http://f1insight.madtv.me.uk/ Keep up to date with this post on F1 Insight Clive Allen RSS Feeder-breeder by Mad This post turned out to be a lot longer than intended. I watched the second practise session live and although it was quiet in terms of incidents it was interesting and I think informative. Although Renault finished well up in the times they were nowhere for most of the session then in the last 15 minutes Alonso put in a few laps around 4th - 6th position and Piquet who had rarely appeared in the top ten pulled out one monster lap to go second. I doubt that these times are remotely indicative of their real pace. Similarly with Red Bull. Although they finished in the middle of the times DC was about one tenth behind Webber when normally there is more of a gap so I expect when the chips are down that at least Webber and possibly DC as well will make Q3. THe Ferraris finished FP2 0.001 seconds apart so if Massa has some performance in hand as suggested by the FP1 performance Kimi could be in trouble again. Heidfeld finished around a quarter of a second up on Kubica and like Piquet this was a late flyer as before that his best lap was 5 tenths slower. However where Piquet and Alonso were probably exploring the ultimate empty tank pace of the Renault Heidfeld was probably just stepping up from the usual BMW sandbagging position to post a representative time. All in all the top eight or ten in qulifyin should be very close tomorrow and the differenc between guessing the fuel right and dlivering a great lap and failing even slightly in either of those areas could easily be 6 grid slots. Only the McLarens seem to be ahead of the bunch and although Lewis finished slightly ahead he and Heikki swapped fastest laps and sector times for most of the session. What could be worrying for the others was that on several occasions in the second half of FP2 both McLaren drivers were on great laps and mysteriously dropped several tenths in the third sector despite there being absolutely nothing wrong with that area of the track. On one such occasion Heikki set the fastest time of anyone in sector one which Lewis beat a few seconds later and when the reached the end of sector two Heikki posted his best second sector of the session and Lewis poste THE best second sector time but at the finish line neither of them were close to a faster lap. Following Lewis at a distance of a few seconds Heidfeld beat all three of his own best sector times to post his fastest lap of the entire session. So either the McLarens both made a set up change that hampered them in S3 or they were sandbagging. One final point of note was the number of drivers complaining about tyre wear on their team radio. Worst affected was a bamboozled Bourdais who was trying to explain to his engineer that his tyres had grained before he started braking for the first corner. I assume he meant the first corner of his flying lap although he did only say the first corner. Some people I think are in for a very long Sunday 01/08/2008 18:07:36 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=337 It certainly looked to me (I was watching live timing only) that the McLarens were sandbagging, Steven - it was greens and purples for them all the way and then a sauntering sector 3. The other teams must be dreading the race, if that is the extent of McLaren's advantage. Agreed, too, with the rest of your assessment, although I would add that Heidfeld has not been able to equal Kubica's times in practice this season, even with a one-lap flyer. I reckon he is back where he ought to be now and qualifying will show whether I am right or wrong. 01/08/2008 18:18:15 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=337 Considering how both Mclaren driver´s seems to be HAPPY in their post statements, guys, they´re sandbagging. Even about the graining (something that everybody on grid has a bit of worry!) they´re didn´t complain… I will wait until qualifying and race to understand how Ferrari is desperate. If they try a fuel light to secure the pole position in this tight track, Maranello certainly is on flames… 01/08/2008 18:50:42 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=337 You're right, Becken, qualifying is going to be very interesting. It certainly looks as though Ferrari are going to have to run light if they want pole. 01/08/2008 18:53:52 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=337 <a href="http://www.findautoinsurplans.com/">auto insurance</a> :DD <a href="http://www.heatherlaforce.com/online_colleges.html">college degree online</a> 8-]]] <a href="http://www.cogenesys.com/mba.html">MBA degree</a> 365 <a href="http://www.findyourcreditcard.net/">credit cards</a> =-DD 07/07/2012 03:44:48 http://madtv.me.uk/f1insight/default.aspx?blogid=337