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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (742)	7/23/2010 2:07:37 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 764

2010 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim Free Practice * Friday * it seems Ferrari is finally finding its competitive ways again. In a mixed dry & wet session, Fernando Alonso topped the time sheets, followed by Vettel, Massa and Webber, exchanging top spot amongst these four drivers, immediately below were the Mercedes drivers Rosberg and Schumaher. Both McLaren drivers were having difficulties, particularly Hamilton who crashed in the morning practice and was not able to go out until very late in the afternoon practice, barely having set up his car for this mixed condition circuit. Tomorrow, expecting rain, it will be much harder to get a good qualifying time, today Hamilton ended up in 7th, much better than teammate Button in 15th. If Ferrari is able to break the Red Bull dominance we have seen thus far in the fight for pole position, and assuming that such pole position can be converted into a victory then, with half a season still to go we may be able to see a three way fight for the lead: Red Bull, McLaren, and Ferrari. Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1 Alonso Ferrari 1:16.265 134.163 mph 2 Vettel Red Bull 1:16.294 0.029 3 Massa Ferrari 1:16.438 0.173 4 Webber Red Bull 1:16.585 0.320 5 Rosberg Mercedes 1:16.827 0.562 6 Schumacher Mercedes 1:16.971 0.706 7 Hamilton McLaren 1:17.004 0.739 8 Kubica Renault 1:17.009 0.744 9 Barrichello Williams 1:17.056 0.791 10 Hulkenberg Williams 1:17.204 0.939 11 Kobayashi Sauber 1:17.336 1.071 12 Petrov Renault 1:17.547 1.282 13 de la Rosa Sauber 1:17.573 1.308 14 Sutil Force India 1:17.701 1.436 15 Button McLaren 1:17.739 1.474 16 Liuzzi Force India 1:17.871 1.606 17 Buemi Toro Rosso 1:18.147 1.882 18 Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:19.327 3.062 19 Glock Virgin 1:19.553 3.288 20 Trulli Lotus 1:20.008 3.743 21 di Grassi Virgin 1:20.106 3.841 22 Kovalainen Lotus 1:20.377 4.112 23 Senna HRT 1:21.988 5.723 24 Yamamoto HRT 1:23.066 6.801