Felipe Massa of the Scuderia Ferrari and Heikki Kovalainen of the McLaren-Mercedes team set today the fastest time in the first two free practice sessions of the Grand Prix of Great Britain in Silverstone. Brazil's Felipe Massa emerged fastest in the morning, but was the victim of a high-speed crash that damaged his F2008. Kovalainen proved the strong form of the McLarens are by setting the second fastest time ahead of his teammate, Lewis Hamilton .During the afternoon session, Kovalainen set the fastest lap around the daunting Silverstone circuit on new tires. He then continued testing his McLaren in race condition on used tires. Mark Webber, Hamilton and David Coulthard followed him in order.Jarno Trulli (Toyota) and Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) crashed hard during the afternoon. Massa had to wait for a while until his Ferrari was repaired. He returned in action but spun twice, luckily avoiding the wall this time. Free practice session 1 1 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F2008) - 1'19"575 2 - Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren MP4/23-Mercedes) - 1'19"587 3 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/23-Mercedes) - 1'19"623 4 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F2008) - 1'19"948 5 - Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber F1.08) - 1'20"367 6 - Fernando Alonso (Renault R28) - 1'20"4367 - Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso STR3-Ferrari) - 1'20"588 8 - Nelson Piquet (Renault R28) - 1'20"653 9 - David Coulthard (Red Bull RB3-Renault) - 1'20"698 10 - Nico Rosberg (Williams FW30-Toyota) - 1'20"744 11 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB3-Renault) - 1'20"892 12 - Timo Glock (Toyota TF108) - 1'21"102 13 - Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber F1.08) - 1'21"107 14 - Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso STR3-Ferrari) - 1'21"166 15 - Jarno Trulli (Toyota TF108) - 1'21"265 16 - Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW30-Toyota) - 1'21"282 17 - Jenson Button (Honda RA108) - 1'21"901 18 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM01-Ferrari) - 1'22"169 19 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India VJM01-Ferrari) - 1'22"219 20 - Rubens Barrichello (Honda RA108) - 1'24"123 Free practice session 2 1 - Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren MP4/23-Mercedes) - 1'19"989 2 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB3-Renault) - 1'20"520 3 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/23-Mercedes) - 1'20"543 4 - David Coulthard (Red Bull RB3-Renault) - 1'20"589 5 - Nico Rosberg (Williams FW30-Toyota) - 1'20"748 6 - Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso STR3-Ferrari) - 1'20"805 7 - Jenson Button (Honda RA108) - 1'20"929 8 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F2008) - 1'20"943 9 - Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW30-Toyota) - 1'20"985 10 - Rubens Barrichello (Honda RA108) - 1'21"002 11 - Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber F1.08) - 1'21"023 12 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F2008) - 1'21"275 13 - Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber F1.08) - 1'21"453 14 - Timo Glock (Toyota TF108) - 1'21"472 15 - Fernando Alonso (Renault R28) - 1'21"511 16 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India VJM01-Ferrari) - 1'21"520 17 - Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso STR3-Ferrari) - 1'21"634 18 - Nelson Piquet (Renault R28) - 1'21"642 19 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM01-Ferrari) - 1'21"756 20 - Jarno Trulli (Toyota TF108) - 1'22"196
F1 British GP: Massa and Kovalainen on top