Brazil 2008: Friday Afternoon Practice

The second practice session from yesterday afternoon saw the tables turn slightly as Fernando Alonso went to the top of the class in the Renault R28. Title contender Felipe Massa had been dominant for most of the 90 minutes, but in the closing stages Alonso managed a lap time 0.05s faster, demoting the Brazilian to second. Once again the circuit was frequented with light rain showers which disrupted play a little, but that was little excuse for Lewis Hamilton who ended the day in the midfield, only going ninth fastest.

The Briton suffered from locking wheels, mainly in the middle sector, and although a change to the softer compound improved this issue, the rain fell at the wrong time and Hamilton couldn’t capitalise on this change. Jarno Trulli on the other hand was on-form, going third fastest in the Toyota and beating Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari by 0.165s. Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel also improved from his morning’s run getting into sixth, although Sebastien Bourdais could only achieve seventeenth in the sister car and going off the circuit on a number of occasions.

Williams look quite good at Interlagos, with Nico Rosberg climbing as high as eighth and team mate Kazuki Nakajima finishing in tenth. Mark Webber hauled his Red Bull into fifth and retiring David Coulthard completed 38 laps to get into eleventh. Honda’s morning pace slipped in the afternoon, with Rubens Barrichello ending his day in sixteenth and Jenson Button only managing a lowly eighteenth.

Brazil 2008 Friday Free Practice Two		Lap Time Fastest Time Set	Laps Set Number Laps Set
1.	Fernando Alonso Renault	1m12.296s	43 Laps
2.	Felipe Massa Ferrari	1m12.353s	41 Laps
3.	Jarno Trulli Toyota	1m12.435s	44 Laps
4.	Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari	1m12.600s	32 Laps
5.	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	1m12.650s	45 Laps
6.	Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso	1m12.687s	47 Laps
7.	Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault	1m12.703s	44 Laps
8.	Nico Rosberg Williams	1m12.761s	42 Laps
9.	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	1m12.827s	33 Laps
10.	Kazuki Nakajima Williams	1m12.886s	42 Laps
11.	David Coulthard Red Bull Racing	1m12.896s	38 Laps
12.	Robert Kubica BMW	1m12.971s	48 Laps
13.	Nick Heidfeld BMW	1m13.038s	49 Laps
14.	Timo Glock Toyota	1m13.041s	39 Laps
15.	Heikki Kovalainen McLaren	1m13.213s	37 Laps
16.	Rubens Barrichello Honda	1m13.221s	37 Laps
17.	Sebastien Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso	1m13.273s	41 Laps
18.	Jenson Button Honda	1m13.341s	49 Laps
19.	Adrian Sutil Force India	1m13.428s	32 Laps
20.	Giancarlo Fisichella Force India	1m13.691s	33 Laps