Official version

Como cantaban Front 242 en 1985, Official Version, Fernando y Lewis han dado sus impresiones oficiales sobre cómo fue el viernes en Indy.

Alonso: “It’s nice to be back in Indianapolis and so far things are looking promising. As I have said before this track has never been kind to me, but I really want to do well this weekend. The car has been performing strongly at the last couple of races and today in practice, but I am sure that both Ferrari and BMW will be at the front as well. We completed our normal Friday practice programme looking at tyre evaluation and general set-up work. There is a lot of data to consider overnight, but so far things are looking good for the team.”
Otra cosa no, pero trabajar, trabaja un huevo.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren (2nd, +0.153s):
“As this was the first time I have ever driven at the Indianapolis track I spent some time just getting to know the circuit. The really tricky bit is the mid-section as it’s very tight and twisty. We spent our time fine tuning the set-up and evaluating the two different tyre options provided by Bridgestone this weekend. In the first part of the second session I ran a little wide and did some minor damage to the aerodynamic fences which took a little time for the guys to repair. We have a pretty good idea of where we are going, and it looks like we should be competitive, but as always Friday is only the start of the weekend – there is a long way to go.”

Los dos Ferrari han dicho lo mismo, Massa: “I am reasonably satisfied with today”; Kimi: “I am reasonably happy with how today went”.

Heidfeld tiene problemas de balance con el monoplaza: “We haven’t managed yet to get the tyres to work properly. The car is just sliding too much, but we are working on that”. Suena a lo que le pasó a Fernando en Bahrein.

Coulthard está contento pero sufre un poquito de subviraje y los que me interesan son dos jovencitos:
Nico Rosberg, Williams (7th, +0.901s):
“Practice was pretty good. I was encouraged by the car as soon as I went out on the track and just really enjoyed myself“.

Heikki Kovalainen, Renault (8th, +0.954s):
“After the problems last week in Canada, this was just the kind of day I wanted: no technical problems, and lots of laps on the board. We got a lot done, and improved the car with every run. There is still a little way to go in order to dial out some of the understeer we are suffering from, but we will work hard overnight to find some more performance. It was important to have a trouble-free day because this is another new track for me. I found a good rhythm pretty quickly and I have to say that I think it’s a fun circuit to drive. I have heard some people complaining that it is not challenging enough, but I don’t agree. There are some nice sequences of corners, and you can really attack the curves and the exit kerbs too. We know from the past that the lap-times here are always extremely close in qualifying, because it is such a short lap. That means it will be vital to get 100 percent out of the car tomorrow afternoon – and I am confident we can do it.”
Un buen día puede hacerte ver lo que es un circuito peñazo como un circuito divertido. Vivir para ver…