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Turkey GP: Kovalainen tops practice 2

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Heikki Kovalainen
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Heikki Kovalainen has set the fastest lap time in the second official practice session of the weekend in Turkey, with a time of 1:28.841. Fernando Alonso, Robert Kubica and Kazuki Nakajima followed.

Fifth place went to Sebastian Vettel, who missed much of the session after an early mechanical problem left him stranded on the circuit. The car was retrieved by marshals and sent out again.

Behind the Red Bull driver was the Toyota of Jarno Trulli and the Williams-Toyota of Nico Rosberg. Rubens Barrichello was eighth quickest in his Brawn-Mercedes ahead of Mark Webber, Nelson Piquet, Felipe Massa and Jenson Button.

Lewis Hamilton was next up ahead of Timo Glock, Kimi Raikkonen, Nick Heidfeld and then the two Force Indias and the two Toro Rossos.

Several drivers had spins, while Fisichella and Nakajima had a minor collision and both spun.

Results

POS

 DRIVER NATIONALITY TEAM TIME
1. Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.841
2. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault 1:28.847
3. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 1:29.056
4. Kazuki Nakajima Japan Williams-Toyota 1:29.091
5. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1:29.202
6. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota 1:29.207
7. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 1:29.257
8. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes 1:29.305
9. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1:29.383
10. Nelson Piquet Brazil Renault 1:29.401
11. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 1:29.416
12. Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes 1:29.430
13. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:29.435
14. Timo Glock Germany Toyota 1:29.518
15. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari 1:29.520
16. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 1:29.550
17. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 1:30.081
18. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Force India-Mercedes 1:30.091
19. Sebastien Bourdais France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:30.295
20. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:30.629