Day: 23 July 2010 articles archive

Red Bull and Ferrari look very closely matched after the second practice session at the Hockenheimring – Sebastian Vettel described the red cars as “extremely competitive”. But question marks remain over McLaren’s pace following a disrupted session, with the team yet to decide whether they will run their new exhaust-blown diffuser during the rest of … Continue reading Ferrari & Red Bull lead the way (German GP practice two interactive data)

Fernando Alonso topped a largely dry second practice session at the Hockenheimring, setting a best lap of 1’16.265 in his Ferrari. Second fastest was Sebstian Vettel and their team mates were third and fourth fastest.

There’s little that can be read into this morning’s wet practice session at the Hockenheimring. If nothing else, the session gave us a chance to see how the different drivers copes with the challenging conditions and what kind of choices they would face in a rain-hit qualifying or race.

Adrian Sutil set the fastest time in a rain-hit first practice session at the Hockenheimring. But McLaren’s hopes of gaining more useful information about their exhaust-blown diffuser were dashed when Lewis Hamilton crashed having done just eight laps.