Turkey practice

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DE LA ROSA FLIES ON TURKISH TRACK DEBUT
Last Updated: Friday, 19, August, 2005, 11:04


Pedro de la Rosa set the pace in Istanbul as McLaren dominated the opening practice session of Turkey's foray into grand prix racing.

The Spaniard's time of 1m27.882s was half a second quicker than his championship challenging team-mate Kimi Raikkonen managed on the dusty but challenging new circuit.

De la Rosa achieved this despite bringing out the red flags with ten minutes still to go when he stopped on the exit of a corner with mechanical problems.

Packed full of elevation changes, the track has several fast bends including an uphill blind Turn 3 and a three-apex left-hand Turn 8, and seems likely to offer a more varied racing experience than other recent Hermann Tilke-designed facilities.

Both Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello proved this with spins, while Nick Heidfeld, Mark Webber, Giancarlo Fisichella all ran off the track at some point.

Williams ace Webber was an impressive third quickest after banging in a late flier ahead of Toyota test driver Ricardo Zonta, BAR-Honda star Jenson Button and McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya.

Fernando Alonso ran an uncharacteristically high number of practice laps for a first session, much like everyone except Webber – further emphasising the Australian's effort –but the world championship leader could only manage seventh fastest time however and was nearly a second off the pace of Raikkonen.

Schumacher was eighth fastest.

The world champion was one of the first drivers to go out and explore the new track but a massive spin at the top of Turn 3 hindered his progress.

Takuma Sato backed up BAR team-mate Button with ninth while Fisichella rounded out the top ten.

New Ferrari signing Felipe Massa was 11th in the Sauber ahead of Toyota's race drivers Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli.

Williams' other driver Nick Heidfeld could not match Webber's pace and was 14th quickest, followed by Jacques Villeneuve's Sauber and Christian Klien in the first of the Red Bulls.

Rubens Barrichello, like his Ferrari team-mate, spun at the top of the hill en route to a lowly 17th position. His old friend David Coulthard was just behind him in 18th.

Red Bull tester Vitantonio Liuzzi was 19th, while Tiago Monteiro led the Jordan/Minardi battle in 20th.

Jordan test driver Nicolas Kiesa backed up his Portuguese team-mate in 21st ahead of Narain Karthikeyan.

Minardi regulars Christijan Albers and Robert Doornbos (who suffered a broken gearbox) followed with team debutant Enrique Toccacelo bringing up the rear.


Turkish GP free practice session one times

1. DE LA ROSA McLaren 1m27.882s
2. RAIKKONEN McLaren 1m28.453s
3. WEBBER Williams 1m28.765s
4. ZONTA Toyota 1m28.810s
5. BUTTON BAR 1m28.968s
6. MONTOYA McLaren 1m29.183s
7. ALONSO Renault 1m29.283s
8. M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m29.766s
9. SATO BAR 1m30.050s
10. FISICHELLA Renault 1m30.106s
11. MASSA Sauber 1m30.368s
12. R.SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m30.563s
13. TRULLI Toyota 1m30.785s
14. HEIDFELD Williams 1m30.847s
15. VILLENEUVE Sauber 1m30.847s
16. KLIEN Red Bull 1m31.008s
17. BARRICHELLO Ferrari 1m31.294s
18. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m31.306s
19. LIUZZI Red Bull 1m31.353s
20. MONTEIRO Jordan 1m32.147s
21. KIESA Jordan 1m32.501s
22. KARTHIKEYAN Jordan 1m32.886s
23. ALBERS Minardi 1m33.474s
24. DOORNBOS Minardi 1m35.367s
25. TOCCACELO Minardi 1m36.411s

[Dino Scuderia]

Session 2 is on SPEED channel right now.

[Dino Scuderia]

Session2 results:

P. No Driver Team - Engine Tyres Times Ave/Gaps
1. 38 ZONTA Toyota M 1'25"578 224.637 Km/h
2. 35 DE LA ROSA McLaren Mercedes M 1'26"172 + 0'00"594
3. 10 MONTOYA McLaren Mercedes M 1'26"534 + 0'00"956
4. 9 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'27"268 + 0'01"690
5. 3 BUTTON BAR Honda M 1'27"325 + 0'01"747
6. 37 LIUZZI RedBull Cosworth M 1'27"599 + 0'02"021
7. 5 ALONSO Renault M 1'27"607 + 0'02"029
8. 6 FISICHELLA Renault M 1'27"680 + 0'02"102
9. 16 TRULLI Toyota M 1'27"984 + 0'02"406
10. 4 SATO BAR Honda M 1'28"080 + 0'02"502
11. 7 WEBBER Williams BMW M 1'28"094 + 0'02"516
12. 14 COULTHARD RedBull Cosworth M 1'28"232 + 0'02"654
13. 1 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'28"328 + 0'02"750
14. 11 VILLENEUVE Sauber Petronas M 1'28"407 + 0'02"829
15. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'28"454 + 0'02"876
16. 17 R.SCHUMACHER Toyota M 1'28"650 + 0'03"072
17. 12 MASSA Sauber Petronas M 1'28"700 + 0'03"122
18. 15 KLIEN RedBull Cosworth M 1'28"800 + 0'03"222
19. 8 HEIDFELD Williams BMW M 1'28"953 + 0'03"375
20. 18 MONTEIRO Jordan Toyota B 1'30"606 + 0'05"028
21. 20 DOORNBOS Minardi Cosworth B 1'30"615 + 0'05"037
22. 21 ALBERS Minardi Cosworth B 1'30"625 + 0'05"047
23. 19 KARTHIKEYAN Jordan Toyota B 1'30"875 + 0'05"297
24. 39 KIESA Jordan Toyota B 1'30"880 + 0'05"302
25. 40 TOCCACELO Minardi Cosworth B 1'32"860 + 0'07"282

[jorismo]

Yes, the Double Dutch beat the Jordans

[ruim20]

3 McLaren M? Explain please...

[Rockefella]

3 McLaren M? Explain please...

Practice session, there were like 5-6 teams running three cars.

[Dino Scuderia]

Running 3 cars is allowed in practice.

[']['WiLIGIH'][']

What do you think about the circuit
Is IstanbulPark good or boring ?

[Dino Scuderia]

What do you think about the circuit
Is IstanbulPark good or boring ?

Good question....I couldn't get a good feel for it really but I like the elevation changes. MS said he thought it would be a fairly easy track to drive when he rode on his scooter yesterday....but in the car he said he changed his mind, it was somewhat difficult.

When some more rubber gets down it'll be better.... but it could rain according to weather reports.

Looking forward to see what the race will be like on it as far as passing zones etc.

[Mustang]

[ruim20]

Practice session, there were like 5-6 teams running three cars.

Thanks, i though you could only run the cars registred for the race

[ballafureal]

Thanks, i though you could only run the cars registred for the race

well actually only teams that were doing bad in the previous season get special permission to be able to run 3 cars

[Jack_Bauer]

well actually only teams that were doing bad in the previous season get special permission to be able to run 3 cars

Yeah that's right. The top four teams from the season before (ie Ferrari, BAR, Renault, Williams) aren't allowed to run a third car on the Friday with the idea of handing a slight advantage to the lesser teams to help keep things as close as possible. McLaren's woeful season last year has worked to their advantage this year as they are the only front runners to be running a third car. Conversely it has hampered BAR quite a lot. Last year they had Anthony Davidson piling on the miles every Friday and collecting loads of good data but now they are the victims of their own success to an extent because they can only run the two cars.

[fpv_gtho]

Ive heard rumours theyre gunna allow everyone to use a 3rd car for next year in Friday practice