Torrential rain washed out the entire second free practice session at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan this afternoon and as such the two Ferrari drivers limited their activity to a single installation lap, running the Extreme tyres, without setting a lap time.
However, both men had an encouraging first session where they set the first, Sebastian Vettel, and fourth, Kimi Raikkonen, best times respectively in the opening ninety minute free practice session.
There were a few spots of rain in the morning, but nothing serious enough to curtail any running…
“I think we had a decent morning,” Seb said. “We tried a lot of things and it was good to feel the power of the car. This afternoon was expected to be wet. We would have loved to run a little bit more, but you can't do the right amount of driving, because you don't want to “burn” your tire supply in these conditions. The results of the last two races were not good, but the car is strong.”
“We have every reason to be confident and I am sure that on Sunday we'll be able to show what we can do. If tomorrow's qualifying is wet, then we should improve. The last qualifying in wet conditions happened in Monza and it was not a good result. In Malaysia it was a little bit better, but we hope we learned our lesson. It's up to us to get it right. Whatever the weather will be, I hope we can show our potential”.
