May 30 '10
Sebastian Vettel was the fastest man on track yesterday for the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix. Some of his key rivals faced problems while others had off-track excursions, notably at turn 8.
Nico Rosberg was one among the late improvers. He claimed a strong second while spending much of the time at the bottom end of top ten.
Lewis Hamilton who finished third, had a lurid spin at turn eight. Via iTV, "Mid-way through the session the former champion ran wide over the kerb at the second of the sweeping corner?s three apexs and spun backwards into the gravel, having to be pushed out by marshals so he could recover to the pits.
On his return to the McLaren garage it emerged the spin had shredded his hard compound tyres while also doing minor damage to the MP4-25?s floor and area around the diffuser.
His team got him out for the final six minutes for a final run on the soft-tyres, however, and his best lap eventually wound up 0.310s slower than Vettel?s last-gasp flyer."
Mark Webber faced a throttle response problem, but nonetheless finished fourth. According to iTV, " A throttle linkage problem struck on his RB6 almost immediately after he left the pit lane for the first time, meaning he had to crawl around the 3.3-mile lap back to the garage."
Adrian Sutil managed just one lap before returning back to pits due to a hydraulic problem on his Force India.
Turkish Grand Prix free practice 3 times
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m 27.086s
2. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 27.359s
3. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m 27.396s
4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m 27.553s
5. Robert Kubica Renault-Renault 1m 27.784s
6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 27.861s
7. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 27.879s
8. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m 27.963s
9. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 27.969s
10. Vitaly Petrov Renault-Renault 1m 28.344s
11. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 28.610s
12. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 28.652s
13. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 28.734s
14. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 29.036s
15. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1m 29.044s
16. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1m 29.211s
17 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m 29.305s
18. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1m 30.618s
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1m 30.884s
20. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m 31.341s
21. Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1m 32.180s
22. Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1m 32.230s
23. Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1m 32.762s
24. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes no time
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Philippe Adams Walt Ader Kurt Adolff Fred Agabashian Kurt Ahrens Jr
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