Spaniard Fernando Alonso topped the times for Ferrari in the second free practice for Sunday’s European Grand Prix.
The 28-year-old double world champion set the pace in his updated Ferrari at the Valencia street circuit with a best lap time of 1min 39.283secs.
Red Bull duo, German Sebastian Vettel and Australian Mark Webber, were not far off Alonso’s time and finished the session second and third quickest, although they were among the drivers who appeared to struggle most with tyre degradation.
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German Nico Rosberg of Mercedes, quickest in the morning session, was fourth fastest ahead of 2008 champion, Britain’s Lewis Hamilton of McLaren. AFP
Renault’s Robert Kubica is another expected to fare well, and the Pole was sixth quickest for the day ahead of Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. The Brazilian, though, lost track time as he spun after just 30 minutes, leaving his car in the middle of the track and facing the wrong direction. In failing to keep his engine running, and with the anti-stall not kicking in either, Massa had no choice but to clamber out of his stricken car that had to be hauled away by a crane, although he did return 30 minutes later.
Force India’s Adrian Sutil, Jenson Button in his McLaren and the Williams of Rubens Barrichello, winner here a year ago when then with Brawn GP, completed the top 10, all within a second of Alonso.
Seven-times champion Michael Schumacher, taking to the track for the first time after being previously being in retirement when the last two races have been run, was 1.004secs down in 11th. The Press Association
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:39.3 2 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 01:39.3 3 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 01:39.4 4 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 01:39.6 5 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:39.7 6 11 Robert Kubica Renault 01:39.9 7 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:39.9 8 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:40.0 9 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:40.0 10 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:40.2 11 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 01:40.3 12 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 01:40.4 13 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:40.6 14 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:40.9 15 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:40.9 16 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 01:41.1 17 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 01:41.4 18 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 01:41.5 19 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 01:42.5 20 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 01:43.0 21 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:43.8 22 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 01:43.9 23 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 01:44.1 24 20 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 01:44.6
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