Alonso sets the pace in Hungary practice03.08.2007 16:00 SportsBy Alan Baldwin BUDAPEST (Reuters) - McLaren's Fernando Alonso set the pace on Friday in free practice for a Hungarian Grand Prix that could send the Spaniard back to the top of the Formula One standings. The double world champion, fourth in the morning at a circuit where he took his first grand prix win for Renault in 2003, laid down the fastest lap of the day on a sultry afternoon at the Hungaroring. Renault's Finnish rookie Heikki Kovalainen was second fastest, 0.364 seconds slower, with Alonso's championship leading team mate Lewis Hamilton third. Hamilton, the 22-year-old rookie sensation who is two points ahead of Alonso with seven races remaining, ended the afternoon session with his car stuck in the gravel after spinning off five minutes from the end. Poland's Robert Kubica, the 22-year-old BMW Sauber driver returning to the track where he made his Formula One debut last year, was fastest in the morning with a lap of 1:22.390. Ferrari's Brazilian Felipe Massa was second in that session, ahead of team mate Kimi Raikkonen. Massa is nine points adrift of Alonso while Raikkonen is 18 off the lead. McLaren are 27 points ahead of Ferrari, with whom they are embroiled in an increasingly bitter spying controversy, in the constructors' championship. Continued... Source: reuters.comwww.alllee.com |
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