McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen was fastest in practice Friday for the Turkish Grand Prix, while Brawn GP’s uncharacteristic lack of pace could give its rivals a strong chance of putting the brakes on the leader’s dominant start.
The Finnish driver set a fastest lap of one minute 28.841 seconds across both practice sessions to edge Renault’s Fernando Alonso by 0.006 seconds.
Williams driver Nico Rosberg was the only other driver to finish under the 1:29 mark, while BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica and Kazuki Nakajima of Williams rounded out the top five.
Formula One leader Jenson Button of Brawn GP had a best lap of 1:29.430 – more than half a second off Kovalainen’s pace…Â Details
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