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Kimi happy with work at Hockenheim
9th of July 2008

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Tuesday marked the second day of testing for the F1 teams at the Hockenheim circuit, in preparation for the German Grand Prix, that will take place at this track a week Sunday.

Kimi Raikkonen was again on track for Italian team and the reigning world champion continued with work on finding the best set-up for the F2008, as well as development of various aerodynamic and mechanical solutions. Raikkonen completed 90 laps, the quickest in a time of 1.15.296s, third fastest on the day.

"I am reasonably satisfied with the way things went during these two days of testing," commented Raikkonen at the end of the day. "We mainly tried to find settings for the car which will allow us to be in good shape for the Grand Prix. I think we will also be competitive on this track, as indeed we have been for the year so far."

"The speed isn’t lacking, but sometimes, we haven’t managed to put together all the elements and have not succeeded in exploiting all the potential at our disposal."

Tomorrow, it will be Felipe Massa on track at Hockenheim, while Kimi Raikkonen will be in Brussels, taking part in the European Youth Conference on Road Safety, which takes place at the headquarters of the European Commission at the Berlaymont Building.

Hockenheim testing times day 2:

Pos  Driver Team  Laps  Time  Gap 
1.  L. Hamilton McLaren 101  1:14.872  
2.  N. Rosberg Williams 117  1:15.257 0.385 
3.  K. Räikkönen Ferrari 90  1:15.296 0.424 
4.  D. Coulthard Red Bull 42  1:15.767 0.895 
5.  A. Sutil Force India 97  1:15.945 1.073 
6.  S. Vettel Toro Rosso 62  1:15.955 1.083 
7.  T. Glock Toyota 114  1:15.995 1.123 
8.  F. Alonso Renault 106  1:16.141 1.269 
9.  R. Barrichello Honda 90  1:16.144 1.272 
10.  M. Webber Red Bull 70  1:16.217 1.345 
11.  N. Heidfeld BMW 115  1:16.235 1.363 
12.  S. Bourdais Toro Rosso 36  1:16.550 1.678 

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