2008 British GP, 2nd Free Practice Session: Heikki Kovalainen on top 

Written by David on July 04th, 2008 at 4:45 pmLast Update: July 04th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

Heikki KovalainenThe second free practice session for the British Grand Prix has ended with McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen on top of the timesheets. The Finn completed 35 laps with a best time of 1:19.989. Red Bull’s Mark Webber finished second (1:20.520, 32 laps) followed by Lewis Hamilton on third (1:20.543, 31 laps) and David Coulthard on fourth (1:20.589, 36 laps).

The Scot was followed by Nico Rosberg (P5, 1:20.748, 43 laps), Sebastian Vettel (P6 1:20.805, 43 laps), Jenson Button (P7 1:20.929, 39 laps), Felipe Massa (P8 1:20.943, 18 laps) and Kazuki Nakajima (P9 1:20.985, 18 laps).

Panasonic Toyota Racing had an unfortunate session: Timo Glock (14th) had a gearbox problem early during the session while teammate Jarno Trulli (20th) a heavy crash at Stowe which damaged badly his TF108‘s rear right end.

2008 British GP, 2nd Free Practice Session Results:

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.989 35
2 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:20.520 0.531 32
3 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.543 0.554 31
4 9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:20.589 0.600 36
5 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:20.748 0.759 43
6 15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:20.805 0.816 43
7 16 Jenson Button Honda 1:20.929 0.940 39
8 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:20.943 0.954 18
9 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:20.985 0.996 18
10 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:21.002 1.013 34
11 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:21.023 1.034 33
12 1 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:21.275 1.286 31
13 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.453 1.464 36
14 12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:21.472 1.483 18
15 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.511 1.522 27
16 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:21.520 1.531 42
17 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:21.634 1.645 39
18 6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:21.642 1.653 45
19 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:21.756 1.767 30
20 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:22.196 2.207 23

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