Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Valencia Day 2 Summary and Day 3 Preview

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The good start from yesterday for Ferrari and BMW Sauber have been confirmed today in the disputed second round of testing at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. After watching the performances of Felipe  Massa and Kamui Kobayashi. Massa's best time of 1:11.722 against 1:12.574 he got yesterday while Japanese star Kobayashi has lowered the lap time of Pedro de la Rosa achieving 1:12.056 , lower than that obtained by the Catalan who managed 1:12.784. Felipe Massa did long stints to analyse every detail of the car and its behaviour with different fuel loads. Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica also opted for the long runs, third and fourth respectively in the test today. The MP4-25 has good feelings while the R30 had a problem, as the Renault stopped 5 minutes form the end.

Also out was the Toro Rosso of Sebastien Buemi, for the second consecutive day with a time of 1:13.823, while Williams FW32 driver Rubens Barrichello got a time of 1:13.877.

All eyes now on tomorrow when we finally see Fernado Alonso in Ferrari colours. In 2 Time World Champion has been seen on the circuit today and tomorrow will be seen on the track as the other two Spanish drivers: Pedro de la Rosa and Jaime Alguersuari. And a certain German 7 time Champion.



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Times and laps made by the drivers on Day 2 at Valencia:

  1. F. Massa (Ferrari) 1:11.722 (124 laps)
  2. K. Kobayashi (BMW Sauber) 1:12.056 (96 laps)
  3. L. Hamilton (McLaren) 1:12.256 (108 laps)
  4. R. Kubica (Renault) 1:12.426 (119 laps)
  5. N. Rosberg (GP Mercedes) 1:12.899 (119 laps)
  6. R. Barrichello (Williams) 1:13.377 (102 laps)
  7. S. Buemi (Toro Rosso) 1:13.823 (107 laps)

 The expect driver list for day 3 at Valencia is:

  • Ferrari: Fernando Alonso
  • McLaren: Jenson Button
  • Mercedes GP: Michael Schumacher
  • BMW Sauber: Peter M. de la Rosa
  • Toro Rosso: Alguersuari
  • Williams: Nico Hulkenberg
  • Renault Robert Kubica
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