Sebastian Vettel fastest in final practice session
Mechanics had to work on a engine-related problem
on Sebastian Vettels car
Despite spending the best part of the 60 minute practice session in the garage, Sebastian Vettel at the end of the session set the fastest time of 1:21.707, 0.084 seconds in front of teammate Mark Webber. Best of the non-Red-Bulls was Michael Schumacher, but already 1.350 seconds adrift of Vettel.
The final practice session had its spectacular moment when suddenly Nick Heidfeld's Lotus Renault was on fire. The German escaped unharmed, whether the mechanics will be able to fix his car for qualifying remains uncertain.
Nick Heidfeld had to hurry out of his Lotus Renault
Virgin and Hispania might find it difficult to stay within the 107 percent limit in qualifying, which in practice 3 would have been a time of 1:27.426.
The first row on the grid seems to be set for Red Bull with Mercedes, McLaren and Ferrari fighting each other for second row.
Friday Practice 2 - final results
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Pos. Driver Nat. Team Time Gap Laps 1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull 1:21.707 6 2 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull 1:21.791 +0.084 17 3 Michael Schumacher German Mercedes 1:23.057 +1.350 16 4 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren 1:23.068 +1.361 13 5 Jenson Button British McLaren 1:23.214 +1.507 14 6 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 1:23.397 +1.690 18 7 Kamui Kobayashi Japanese Sauber 1:23.669 +1.962 17 8 Vitaly Petrov Russian Lotus Renault 1:24.043 +2.336 18 9 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 1:24.270 +2.563 11 10 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Williams 1:24.318 +2.611 18 11 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 1:24.322 +2.615 17 12 Sergio Perez Mexican Sauber 1:24.329 +2.622 19 13 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams 1:24.399 +2.692 17 14 Sebastien Buemi Swiss Toro Rosso 1:24.535 +2.828 16 15 Adrian Sutil German Force India 1:24.695 +2.988 18 16 Jaime Alguersuari Spanish Toro Rosso 1:24.722 +3.015 14 17 Paul di Resta Scottish Force India 1:25.223 +3.516 19 18 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish Team Lotus 1:26.236 +4.529 11 19 Jarno Trulli Italian Team Lotus 1:27.000 +5.293 20 |
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20 Timo Glock German Virgin 1:27.706 +5.999 20 21 Vitantonio Liuzzi Italian Hispania 1:28.330 +6.623 1 22 Jerome D'Ambrosio Belgian Virgin 1:29.057 +7.350 18 23 Nick Heidfeld German Lotus Renault 1:29.200 +7.493 6 24 Narain Karthikeyan Indian Hispania 1:29.562 +7.855 16 |
