Kimi quick as DC spins twice
McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen and David Coulthard experienced contrasting fortunes on the opening day of practice for the German Grand Prix weekend at Hockenheim
Raikkonen ended the day second quickest, just a fraction of a second slower than pacesetter Michael Schumacher of Ferrari. Coulthard, however, suffered a couple of spins at Turn 2 within minutes of each other.
"During the second practice session I had two high speed spins under braking at Turn 2 which upset our programme a little bit," said Coulthard. "Whilst the balance of the car is not where I want it to be, my primary goal today was to make the right tyre choice. Tomorrow I will concentrate on the car which I'm sure we will improve throughout the day."
Raikkonen said: "We completed our planned programme and are pretty happy with how things went. The car is OK and I think we are confident with our tyre choice. We now have to wait until tomorrow's qualifying and Sunday's race, but so far, so good and based on today I think we should be in with a good chance for a very competitive result."
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