Lewis Hamilton consummately showed his rivals the way during the morning session of the final day of pre-British Grand Prix testing at
Silverstone today, by lapping more than a second quicker than
anyone else out on the circuit.
The home hero's nearest pursuer was chief title rival Kimi Raikkonen in the
Ferrari, though the Finn was almost 1.2 seconds in arrears, with the under-pressure Nick Heidfeld an encouraging third-quickest for BMW-Sauber, albeit a further seven tenths slower still.
Kazuki Nakajima lay fourth in his
Williams, followed by Fernando Alonso – who lost time when his
Renault's engine blew up along Hangar Straight – Rubens Barrichello in the
Honda and
Force India's
Adrian Sutil.
Ninth-placed
Scuderia Toro Rosso ace Sébastien Bourdais, meanwhile, was sandwiched by the
Toyota of Timo Glock and
Red Bull Racing of
David Coulthard, the pair of whom collided heading into Stowe, necessitating a lengthy repair job for both…
Morning testing times:
1.
Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
1min 19.170secs 44 laps
2.
Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari-Ferrari
1min 20.321secs 26 laps
3.
Nick Heidfeld BMW-Sauber
1min 21.011secs 52 laps
4.
Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota
1min 21.059secs 33 laps
5.
Fernando Alonso Renault-Renault
1min 21.297secs 28 laps
6.
Rubens Barrichello Honda-Honda
1min 21.367secs 49 laps
7.
Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari
1min 21.564secs 45 laps
8.
Timo Glock Toyota-Toyota
1min 21.666secs 22 laps
9.
Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1min 21.961secs 36 laps
10.
David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault
1min 22.306secs 17 laps
Times unofficial, courtesy of F1SA
