Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets in a crash-filled second practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix.
The Ferrari driver set a time of 1 minute 15.107 seconds to finish well clear of reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel.
But the session was interrupted by three crashes as Adrian Sutil, Kamui Kobayashi and Jerome D’Ambrosio hit the wall, with the latter two crashes bringing out the red flags.
Vettel had earlier halted first practice when he crashed into the ‘Wall of Champions’ but recovered well to be best of the rest behind Alonso, whose team-mate Felipe Massa was third.
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Formula 1: Canadian Grand Prix - First Practice Results
Formula 1: Canadian Grand Prix - Second Practice Results
Lewis Hamilton was fourth ahead of McLaren team-mate Jenson Button. SkySports
Scottish rookie Paul di Resta’s Force India which beat Mark Webber’s Red Bull to sixth with a lap of 1m 16.089s to 1m 16.102s.
Behind Webber, Vitaly Petrov showed that he had no lingering problems from Monaco by taking eighth best time for Renault with 1m 16.324s, to pip team mate Nick Heidfeld’s 1m 16.422s, then came Rubens Barrichello with 1m 16.687s for Williams, Sutil on 1m 16.905s and Pastor Maldonado in the second Williams on 1m 16.941s.
Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari were their usual well-matched selves for Toro Rosso, with 1m 17.051s and 1m 17.684s, ahead of Kobayashi on 1m 17.757s.
The Lotus duo of Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovaianen headed the next batch in the 1m 18s, with 1m 18.470s and 1m 18.482s apiece, then came De la Rosa, who did well to acclimatise to his new Sauber C30 for 1m 18.536s. Mercedes focused on race preparation, which explained 19th and 20th fastest times for the morning pacesetters. Nico Rosberg lapped in 1m 18.601s, Michael Schumacher in 1m 19.209s.
A late improvement jumped Timo Glock’s Virgin ahead of the HRTs, with a time of 1m 19.810. Tonio Liuzzi was not as quick as he was this morning, taking his HRT round in 1m 20.284s to team mate Narain Karthikeyan’s 1m 20.311s. D’Ambrosio brought up the rear with 1m 20.922s. Formula 1
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