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Lewis Hamilton quickest on last day of Monza testing


World Chamionship Leader Lewis Hamilton

World championship leader Lewis Hamilton posted the quickest time on the final day of the three-day test meeting at Monza. Hamilton’s McLaren was nearly half a second quicker than his nearest rival, dirty stop out Kimi Raikkonen in the Ferrari. The only bad news for Hamilton was that both Nick Heidfeld’s BMW and Nico Rosberg’s Williams beat his time of 1:22.967 during yesterday’s session.

The test has been an opportunity for all of the F1 teams to work an their aerodynamic low-downforce packages ahead of the Italian Grand Prix in two weeks time. Full listings of the final day times after the jump…

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Posted: August 29th, 2008 by Ollie Irish

Normal service is resumed: Felipe Massa is quickest at Monza testing


Ferrari’s test warning to McLaren

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Following the morning session of yesterday’s Formula One test at Monza, we informed you that the Williams of Nico Rosberg was the quickest man on the track. By the end of the day, natural order had been resumed and everything was right in the universe. Ferrari’s Felipe Massa continued his wonderful recent run by topping the timesheets for the first day of testing. It was the teams’ first chance to test since the end of the five-week summer ban.

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Posted: August 28th, 2008 by Ollie Irish