crash.net
04-Jul-2008
Formula 1 » McLaren fast, Ferrari hit skids – and barriers. Friday, 4th July 2008 F1 World Championship leader Felipe Massa sets the pace during opening free practice at Silverstone ahead of this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix, but not without dramas... following the opening day's practice for this weekend's British Grand Prix – even if Ferrari's Felipe Massa did narrowly end up with the quickest time at the close of play. Heikki Kovalainen topped the times in the slower afternoon session on Friday, more than half a second clear of the chasing pack. The Finn would wind up second on the overall timesheets, however, barely a hundredth of a second adrift of the top spot and almost four hundredths in front of McLaren-Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, with both drivers professing themselves content with early progress. “We seemed...
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