German GP - A straightforward day in the office
Nurburg, 22 July – For the second race in a row it seems that summer has bypassed the Formula 1 calendar, because after a very damp British Grand Prix in Silverstone, we are now experiencing very low temperatures and at least the threat of rain here in the Eifel mountains. However, the conditions are the same for everyone and had little effect on today’s track action. Fernando Alonso ended the day second fastest behind Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber, these two drivers the only ones to dip below the 1m 32 s mark on their best lap. The Spaniard completed a total of 68 laps, which is actually eight more than Sunday’s German Grand Prix race distance. His Scuderia Ferrari team-mate, Felipe Massa posted the fourth fastest time in the other 150º Italia, completing 59 laps, behind the other Red Bull of championship leader, Sebastian Vettel. The Mercedes duo of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg ended the day in fifth and sixth places. One new name on the time sheet this weekend, as Jarno Trulli has stepped down for this race at Team Lotus to allow their reserve driver, Karun Chandhok to tackle a whole Grand Prix weekend, something the Indian will also do at his home race later in the year.
It was a busy but straightforward day for the Prancing Horse, as both drivers worked through the usual tyre comparison – as well as evaluating experimental Soft tyres that Pirelli made available to all teams and trying some additional aero updates brought to the track for the first time here. The only unscheduled excitement came in the afternoon session when Fernando got sideways and ran across the gravel, avoiding another car.
Credit: Ferrari S.p.A. (www.ferrari.com)
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