26-Apr-08: Raikkonen Beats Alonso to Pole in Spain
This is F1 Minute for the 26th April 2008.
After dominating Free Practice on Friday, Raikkonen lost out in FP3 to Nick Heidfeld, but remained top in Qualifying. It was a mixed up session with Coulthard and Vettel out early, and Hamilton and Kovalainen struggling. The most important moment came in the dying seconds of the third session, when Fernando Alonso posted the fastest time in front of his home crowd. It was literally only for a few seconds, as Raikkonen snatched pole position from his grasp, but everyone at Renault is happy with their much improved performance.
Elsewhere today, Super Aguri have said that their future will depend on a meeting with investors and Honda at some point next week. Aguri Suzuki has confirmed that talks with potential investors Dubai International Group are ongoing, but their future will rest on the meeting with Honda. Suzuki also said he was bound by a couple of Non Disclosure Agreements, so we probably won’t be finding out much more until after a decision is reached.
That’s all for today, please join me again tomorrow for another F1 Minute.
lou on Sat, 26th Apr 2008 21:06
What a day! how you manageed to fit it all in in on minute brillaint! Lets Hope for a brilliant race!
lou on Sat, 26th Apr 2008 21:20
Oh the edit button does not work
O ok it works now!
shaun on Sun, 27th Apr 2008 16:09
Bit of a parade, that race.I think this season is starting to look like an interim season until next year…
S.
Christine on Sun, 27th Apr 2008 17:28
Could have been a lot worse though, Shaun. I think we at least saw a nice mix of drivers and there were a few incidents to keep the action moving.