Turkey GP: Kovalainen tops practice 2
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| Heikki Kovalainen |
| McLaren |
Heikki Kovalainen has set the fastest lap time in the second official practice session of the weekend in Turkey, with a time of 1:28.841. Fernando Alonso, Robert Kubica and Kazuki Nakajima followed.
Fifth place went to Sebastian Vettel, who missed much of the session after an early mechanical problem left him stranded on the circuit. The car was retrieved by marshals and sent out again.
Behind the Red Bull driver was the Toyota of Jarno Trulli and the Williams-Toyota of Nico Rosberg. Rubens Barrichello was eighth quickest in his Brawn-Mercedes ahead of Mark Webber, Nelson Piquet, Felipe Massa and Jenson Button.
Lewis Hamilton was next up ahead of Timo Glock, Kimi Raikkonen, Nick Heidfeld and then the two Force Indias and the two Toro Rossos.
Several drivers had spins, while Fisichella and Nakajima had a minor collision and both spun.
Results
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POS |
DRIVER | NATIONALITY | TEAM | TIME |
| 1. | Heikki Kovalainen | Finland | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:28.841 |
| 2. | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Renault | 1:28.847 |
| 3. | Robert Kubica | Poland | BMW Sauber | 1:29.056 |
| 4. | Kazuki Nakajima | Japan | Williams-Toyota | 1:29.091 |
| 5. | Sebastian Vettel | Germany | Red Bull-Renault | 1:29.202 |
| 6. | Jarno Trulli | Italy | Toyota | 1:29.207 |
| 7. | Nico Rosberg | Germany | Williams-Toyota | 1:29.257 |
| 8. | Rubens Barrichello | Brazil | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:29.305 |
| 9. | Mark Webber | Australia | Red Bull-Renault | 1:29.383 |
| 10. | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Renault | 1:29.401 |
| 11. | Felipe Massa | Brazil | Ferrari | 1:29.416 |
| 12. | Jenson Button | Britain | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:29.430 |
| 13. | Lewis Hamilton | Britain | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:29.435 |
| 14. | Timo Glock | Germany | Toyota | 1:29.518 |
| 15. | Kimi Raikkonen | Finland | Ferrari | 1:29.520 |
| 16. | Nick Heidfeld | Germany | BMW Sauber | 1:29.550 |
| 17. | Adrian Sutil | Germany | Force India-Mercedes | 1:30.081 |
| 18. | Giancarlo Fisichella | Italy | Force India-Mercedes | 1:30.091 |
| 19. | Sebastien Bourdais | France | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:30.295 |
| 20. | Sebastien Buemi | Switzerland | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:30.629 |