Renault
Fernando Alonso, 1m 46.725s, P7/1m 45.654s, P1
Nelson Piquet, 1m 47.175s, P9/1m 47.145s, P12
Alonso ran aggressively all day, which included missing the Turn 10 chicane at one point in the second session, and reported that the first day had gone well after setting the fastest time of that session. Piquet had an off in the Turn 18 escape road in the first session and spun in Turn 16 in the second, but was otherwise happy with the way his day went and recorded the most laps of any driver - 65.
McLaren
Lewis Hamilton, 1m 45.518s, P1/1m 45.752s, P2
Heikki Kovalainen, 1m 46.463s, P4/1m 45.797s, P4
Hamilton said he was quite happy with the way his day had gone, although his MP4-23 was bottoming over the bumps. He thought there was plenty of grip, however, which allowed him to brake late into the slower corners. He also reported that a good lap required twice the energy of a similar lap at Monaco. Kovalainen had a 360 degrees spin in the final corner in the first session, without sustaining any damage, but otherwise avoided trouble as he worked through his programme.
Ferrari
Felipe Massa, 1m 45.598s, P2/1m 45.793s, P3
Kimi Raikkonen, 1m 45.961s, P3/1m 46.580s, P7
Massa reported a positive day, with a car that handled well, especially on the soft tyre. Raikkonen loved his F2008’s balance and poise in the morning, but said the afternoon was wasted after a set-up change that did not have the desired effect. Switching back would simply have taken too much time, so he had to make the best of the car as it was.
Williams
Nico Rosberg, 1m 46.710s, P6/1m 46.164s, P5
Kazuki Nakajima, 1m 47.662s, P12/1m 47.013s, P9
Rosberg said his pace all day left him feeling cautiously confident for the rest of the weekend, and that he was happy with his FW30’s balance thus far. Nakajima had some adventures, which included escape roads and later a brush with a wall in the second session.
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