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BMW drivers in Top8 despite difficult conditions
By BMW Sauber F1 Team
August 1 2008
The BMW Sauber F1 Team drivers executed a massive preparation programme for the Hungarian Grand Prix in the second free practice session. Nick Heidfeld finished seventh, with Robert following right behind in eighth .
High temperatures and a dirty track made for difficult conditions in the second session at Budapest's Hungaroring. Many drivers, among them those of the BMW Sauber F1 Team, complained about graining.

However, this didn't prevent the driver pairing from setting competitive lap times. Nick proved to be slightly quicker than his Polish team-mate - and no other driver did as many laps as him. During his five stints - three of them long-runs - Nick completed a total of 46 laps. On his 41st lap, he set his personal best time of 1:21.138 minutes to secure seventh position.

Robert completed ten laps less than Nick. He set his personal best time in the first half of the session. Nonetheless, his 1:21.363-minute lap was good enough to finish eight.

After this promising start into the 11th race weekend of the year, we will find out more about the BMW Sauber F1.08's competitiveness in Hungary in Saturday's qualifying session (14:00hrs CEST, 13:00hrs BST).

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