World champion Sebastian Vettel lapped fastest in final British GP practice while Red Bull team bosses spent most of the session arguing with officials over yet another rule revision.
After rain washed out much of Friday’s running, the German made the most of drier conditions to set a best time of one minute 31.401 seconds.
Ferrari’s double world champion Fernando Alonso was second on the timesheets, 0.063 slower, with Red Bull’s Australian Mark Webber — last year’s race winner — in third place.
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton was 13th and team mate Jenson Button, who has never stood on his home podium as an F1 driver, sixth.
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At the slow end, Australian debutant Daniel Ricciardo lapped faster than Italian team mate Vitantonio Liuzzi in the Hispania.
Vettel will be chasing his third successive British Grand Prix pole in qualifying later on Saturday and his eighth in nine races this year. Khaleej Times
Williams’ Pastor Maldonado hooked up a decent lap for fifth fastest ahead of the highest-placed British driver Jenson Button in sixth. Sauber drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez provided another couple of surprises on the timesheets in seventh and nint, split by Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes. Paul di Resta rounded out the top ten for Force India.
But much of the focus during the hour was on off-track activities as Red Bull boss Christian Horner went up to race control to argue his side on the latest exhaust regulation changes. Since yesterday the Renault engines in the back of the Red Bulls have been restricted to just a 10% throttle opening when the driver is off the gas, rather than the 50% it was running with FIA consent on Friday. ESPN.co.uk
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 1 Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault 01:31.4 2 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:31.5 3 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 01:31.8 4 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:32.2 5 12 Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth 01:32.5 6 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:33.0 7 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 01:33.0 8 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:33.0 9 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 01:33.3 10 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 01:33.4 11 7 Michael SchumacherMercedes 01:33.6 12 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:33.7 13 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:33.8 14 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:33.9 15 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:34.0 16 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 01:34.3 17 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 01:34.8 18 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 01:34.8 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 01:35.2 20 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 01:36.9 21 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:37.6 22 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 01:38.1 23 22 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 01:38.3 24 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 01:38.6
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