Red Bull have established themselves as the team to beat at the Brazilian Grand Prix by dominating practice on Friday.
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were first and second fastest in both sessions, well clear of their rivals.
Ferrari’s championship leader Fernando Alonso was third fastest in the afternoon, a position McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton occupied in the morning.
McLaren’s Jenson Button, the fifth title contender, was seventh in the afternoon’s practice.
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Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel Fastest in Second Practice at Interlagos
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The Englishman had been fourth fastest in the morning session. BBC Sport
Nick Heidfeld was the surprise of the session, taking eighth place for BMW Sauber with 1m 13.222s, just ahead of Nico Rosberg on 1m 13.333s and Michael Schumacher on 1m 13.346s in the two Mercedes. They were followed by Rubens Barrichello on 1m 13.520s for Williams, Kamui Kobayashi who had his usual adventurous time for 1m 13.610s for BMW Sauber, Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg on 1m 13.725s, Force India’s Adrian Sutil on 1m 13.741s and Renault’s Vitaly Petrov on 1m 13.818s.
Tonio Liuzzi lapped his Force India in 1m 14.045s for 16th, and Sebastien Buemi beat Toro Rosso team mate Jaime Alguersuari this time, 1m 14.304s to 1m 14.578s. Jarno Trulli impressed as he pushed his Lotus to 19th on 1m 14.984s, with team mate Heikki Kovalainen shadowing him on 1m 15.101s. Lucas di Grassi was Virgin’s leading runner on home ground, with 1m 15.433s. The HRT duo were very evenly matched with Bruno Senna on 1m 16.070s and Christian Klien on 1m 16.082s, and Timo Glock brought up the rear in the second Virgin with 1m 16.150s after a troubled afternoon. Formula 1
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 01:12.0 2 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 01:12.1 3 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:12.3 4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:12.7 5 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:12.7 6 11 Robert Kubica Renault 01:12.9 7 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:13.2 8 22 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:13.2 9 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 01:13.3 10 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 01:13.3 11 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:13.5 12 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:13.6 13 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 01:13.7 14 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:13.7 15 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:13.8 16 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 01:14.0 17 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 01:14.3 18 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 01:14.6 19 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 01:15.0 20 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 01:15.1 21 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 01:15.4 22 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 01:16.1 23 20 Christian Klien HRT-Cosworth 01:16.1 24 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:16.2
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