2008 Monaco GP, 2nd Free Practice Session: Lewis Hamilton on top 

Written by David on May 22nd, 2008 at 3:35 pmLast Update: May 22nd, 2008 at 3:50 pm

Monaco Grand PrixThe second free practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix has ended with Lewis Hamilton on top of the timesheets. The Briton completed 40 laps with a best time of 1:15.140. Williams’ Nico Rosberg finished second (1:15.533, 39 laps) followed by Ferrari duo with Kimi Raikkonen on third (1:15.572, 42 laps) and Felipe Massa on fourth (1:15.869, 37 laps). Massa was followed by Heikki Kovalainen (1:15.881, 39 laps), Robert Kubica (1:16.296, 34 laps), Fernando Alonso (1:16.310, 27 laps), Jenson Button (1:16.351, 45 laps) and Kazuki Nakajima (1:16.372, 40 laps).

There were again a couple of crashes. Nelson Piquet jr. lost his car while approaching Turn 1 and hit the tyre barriers causing a damage on his R28 rear wing. About five minutes later, his team-mate Fernando Alonso brushed the barriers on the same Turn and lost his rear wing. The session was red flagged to clear debris from the Spaniard’s crash.

2008 Monaco GP, 2nd Free Practice Session Results:

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.140 40
2 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:15.533 0.393 39
3 1 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:15.572 0.432 42
4 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.869 0.729 37
5 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.881 0.741 39
6 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.296 1.156 34
7 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.310 1.170 27
8 16 Jenson Button Honda 1:16.351 1.211 45
9 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.372 1.232 40
10 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:16.418 1.278 32
11 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.426 1.286 44
12 12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.688 1.548 46
13 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.094 1.954 39
14 9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:17.131 1.991 39
15 6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:17.246 2.106 35
16 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:17.251 2.111 33
17 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:17.379 2.239 28
18 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:17.581 2.441 38
19 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:18.176 3.036 31
20 15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:18.225 3.085 38

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