http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/ Official Press releases en-us Nucleus CMS v3.24 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://10.0.0.151/nucleus//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/ http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4052 Location: Paul Ricard, France
Date: 14 May
Drivers: Alex Wurz

The Honda Racing F1 Team resumed testing action today at the Paul Ricard facility near Marseille.
This week’s three-day test will enable the team to prepare for the next two Grands Prix on the Formula One calendar, which take place around the streets of Monte Carlo in Monaco and at the Circuit Gilles Villenueve in Montreal, Canada.
The adaptable Paul Ricard test track was set up in a short, twisty and high downforce Monaco configuration for today and Thursday, before changing to a low downforce Montreal layout for the final day on Friday.
The team’s Reserve and Test Driver Alex Wurz began the test today, with Jenson Button due to take over the car for Thursday and Friday. Weather conditions in the south of France were warm and sunny with the mid-morning ambient temperature at 21°C and track temperatures of 32°C.
Alex’s programme for today was to complete an aerodynamic evaluation in preparation for the Monaco Grand Prix. He completed 142 laps as the team worked through various set-ups changes in preparation for tackling the unique demands of Monaco’s tight, twisty and bumpy roads.

TODAY’S LAP TIMES
NB: All timings are unofficial
1. L. Hamilton (McLaren) 01:05.600
2. K. Raikkonen (Ferrari) 01:06.098
3. R. Kubica (BMW) 01:06.177
4. M. Webber (Red Bull) 01:06.348
5. S. Vettel (Toro Rosso) 01:06.372
6. N. Rosberg (Williams) 01:06.571
7. A. Wurz (Honda) 01:06.681
8. T. Glock (Toyota) 01:06.935
9. V. Liuzzi (Force India) 01:07.346

]]> Tests http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4052 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:14:42 +0200 http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4051
Circuit: Paul Ricard HTTT, version 2D SC Short - 3.593 km Driver: Kimi Raikkonen Car: F2008 Weather: air temperature 18/24 °C, track temperature 20/32 °C. Sunny, but occasionally overcast.

First day of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, working as from today at the "Paul Ricard" circuit at Le Castellet in the South of France.

Kimi Raikkonen got on with preparations for the Monaco Grand Prix, running on a version of the track that simulates some of the characteristics of the Monegasque circuit. The Finnish driver worked on finding the best set-up and on development of new aerodynamic components.

Kimi's day in figures is as follows: 103 laps completed, the quickest in a time of 1.06.098.

Testing at this circuit continues tomorrow, again with Kimi Raikkonen on track.
]]> Tests http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4051 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:12:59 +0200 http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4050 05-14-2008
Test in Le Castellet / Circuit Paul Ricard.

May 14th – 16th 2008
Day one – Wednesday
Weather conditions: Sunny all day.
Temperatures: Air: 18 – 24 °C, Track: 20 – 32 °C
Number of drivers participating: 10 from 10 teams
Fastest lap overall: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:05.600 min
Circuit length: 3.593 km


Robert Kubica
Chassis / engine: BMW Sauber F1.08-06 / BMW P86/8
Test kilometres today: 446 km (124 laps)
Fastest lap: 1:06.177 min


Programme:
On one of the short versions of the Circuit Paul Ricard Robert Kubica today concentrated on setup work regarding the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix. The team tried different solutions to fine tune the car’s aerodynamic, suspension and engine electronics for the slow and bumpy track in the streets of Monte Carlo.

In the morning Kubica brought the F1-08 back to the pits unexpectedly when the car developed an oil leak. After an precautionary engine change he continued the test as scheduled. With Kubica completing 124 laps (446 km) the team made good progress in setting up the F1-08 for the next race.


What comes next:
BMW Sauber F1 Team will continue testing in Le Castellet tomorrow with Robert Kubica at the wheel. Again on the 3.593 km version of the track tyre testing and more setup work are on the schedule in preparation for the Monaco Grand Prix.

]]> Tests http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4050 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:11:05 +0200 http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4049 The ING Renault F1 Team completes its first day at Paul Ricard Lucas Di Grassi R28-04, 146 laps, 511km, fastest lap 1:07.430

The ING Renault F1 Team resumed its testing programme today, completing the first of three days at Paul Ricard. The team focussed on a busy programme of development work in preparation for the Monaco Grand Prix next week.

Lucas Di Grassi was in the cockpit as the team ran on a short configuration of the French circuit to try and simulate the conditions for Monaco next week. The Brazilian made the most of ideal weather conditions to complete 146 laps as he evaluated some development pieces that the team hopes to introduce in the coming races.

It was a productive day and the team was able to complete most of its goals. Nelson Piquet will be in action tomorrow, taking over from Lucas and will remain in the car for the rest of the week.

Lucas Di Grassi: “Today we were preparing the car for the race in Monaco next week and so we needed to test some new parts to make sure that everything was okay. The day was quite productive and we tested most of what we needed to, and I was happy to be back in the car and to complete so many laps. So a good day’s work.”

Christian Silk, Chief Test Engineer: “It was a reasonable first day of running, with good mileage and so we were able to complete quite a lot of our test objectives. We did so much running because the weather forecast for the rest of the week is a bit uncertain, and so if the weather does deteriorate we’ve got as much work done as possible. It was also important to give Lucas a good number of laps in the car, which is what he needs at the moment.”
]]> Tests http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4049 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:09:14 +0200 http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4048 Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Location: Paul Ricard HTTT, Le Castelett, France
Track Length: 3.953km
Track Configuration: 2D SC

Weather: Clear and sunny
Track temperature: Track temperature, 37.2°C / Ambient temperature, 21.2°C
Laps Run: Total - 84
Kilometres Covered: 332km
Best Lap Time: 1m05.600 at 17:17

Programme:
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes kicked off a three day test at the Paul Ricard High Technology Test Track this morning. Lewis is at the wheel of the sole MP4-23 today and his plan focused on the team’s preparations for the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix. Work included set-up development, Bridgestone Potenza tyre testing and evaluation of the Monaco-specific aero package.

Driver for Day Two:
Heikki Kovalainen


Unofficial times*:

Pos Driver Constructor Time Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m05.600 84
2 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m06.098 103
3 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1m06.177 124
4 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m06.348 93
5 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 1m06.372 91
6 Nico Rosberg Williams 1m06.571 154
7 Alex Wurz Honda Racing 1m06.681 131
8 Timo Glock Toyota 1m06.935 93
9 Tonio Liuzzi Force India 1m07.346 106
10 Luca di Grassi Renault 1m07.430 146

*no official times available
]]> Tests http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4048 Wed, 14 May 2008 23:15:04 +0200 http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4047 Location: Paul Ricard High Technology Test Track
Drivers: Timo Glock
Track length: 3.593kms

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU
Panasonic Toyota Racing started a three-day test programme in the south of France in preparation for the forthcoming Grands Prix in Monte Carlo and Montreal. Monaco and Canada place very different demands on car set-up, with the streets of the Principality requiring good traction allied to a high-downforce aerodynamic package. The variable circuit configurations at Paul Ricard mean that teams can conduct meaningful testing for both venues. Today the emphasis was on Monaco with Timo Glock at the wheel trying out different set-ups and aerodynamic configurations, as well as getting to grips with the Monaco-specification Bridgestone Potenza tyres.

Timo Glock- Chassis TF108-04
Best Lap Time: 1min 06.936s
Position: 8th
Total laps: 93
"The morning session was reasonable and then in the afternoon the track conditions improved quite a lot. It was a normal test day making Monaco preparations with the only problem being some big changes we made over the lunch break which took a bit longer than expected and cost us some track time. It was the first time I have run the car in such high-downforce configuration. I was quite happy with it but we still need to work a little to improve the traction. Overall though, the car felt pretty good."

Gerd Pfeiffer, Test Team Manager
"It was straightforward Monaco work trying to establish a baseline. We did some comparison runs in different aerodynamic specifications, trying different wings. There was also background work to be done with such things as launch systems and, of course, running the softer specification Monaco tyres, which are quite different from the hard and medium compounds which have been raced in Barcelona and Istanbul. While you cannot simulate Monaco grip levels and wind direction, you can prepare for the tight chicanes and hairpins you find there."
]]> Tests http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4047 Wed, 14 May 2008 23:13:17 +0200 http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4046 Following the Turkish Grand Prix, Martin Whitmarsh, CEO Formula 1, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, discusses how the weekend unfolded for teammates Lewis and Heikki.

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes might not have won the Turkish Grand Prix, but it was a very positive weekend in many ways. Let’s start with Lewis Hamilton’s second place and his unusual three-stop strategy. Talk us through that.
"It was a decision we took on Saturday, before the third free practice session. We had concerns about tyre durability, although obviously we didn’t advertise the fact. It affected Lewis in particular and we took a number of preventative measures. We increased tyre pressures on Saturday morning, but although that addressed the problem to a degree it didn’t so do sufficiently to give us the margin we needed."

What particular aspects of Istanbul Park prompted Lewis’s tyre problems?
"The simple answer is Turn Eight. We’re very strong in high-speed corners and our chassis generates a lot of front-end grip. Last year we had a chunking problem with the tyre, this time it was sidewall delamination. We’re generating high vertical loads through those corners and that’s the problem. Bridgestone acknowledged as much, but they are good, strong partners and we’ll continue to work with them to make sure we don’t have any recurrence."

Heikki was theoretically able to run a two-stop strategy. Are there marked differences between his driving style and Lewis’s?
"They run a slightly different set-up that puts a little bit more load on Lewis’s front tyres. He was reasonably aggressive through Turn Eight and very quick, but he changed his style and racing line on Saturday. But on a circuit like this, once you see there’s a tyre concern you have to put safety first. We took a decision and it was the right thing to do with the information we had available at the time."

Lewis claims this was the finest performance of his F1 career to date…
"My memory’s so short that I don’t want to draw comparisons! It was his finest race this year and he did it with the odds stacked against him. He was just flat out and really took the race to Ferrari."

With a better qualifying lap, Lewis might have started from pole with a three-stop fuel load. Might the race have been winnable from there?
"In a simple time trial, the difference between two stops and three is about five seconds over a full race distance. In reality, though, it’s more than that because you don’t always have the most co-operative of traffic. It was clearly a disadvantage to three-stop, otherwise it would have been a more fashionable strategy, so it would have been difficult to win even from pole. Given the way Lewis performed, though, he might just have done it."

Given the extra fuel he was carrying, Heikki’s front-row qualifying performance looks even better with the benefit of hindsight.
"I think both our drivers did a fantastic job but, from a strategic point of view, Heikki was in the strongest position to win this race. I think he would have won had he not banged wheels with Kimi Räikkönen at the start - that was just a racing incident, and nobody’s fault, but the consequent puncture caused an extra stop. He was due to run longer than Felipe in the first stint and if he was close to him, which I think he could have been, he would have been able to pass him and the race would have played out differently. It’s easy to say that in hindsight, but I think Heikki did a fantastic job in qualifying but was unable to exploit it in the race."

It was a particularly striking performance, given the accident he suffered in Spain a fortnight ago.
"He’s an extraordinary chap. I’ve never known him as disappointed as this, though. He really felt he could win this race - and it eluded him. I’ve told him that I think he’s absolutely right to be disappointed, but that’s a by-product of the great job he did to put himself in that position. He deserves to win races this year and he will."

Did you alter Heikki’s strategy at all when he made his unscheduled stop?
"We put a very small splash of fuel in, but we couldn’t run long stints with either car because of our tyre concerns. We were three-stopping with Lewis and didn’t have enough margin with Heikki. In that situation, we’d ordinarily have switched to a one-stop with Heikki but we couldn’t do that. Our safe range going into the race was circa 20-21 laps."

Monaco is next - and that has traditionally been a happy hunting ground for the team.
"It has, the team has a great history there and we are naturally looking to add to that this year. I think we’ll be competitive and it’s a circuit both our drivers like."

Sum up the past weekend in a single line.
"The really positive thing is that we come away knowing we could have beaten Ferrari."
]]> Races http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4046 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:17:22 +0200 http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4045 VETTEL FINALLY FLASHES PAST FINAL FLAG IN STR2 FAREWELL
“Think how annoyed you’d have been if you had paid for the petrol before leaving the pits,” some joker commented to Seb Vettel after a very tough race with scant reward at the end. It was a case of double trouble on the fuel rig front as both our drivers were hampered by problems with the machines that slosh the petrol in at a frightening rate.

Vettel left pit lane unaware that he had no fuel in his car and therefore had to come round keeping his fingers crossed that he would make it as the team sorted the problem.

Our German driver had already visited the pits before his scheduled stop as he was hit by Sutil’s Force India car – little love lost between these two teams this weekend – which punctured his left rear. After then it was all a bit of a struggle at the back of the pack, but at least to everyone’s relief Vettel had finally finished a race, indeed had finally got past Turn 1, Lap 1.

Bourdais also had refuelling difficulties, but this time the team held him while they fixed it, but then, something let go at the rear of the car spinning him off into the kitty litter and retirement with rear wheels spinning.

As for the race itself, we had what now seems like the obligatory first lap incident and yet another Safety Car, but none of this bothered Felipe Massa, who now has an amazing hat trick of Turkish GP wins to his name. But the Brazilian, who now moves up to second in the Drivers’ championship behind Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, was made to fight for it by Lewis Hamilton who led for much of the race.

Where had the Englishman’s pace come from all of a sudden? Well, the answer could be found by stopwatch watchers. Because if you had timed his two refuelling stops, calculated how much fuel had gone in and counted the number of laps, knowing the fuel consumption per lap, you could have easily (ha, ha!) worked out he was on an unusual three-stop strategy, while most of the field was only planning on visiting pit lane twice. It was a brave gamble from McLaren and it did work to a certain extent, as it did get him onto the podium in second place, ahead of Raikkonen.

Fourth and fifth places went to the BMW duo of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld, with Fernando Alonso sixth and Nico Rosberg in the Williams following Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber home. As usual after a race our mechanics got on with the job of packing up, meticulously cleaning the cars, running data tests and so forth.

But this time, they knew it was a special day as it marks the end of the road for the STR 2, which in one form or another made its race debut back in Melbourne in 2007. Everyone is looking forward to Monaco in a fortnight’s time when our lovely new STR3 will make its debut at the world’s most glamorous motor race, with three quarters of this season left to go.

THESE FUELISH THINGS
Sebastian Vettel
(STR2B-04)
Pos. 17th
“I had a good start and then, all of a sudden I realised I had a punctured rear left tyre, so I had to pit immediately. My second problem came at the first pit stop, when the refueling rig had a problem, no fuel went in, so I had to come in immediately again. From then on it was a tough race and I could not have done any better. At least I saw the chequered flag!”

Sébastien Bourdais
(STR2B-01)
Retired
“Something broke at the back of the car, I don’t know what it was yet. Going into Turn 12, I braked at the usual point and the car went sideways, I felt the right rear corner of the car drop and it spun me round. It’s a shame, as up until then it had been going quite well and I was just about hanging onto the Toyota in front of me and keeping the Renault behind me. Of course, the problem at my pit stop with the refuelling had not helped.”

Franz Tost: “Both our drivers got good starts, but in the first lap, Vettel was hit by another car, got a puncture and had to pit to change tyres. After that he was having a reasonable race, but when he came in for his scheduled stop, unfortunately, there was a problem with the refueling rig and he had to be called in again next time round, as no fuel had gone into the car. This cost him over twenty seconds, but at least he finished the race.
We had a similar problem with Bourdais’ stop, but this time, we spotted it before he left the pits and we switched to the spare fuel rig. After that, he Bourdais had a problem at Turn 12, which the data reveals as a technical failure that we will now investigate. We are glad the STR2 era is over and now we look forward to running our new car, as from the next race in Monaco.”]]> Races http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4045 Sun, 11 May 2008 23:51:38 +0200 http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4044 NO TURKISH DELIGHT BUT AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE POINTS
Mark Webber is proving to be Mr Consistent, by racking up his fourth consecutive points finish, coming home seventh at the end of the 58 laps of Istanbul Park. Finishing one place lower than you started is really frustrating, especially when it was so close in terms of getting the jump on Fernando Alonso’s Renault at the pit stop. As for David, at least his joke about checking the car for damage (see our press release download) shows he’s not getting downhearted in what is proving to be a difficult season.

As for the race itself, we had what now seems like the obligatory first lap incident and yet another Safety Car, but none of this bothered Felipe Massa, who now has an amazing hat trick of Turkish GP wins to his name. But the Brazilian, who now moves up to second in the Drivers’ championship behind Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, was made to fight for it by Lewis Hamilton who led for much of the race. Where had the Englishman’s pace come from all of a sudden? Well, the answer could be found by stopwatch watchers. Because if you had timed his two refuelling stops, calculated how much fuel had gone in and counted the number of laps, knowing the fuel consumption per lap, you could have easily (ha, ha!) worked out he was on an unusual three-stop strategy, while most of the field was only planning on visiting pit lane twice. It was a brave gamble from McLaren and it did work to a certain extent, as it did get him onto the podium in second place, ahead of Raikkonen.

Fourth and fifth places went to the BMW duo of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld, with Fernando Alonso sixth and Nico Rosberg in the Williams following our Mark home. And as for the all important Constructors’ championship, Red Bull Racing moves up the order yet again as we are now fifth, just three points behind Williams and one point ahead of Toyota. Now we head for Monaco, which is something of a home race for DC, so he’ll be hoping to finally get some points on the board, while Mark will be hoping to keep the momentum going as we enter the second quarter of this long eighteen race season.


FOURTH CONSECUTIVE POINTS FINISH

Car 10, MARK WEBBER, (Finish Position 7th, Start Position: 6th)
“I’m happy to get two points. It wasn’t the most exciting race; I was just trying to hold on to Fernando (Alonso), which wasn’t easy as he was a bit too strong for us today. It would have been nice to be able to fight him a little bit more. I was cruising a little in the last stint, as (Nico) Rosberg wasn’t a threat. Getting more points is good for the team, especially after the way they turned my car round after my shunt on Friday, but we’re not satisfied with getting just points now – we want to get more. But, I have the same number of points that I had in total last year, so we’re doing okay.”

Car 9, DAVID COULTHARD, (Finish Position 9th, Start Position: 10th)
“I just missed out on points today, which is frustrating, but I’ve looked around my car and there’s no damage, so at least we finished a race without colliding with anyone! I raced as hard as I could. I dropped half a second just before my second pit stop and came out just behind Nico (Rosberg), which was probably the deciding factor. I think the strategy guys did a good job today, I just wasn’t able to eek the last little bit of pace out of the car. I had a little bit of understeer and difficult drivability getting the throttle open, which cost a tenth of a second per lap.”

CHRISTIAN HORNER: “Mark was mainly racing against Fernando (Alonso) today and was very close to out running him at the first pit stop; I think he missed out by half a second, which was unfortunate. Seventh was ultimately the outcome and we collected a fourth consecutive points finish. David lost a position to (Nico) Rosberg on the first lap and spent the rest of the afternoon chasing him. He looked quicker, but unfortunately we couldn’t out run him through strategy today, and David finished an always frustrating ninth. We’re pleased to have maintained our one hundred per cent reliability record after another promising weekend.”

FABRICE LOM, Renault Principal Engineer, Track Support: “It’s a good result, although we’re a little disappointed as we hoped to finish sixth. We’ve gained a place in the Constructors’ Championship and, in terms of engine management, we’re pleased. We were a little concerned following Fernando (Alonso)’s problems at the last race. This is now a demanding track for the engine, especially with Turn 8, so we’re pleased with the reliability of the engine here.”]]> Races http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4044 Sun, 11 May 2008 23:45:42 +0200 http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4043 May 11, 2008
Lap 1: Having maintained his 100 per cent record of Istanbul Park poles since joining Ferrari in 2006, Felipe Massa makes a clean start to lead Lewis Hamilton into Turn One. Robert Kubica comes up from fifth to third, ahead of front-row starter Heikki Kovalainen, and Kimi Räikkönen finds himself squeezed down to sixth, between the fast-starting Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber.
Giancarlo Fisichella vaults over Kazuki Nakajima at Turn One: the Italian is out on the spot and Nakajima retires to the pits, minus rear wing. Safety Car deployed. Nick Heidfeld lies eighth from Nico Rosberg, David Coulthard, Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel and Adrian Sutil (both of whom pit at the lap’s end), Timo Glock, Sébastien Bourdais and Nelson Piquet.
Lap 2: Kovalainen pits for repairs after sustaining a puncture.
Lap 3: Restart. Massa leads Hamilton by 0.6s. Räikkönen passes Alonso for fourth.
Lap 4: Massa posts a 1m27.786s and extends his lead to 1.1s. Sutil runs wide at Turn 10.
Lap 7: Fastest lap to Hamilton: 1m27.427s. He trails by 1.4s.
Lap 9: Hamilton ups his pace again: 1m27.307s. The gap, though, is 1.5s.
Lap 10: The top two both set personal bests: Massa 1m27.291s, Hamilton 1m27.162s. The gap is 1.4s. Kubica is 4.2s further adrift.
Lap 11: Massa posts a 1m27.001s.
Lap 12: Hamilton cuts that to 1m26.869s. He trails by 1.1s. Kovalainen passes Sutil.
Lap 14: Another fastest lap to Hamilton: 1m26.742s – 0.007s quicker than Massa.
Lap 15: Hamilton posts a 1m26.641s and closes to within 0.7s. Alonso pits.
Lap 16: Hamilton pits and drops, temporarily, to sixth.
Lap 17: Kovalainen passes Vettel.
Lap 18: Webber pits.
Lap 19: Massa and Kubica pit.
Lap 20: The new leader Räikkönen laps in 1m26.506s. Trulli pits.
Lap 21: Räikkönen pits, as do second-placed Heidfeld and Sutil.
Lap 22: Massa leads by 0.8s from Hamilton, Räikkönen (7.7s back) and Kubica. Vettel pits.
Lap 23: Hamilton closes to within 0.5s of Massa. Coulthard, Bourdais and Vettel pit.
Lap 24: Hamilton passes Massa at Turn 12 to lead. Rosberg pits.
Lap 25: Hamilton leads by 1.8s. Bourdais spins into the Turn 12 gravel.
Lap 26: Kovalainen pits.
Lap 27: Hamilton leads by 3.8s. Räikkönen trails Massa by 9.4s. Barrichello pits.
Lap 28: Hamilton pulls another second clear. Behind Räikkönen, Kubica, Heidfeld, Alonso, Webber and Button (yet to stop) complete the top eight.
Lap 29: Piquet pits.
Lap 31: Button and Glock are last to make their first stops.
Lap 32: Hamilton pits for the second time. He sticks with the prime tyres he’s used from the start – a three-stop strategy beckons.
Lap 34: Massa leads Räikkönen by 2.7s. Hamilton is third, a further 2.6s in arrears. Kovalainen passes Glock, but is immediately repassed. He finally succeeds on the main straight.
Lap 35: Piquet passes Button for 11th.
Lap 36: Kovalainen passes Button.
Lap 37: Sutil pits.
Lap 40: Massa pits, as does Kubica. Räikkönen leads.
Lap 41: Räikkönen leads Hamilton by 1.6s. Massa lies third, another 11.8s adrift.
Lap 42: Heidfeld pits. So does Vettel.
Lap 43: Räikkönen and Rosberg pit. Hamilton leads.
Lap 44: Webber pits.
Lap 45: Hamilton pits. He rejoins second, ahead of Räikkönen. Coulthard and Piquet pit.
Lap 46: Massa leads Hamilton by 5.2s. Räikkönen is third from Kubica, Heidfeld, Alonso, Trulli, Webber, Rosberg, Coulthard, Kovalainen, Button, Glock and Barrichello. Piquet, Sutil and Vettel are lapped.
Lap 48: Trulli pits. Kovalainen passes Coulthard.
Lap 49: Kovalainen passes Rosberg, but the German retaliates immediately.
Lap 50: Kovalainen pits.
Lap 52: Räikkönen is applying pressure to Hamilton. The gap is about half a second.
Lap 54: Kovalainen passes Glock for 12th.
Lap 58: Massa maintains his unbeaten record as a Ferrari driver in Turkey, beating Hamilton by 3.7s. Räikkönen is a close third. Kubica, Heidfeld, Alonso, Webber and Rosberg complete the scorers.]]> Races http://10.0.0.151/nucleus/index.php?itemid=4043 Sun, 11 May 2008 23:38:31 +0200