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Monday, August 27, 2007

Fastest laps: Kimi outpaces Massa


Kimi Raikkonen may have been faster than his team-mate Felipe Massa in Sunday's Turkish GP but it was the latter who claimed the win. At a track where Ferrari were expected to be the quickest cars, they were with Raikkonen topped the timesheets with a 1:27.295.

However, what wasn't expected was how much faster than Finn was than his race-winner team-mate. Massa's best time, a 1:27.922, was 0.627s slower.
McLaren, though, can take some comfort from the fact that, although Ferrari clinched the 1-2, they were not too far off the pace. Lewis Hamilton's fastest lap was only 0.041s slower than Massa's, while Fernand Alonso was a further 0.107s slower.
Nick Heidfeld once again demonstrated the progress made by BMW this season, setting the fifth best time.

However, his team-mate Robert Kubica, surprisingly, didn't have the pace. His best time, a 1:28.918, was six-tenths of a second slower than Heidfeld's.
Nico Rosberg and Alex Wurz showed the recent progress made by Williams, finishing sixth and eighth on the timesheets, separated by the Renault of Heikki Kovalainen.
Meanwhile Honda's Jenson Button who finished down in 13th place and a lap behind race-winner Massa actually didn't do too bad in the pace department. The Brit was tenth fastest, only 0.951s slower than Massa.

Times
01 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 57 1:27.295
02 Felipe Massa Ferrari 18 1:27.922
03 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 17 1:27.963
04 Fernando Alonso McLaren 39 1:28.070
05 Nick Heidfeld BMW 39 1:28.319
06 Nico Rosberg Williams 37 1:28.536
07 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 20 1:28.603
08 Alex Wurz Williams 55 1:28.737
09 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 56 1:28.793
10 Jenson Button Honda 34 1:28.873
11 Robert Kubica BMW 11 1:28.918
12 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 55 1:28.924
13 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 54 1:29.068
14 Jarno Trulli Toyota 39 1:29.459
15 Rubens Barrichello Honda 35 1:29.513
16 Tonio Liuzzi STR 56 1:29.563
17 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri 38 1:29.658
18 Takuma Sato Super Aguri 56 1:29.916
19 Sebastian Vettel STR 39 1:29.983
20 Adrian Sutil Spyker 52 1:30.617
21 Mark Webber Red Bull 4 1:30.808
22 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker 21 1:30.951