Valencia - Free Practice 1

Good morning BGP fans it seems like an eternity since the last race but now it's here upon us. Free Practice 1 as usual for a street circuit was very dusty so we really only saw the boys performing towards the latter stage of Practice. They were working hard with different setups to see what has been the problem over the last few races. Jenson switching front wings at least 3 times at my count. Pace seemed ok but as usual we don't the fuel loads being tested with and also the relativity to the rivals. The biggest stand out upgrade to me was the addition of air flow conditioners to the side of the sidepods like that we have seen on virtually every other car so far this season. As soon as some pictures are available I'll post them up for comparison.
Towards the end of the session Rubens had some issues with his gearbox and not being able to select neutral. Lets hope its electrical and not going to be a change.

Pos Driver        Time             Laps
 1. Barrichello   1:42.460           19
 2. Kovalainen    1:42.636  +0.176   16
 3. Hamilton      1:42.654  +0.194   18
 4. Button        1:43.074  +0.614   19
 5. Vettel        1:43.088  +0.628   17
 6. Sutil         1:43.209  +0.749   13
 7. Nakajima      1:43.225  +0.765   25
 8. Webber        1:43.243  +0.783   19
 9. Alonso        1:43.345  +0.885   18
10. Raikkonen     1:43.384  +0.924   23
11. Buemi         1:43.389  +0.929   30
12. Kubica        1:43.419  +0.959   20
13. Alguersuari   1:43.637  +1.177   30
14. Rosberg       1:43.746  +1.286   22
15. Heidfeld      1:44.040  +1.580   23
16. Fisichella    1:44.126  +1.666   17
17. Grosjean      1:44.356  +1.896   23
18. Trulli        1:44.638  +2.178   26
19. Glock         1:44.732  +2.272   28
20. Badoer        1:45.840  +3.380   25

All timing unofficial

Just picked up this picture


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