara si alternano acqua e pista che si asciuga, si lotta per la 12a posizione sicuro !
F-Duct pericoloso sul Raidillon Il weekend del Gran Premio di Spa-Francorchamps è iniziato e le polemiche, a ruota, non si sono affatto placate. A far discutere questa volta non sono le ormai celeberrime ali flessibili, ma l’utilizzo dell’F-Duct. Il manager di Robert Kubica Daniele Morelli ha dichiarato che staccare una mano dal volante per attivare il condotto in un tratto come quello del Raidillon, una curva in salita da percorrere al massimo, potrebbe creare non pochi pericoli. Uno dei noti effetti dell’F-Duct è l’effetto picchiato, ovvero un abbassamento dell’anteriore con conseguente sollevamento della parte posteriore della monoposto. Cosa vuol dire? Un maggiore rischio di testa coda in una zona in cui, nonostante gli sforzi per creare nuove vie di fuga, le conseguenze di un impatto sarebbero a dir poco drammatiche. Morelli ha inoltre detto che non vede l’ora che venga vietato nel 2011, secondo il team manager non è per niente sicuro guidare con un’unica mano in tratti così veloci. Sembrava un anno tranquillo, si pensava fosse molto difficile poter bissare sul piano delle polemiche la stagione 2009, ma tra ali flessibili, presunti giochi di squadra, penalità assegnate con non molto criterio, condotti magici e quant’altro stiamo avendo la più che tangibile prova che si può sempre “far meglio”…
Alonso fastest again in second practice By Simon StrangFriday, August 27th 2010, 13:37 GMT Fernando Alonso pulled together a fantastic final lap to deny Adrian Sutil the fastest lap of Friday's second free practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix, following a bizarre climax to the session. Practice was stopped for more than 10 of the last 15 minutes while organisers looked for some spectators who had strayed in to a dangerous area. A frustration for the drivers who had waited all day for a dry track. Once waved out, the drivers then had to wait at the end of the pitlane as the light appeared to get stuck on red and another precious minute was lost before the they were finally allowed onto the track - with less than three minutes to go. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa had managed to get to the front of that queue, giving themselves a distinct advantage for what was a last-dash flier. Behind Alonso and Sutil, Lewis Hamilton ended the day third fastest ahead of Robert Kubica, Massa and Sebastian Vettel. Jenson Button was seventh quickest, Pedro de la Rosa eighth, Rubens Barrichello ninth and Kamui Kobayashi made it two Saubers in the top 10. The session began with the track damp but it dried steadily through the 90 minutes, bar a very brief shower at the beginning which caught out Timo Glock and Vitantonio Liuzzi. The Italian went off at Rivage and was able to bring his Force India back to the pits for a front wing replacement, but the Virgin driver's day was run after he thumped the barrier sideways at Turn 9. It was one of those practices where things changed frequently, including the temperature, track conditions, time order and even the colour of the sky – thus it depended when you were out as to who was quickest. Alonso had made the first impact on the times when he became the first to switch to intermediates. Not long after that, team-mate Massa shaved a couple of seconds off that to lap a 1m58.311s. Michael Schumacher meanwhile proved that opposite lock is possible through the compression at the damp Eau Rouge. Twenty minutes later, Jaime Alguersuari became the first person to go to a set of hard slicks, and then very quickly the times began to tumble significantly. Then, frankly, the form was dictated by when drivers were on track as the dry line became more pronounced. Button's stint gave him control, for example, only for Hamilton to go to the top with a 1m49.248s, and then Sutil – who had been consistently impressive all day – moved ahead of them all with a 1m49.157s. And that's where he remained until the red flag came out with 15 minutes to go.
Ragazzi io sono già in trincea!!!! SPA e Monaco sono le mie gare preferite! Ho già pronta la frittatona, birra ghiacciata e rutto libero!!! ps_ DAVIDE, dillo al tuo amico Elvis....ti manca il FISICO NAZIONALE in una gara così, vero???
SPA è SPA...e non si può perderla FISICO se guardi bene c'è.....sta correndo per il campionato mondiale di circuiti per le biglie sulla sabbia....pare che anche li ci sia la concorrenza di TILKE...e che i partecipanti siano arrabbiati per circuiti anonimi e da pochi sorpassi
