Friday, 14 September 2007
McLaren cast aside their off-the-track distractions as Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton were fastest in second practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen had been quickest in the morning session but was pushed into fourth spot after lunch, behind team-mate Felipe Massa.
The Brazilian did well to recover, having slid off at the Rivage hairpin on his first morning warm-up lap.
David Coulthard was 13th, Jenson Button 14th and Anthony Davidson came 21st.
With four rounds of the championship remaining, debutant Hamilton leads the two-time world champion Alonso by just three points.
The Spaniard showed he meant business with a one minute 46.654 second lap of the circuit, which at seven kilometres is the longest on the Formula One calendar.
Hamilton was just over one tenth of a second behind him.
Alonso's time bettered the fastest lap of the morning session, 1:47.339, set by Raikkonen.
The sight of the Finn at the front of the field will have given heart to Ferrari as it proved he is not suffering any ill-effects from his 200mph smash in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
He drove that race in severe pain with a neck injury but still managed to come a creditable third behind Alonso and Hamilton.
Belgian Grand Prix second free practice times:
1 F Alonso (Sp) McLaren 1 min 46.654 secs
2 L Hamilton (GB) McLaren 1:46.765
3 F Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1:46.953
4 K Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:47.166
5 J Trulli (It) Toyota 1:47.491
6 R Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 1:47.946
7 G Fisichella (Ita) Renault 1:48.086
8 M Webber (Aus) RedBull - Renault 1:48.271
9 R Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:48.279
10 H Kovalainen (Fin) Renault 1:48.567
11 N Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:48.606
12 N Rosberg (Ger) Williams - Toyota 1:48.840
13 D Coulthard (GB) RedBull - Renault 1:48.883
14 J Button (GB) Honda 1:48.919
15 R Barrichello (Brz) Honda 1:49.364
16 A Wurz (Aut) Williams - Toyota 1:49.393
17 S Yamamoto (Jpn) Spyker - Ferrari 1:49.697
18 S Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:49.720
19 T Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri - Honda 1:50.168
20 A Sutil (Ger) Spyker - Ferrari 1:50.399
21 A Davidson (GB) Super Aguri - Honda 1:50.542
22 V Liuzzi (It) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:50.865
First session times:
1 K Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1 min 47.339 secs
2 L Hamilton (GB) McLaren 1:47.881
3 F Alonso (Sp) McLaren 1:47.994
4 N Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:48.052
5 N Rosberg (Ger) Williams - Toyota 1:48.372
6 R Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:48.605
7 A Wurz (Aus) Williams - Toyota 1:48.920
8 J Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:48.994
9 H Kovalainen (Fin) Renault 1:49.138
10 J Button (GB) Honda 1:49.330
11 G Fisichella (Ita) Renault 1:49.380
12 R Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 1:49.548
13 M Webber (Aus) RedBull - Renault 1:49.894
14 D Coulthard (GB) RedBull - Renault 1:49.931
15 R Barrichello (Brz) Honda 1:50.264
16 S Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:50.482
17 T Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri - Honda 1:50.640
18 A Davidson (GB) Super Aguri - Honda 1:50.648
19 A Sutil (Ger) Spyker - Ferrari 1:50.768
20 V Liuzzi (Ita) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:51.628
21 S Yamamoto (Jpn) Spyker - Ferrari 1:52.379
22 F Massa (Brz) Ferrari
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