Singapore 2009: Friday Practice Two

Singapore’s second practice sessions wrapped up earlier and while Brawn continue to look strong, they weren’t quite as dominant on their second runs with Sebastian Vettel taking the top spot for Red Bull Racing. Fernando Alonso also improved and managed to get his Renault in to P2 while Heikki Kovalainen comfortably outpaced his team mate with a 1m48.952s in comparison to Lewis Hamilton’s 1m49.358s. Jenson Button completed 34 laps to get into P5 and was the busiest driver of the evening along with Williams’s Kazuki Nakajima.

Mark Webber had been running ahead of his team mate for the first half of the session but unfortunately spun his RB5 in the final corner and clouted the barrier. The Red Bull sustained damage and the session was stopped briefly while the car was recovered. This forced Webber to sit out of the second half of the running while Red Bull mechanics frantically set about rebuilding the machine.

Ferrari appear to be struggling a little and although both pilots improved between the two practice session today, Kimi Raikkonen slipped from ninth to fourteenth. this means Giancarlo Fisichella is closer to his team mate, but the Italian could only improve from seventeenth to sixteenth.

McLaren also seem a little up-and-down, but the overall package the team has this weekend will probably be solid, if not spectacular in comparison to the Brawn and Red Bull. BMW look to have found some improvement although this is likely because the tighter and twistier nature of the Marina Bay circuit favours the F1.09 as opposed to the open and fast-flowing Monza and spa Francorchamps.

Singapore 2009 Friday Free Practice One		Lap Time Fastest Time Set	Laps Set Number Laps Set
1.	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing	1m48.650s	31 Laps
2.	Fernando Alonso Renault	1m48.924s	27 Laps
3.	Heikki Kovalainen McLaren	1m48.952s	30 Laps
4.	Nick Heidfeld BMW	1m49.098s	31 Laps
5.	Jenson Button Brawn	1m49.311s	34 Laps
6.	Mark Webber Red Bull Racing	1m49.317s	14 Laps
7.	Nico Rosberg Williams	1m49.333s	33 Laps
8.	Timo Glock Toyota	1m49.342s	30 Laps
9.	Lewis Hamilton McLaren	1m49.358s	28 Laps
10.	Robert Kubica BMW	1m49.609s	24 Laps
11.	Rubens Barrichello Brawn	1m49.616s	30 Laps
12.	Adrian Sutil Force India	1m49.710s	31 Laps
13.	Jarno Trulli Toyota	1m49.795s	29 Laps
14.	Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari	1m49.941s	29 Laps
15.	Kazuki Nakajima Williams	1m50.023s	29 Laps
16.	Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari	1m50.253s	31 Laps
17.	Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso	1m50.527s	29 Laps
18.	Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India	1m50.605s	28 Laps
19.	Romain Grosjean Renault	1m50.972s	17 Laps
20.	Jaime Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso	1m51.423s	31 Laps