Friday Practice Report
Turkish GP
Heikki Kovalainen ended the first day of free practice for the Turkish GP at the top of the timesheets giving McLaren a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel after a disastrous start to the season. McLaren drew further optimism from the fact that Lewis Hamilton ended the opening session of the day second fastest to 'Friday Man' Nico Rosberg who characteristically grabbed the top spot in the dying seconds. Hamilton did not fare so well in the second session ending up 13th fastest after several spins. Fernando Alonso rounded out the day second fastest for Renault with a resurgent Robert Kubica third in the BMW Sauber. Kazuki Nakajima outpaced Rosberg in the second session with a fine fourth place with Rosberg seventh. Sebastian Vettel and Jarno Trulli closed out the top six fastest in the final session. Championship leader Jenson Button kept a lower profile with twelfth place in the final session and 11th in session one. Team mate and title rival Rubens Barrichello was eighth in session two and ninth in session one. The Ferrari's of Raikkonen and Massa ended the final session with a promising seventh and fifth.
