FORUMula1.com

[Cordyceps]

bmw new aeros seem to be doing them good...

[ivey]

McLaren's updates seem to be not working : )))

[Gaz]

Its practice.

Times mean nothing

[irons_4_ever]

No real gain of times as the last 2 laps were hindered by the yellow flag.

To me Brawn look the fastest

[MAD MAX]

Its practice.

Times mean nothing

Sorry I disagree, the 2 Mclarens are at a similar pace and very slow, Massa even slower, Kimi a bit quicker but he has the lighter chassis. Someone at McLaren design and development needs a good shoeing

[EwanM]

Ferrari, Mclaren and BMW look very slow going by today's sessions. I think Toyota are sandbagging though.

Piquet was up to his old tricks again, so were Williams topping the times.

I guess that means they'll be 10-12th on Sunday then ?

[Gaz]

Its practice.

Times mean nothing

Sorry I disagree, the 2 Mclarens are at a similar pace and very slow, Massa even slower, Kimi a bit quicker but he has the lighter chassis. Someone at McLaren design and development needs a good shoeing

Why? because they have got us from Q3 to Q1 in the space of 3 Races?

Think were doing ok thanks

[irons_4_ever]

Just watched the BBC forcast sunny tomorrow but rain on sunday

[Robert182]

williams as always gunning it in practise lol but ferrari .......new changes only seem to be doing a slight amount of good....0.7 of a second my but mclaren seem slower than they have been in the past 3 races this is where there lack of downforce will hurt them and i dont want to admit to it ..but i dont think they will have a strong showing this weekend ...always nice to see piquet making an bottom of himself tho lol

[MAD MAX]

Its practice.

Times mean nothing

Sorry I disagree, the 2 Mclarens are at a similar pace and very slow, Massa even slower, Kimi a bit quicker but he has the lighter chassis. Someone at McLaren design and development needs a good shoeing

Why? because they have got us from Q3 to Q1 in the space of 3 Races?

Think were doing ok thanks

They need a good shoeing for producing a championship running car in 08 to that pile of crap running round the circuit today, thats what I'm on about, and b4 you get on my case, I've been a McLaren fan for years

[Hexagram]

Practice 2 results are even more confusing. Renault seem to be ok, more points would be nice this weekend.

1 Nico Rosberg 1:21.588
2 Kazuki Nakajima 1:21.740
3 Fernando Alonso 1:21.781
4 Rubens Barrichello 1:21.843
5 Mark Webber 1:22.027
6 Jenson Button 1:22.052
7 Sebastian Vettel 1:22.082
8 Nelsinho Piquet 1:22.349
9 Sebastien Buemi 1:22.571
10 Kimi Räikkönen 1:22.599
11 Sebastien Bourdais 1:22.615
12 Giancarlo Fisichella 1:22.670
13 Lewis Hamilton 1:22.809
14 Heikki Kovalainen 1:22.876
15 Felipe Massa 1:22.878
16 Robert Kubica 1:22.948
17 Nick Heidfeld 1:23.173
18 Timo Glock 1:23.360
19 Jarno Trulli 1:23.623
20 Adrian Sutil No Time

[scotty]

Surprised to see Glock going off a lot... although i think they said Toyota were doing long runs on hard tyres. Seeing Briatore's reacton to one of Piquet's several spins was hilarious, and judging from the onboard shots, the BMW's and McLarens don't look like much fun to drive.

[FerrariFan63]

They need a good shoeing for producing a championship running car in 08 to that pile of crap running round the circuit today, thats what I'm on about, and b4 you get on my case, I've been a McLaren fan for years

Both McLaren and Ferrari went backwards. It appears not writing off the season early was the problem. And for teams with a shot at the championship, it would be unreasonable to have written off '08. So I don't think anyone at McLaren nor Ferrari really needs a good shoeing. It's just a natural consequence of so many rule changes and limited testing.

Of course, it could be said that Ferrari is in the better position since it won the constructor's championship last year. But McLaren did take the drivers' championship.

[Chris_0648]

I know it's only pracitce, but Rosberg AGAIN the fastest, 2 tenths faster than Button's apparent quali sim at the end of FP1. The pressure is on to deliver now, Williams, and mainly Rosberg, absolutely have to put that car on the first 3 rows and get something out of this weekend.

Having said that, they should do well at Monaco as apparently they have the most downforce on the grid.

[Gaz]

Its practice.

Times mean nothing

Sorry I disagree, the 2 Mclarens are at a similar pace and very slow, Massa even slower, Kimi a bit quicker but he has the lighter chassis. Someone at McLaren design and development needs a good shoeing

Why? because they have got us from Q3 to Q1 in the space of 3 Races?

Think were doing ok thanks

They need a good shoeing for producing a championship running car in 08 to that pile of crap running round the circuit today, thats what I'm on about, and b4 you get on my case, I've been a McLaren fan for years

Honda and Williams stopped developing the 08 car early on (honda especialy) Mclaren had to keep going for 08 because they would of lost the championship otherwise because Ferrari would of overtook

They had Updates for the Car in Brazil you can't go and have a top spec 08 car in a close close title battle with the likes of Ferrari and still have the time to build a top spec 09 car.

Ferrari are in the same boat (well worse) the team have done a great job to get the car to the stage it was at in Bahrain so good work to them i say.