Monday, March 31, 2008

BMW Sauber Practices For United States Grand Prix

The next Grand Prix United States is the seventh race of the season. The race will be held at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In order to prepare for the race, the Formula One teams have already conducted practice sessions on the track. BMW Sauber Robert Kubica, who lost the race for rookie Sebastian Vettel on the ground during the session along with Nick practice Heidfeld.
The German-Swiss team won good times back in both morning and afternoon sessions. Nick Heidfeld, the German Formula One driver, the second fastest lap time during the morning practice session. During the afternoon practice session however, that only published the fifth fastest lap time. Although his lap times are respectable, the Formula One driver complains that he is having a problem with his car balance.
" After the first meeting we look pretty good on the results spreadsheet, but that was only Fear of the leaf am. I do not know who raced into which fuel load and new tyres used. But in any case, this morning I was happy with the balance of the car and there is very little improvement this afternoon. We were not able to reach even the tyres to work properly. The car is just sliding too, but we are working on it " said Heidfeld. BMW Sauber is considering the establishment of a moratorium on the Formula One car including BMW shocks.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel had the opportunity to learn the track. Sunday the race will be the first time that the young German driver in the race Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The eldest daughter of the registered 83 laps among all drivers involved in Formula One practice sessions.
During the morning practice session, Vettel recorded the fourth fastest lap time. In the second practice session of the day, his speedy return only ranked eleventh overall.
" Obviously today went fairly well ", Vettel said. " We did a lot of mileage and we were able to find out a little about tyres and set-up of the car. We just try to progress. I think that is normal on Friday. Of course this is a completely new task for me, but so far I am quite happy with what I did. I think now it is working together with the team to find the best for tomorrow and Sunday ".
" I have no expectations, and today it was important to get accustomed to the car again as the last time was Friday in Malaysia. The car is not as bad as you could see that they were very quick in Montreal, and here too, does not seem so bad. I thought that the track is very good, with a good rhythm and it is very interesting to drive with banking. After a couple of times you get quite used to it, but it& 39;s fun ".
Fernando Alonso Team McLaren Mercedes dominated both practice sessions. The Spanish recorded the fastest lap time in both the morning and afternoon practice session. His companion, the rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton recorded the third round fast in the morning and the second fastest in the afternoon practice session.
The Ferrari are also showing a good performance on the track with Felipe Massa posting the third fastest time in the second practice session while the team Kimi Raikkonen posted the fourth fastest lap time. attilla earline



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