No, Schumi did a 4 stopper in France last year. It was a on-the-fly strategy change that was absolutely brilliant
(even if I'm not a Ferrari fan
). The only way it could work is if you have a driver who can put in consistent, blinding fast laps like Schumacher, Raikkonen and Alonso.
Why would he run heavy all through practice though. AtlasF1 said that he was complaining about lack of pace so I think it is something else. Maybe a missed setup.
Kimi was P3 in Practice today, first amongst the regular drivers.
In the US we get SpeedTV coverage of Practice 2, Qualifying and the Race so all of 'em get PVR'd.