2008 Belgian GP, 2nd Free Practice: Alonso on top
During the second free practice at Spa Francorchamps, Fernando Alonso clocked the fastest time. The Spaniard completed 20 laps with his best in a time of 1:48.454. Ferrari’s Felipe Massa had the second best time (1:48.504) ahead of McLaren-Mercedes duo with Heikki Kovalainen third (1:48.740) and Lewis Hamilton fourth (1:48.805). Fifth time for 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen (1:49.328) who spun out finishing onto the barriers at turn 9 and damaged the car’s rear wing. Williams’ Nico Rosberg finished sixth (1:49.405) ahead of Sebastian Vettel (1:49.427), Adrian Sutil (1:49.585) and Jarno Trulli (1:49.715).
2008 Belgian GP, 2nd Free Practice Session Results:
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Gap | Laps |
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1 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:48.454 | 21 | |
2 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:48.504 | 0.050 | 16 |
3 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:48.740 | 0.286 | 19 |
4 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:48.805 | 0.351 | 17 |
5 | 1 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:49.328 | 0.874 | 10 |
6 | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:49.405 | 0.951 | 17 |
7 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 1:49.427 | 0.973 | 29 |
8 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:49.585 | 1.131 | 22 |
9 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:49.715 | 1.261 | 23 |
10 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:49.725 | 1.271 | 22 |
11 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:49.875 | 1.421 | 22 |
12 | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:49.922 | 1.468 | 20 |
13 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:49.948 | 1.494 | 20 |
14 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:50.281 | 1.827 | 24 |
15 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:50.364 | 1.910 | 20 |
16 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:50.740 | 2.286 | 11 |
17 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:50.925 | 2.471 | 19 |
18 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:51.238 | 2.784 | 22 |
19 | 6 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:51.334 | 2.880 | 19 |
20 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:51.640 | 3.186 | 7 |