Spain’s Fernando Alonso was quickest in Friday practice at Hockenheim ahead of this weekend’s German Grand Prix.
The two-time champion recorded the fastest lap of the day of one minute 16.265 seconds in the afternoon session.
Ferrari and Red Bull dominated proceedings, with Alonso’s teammate Felipe Massa third, sandwiched between the Red Bull’s of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.
Speaking after practice Australia’s Webber, who won last year’s German Grand Prix, said he expects a strong challenge from Ferrari.
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“It wasn’t the easiest day for everyone - the track conditions were pretty tricky, so selecting the right tyres at the right time wasn’t straightforward, but we got some good information out of P2 when the track was pretty dry,” he said. CNN
There was another couple of tenths back to fifth place, where Nico Rosberg comfortably edged out Mercedes team-mate Michael Schumacher, although the elder statesman will have no doubt been happier with his performance after languishing down in 23rd spot in the first session, complaining about the Three Pointed Star’s F-duct system.
Man of the session, Alonso aside, was Lewis Hamilton, who looked set to prop up the timesheets as he sat out the entire dry opening half-hour and watched as the first drops of rain returned, his McLaren still in pieces following his morning accident. However, with the precipitation coming to nothing, and his McLaren crew continuing to work hard in an effort to return their man to the track in time for some meaningful dry track running and diffuser evaluation, the 2008 world champion managed to complete ten laps, rapidly elevating himself to seventh overall, a respectable seven-tenths off the pace, but with only a fraction of the laps under his belt.
The top ten was completed by Robert Kubica, Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg, Williams again going well after recent developments, while FP1 pacesetters Adrian Sutil and Jenson Button slipped back to 14th and 15th respectively, behind Sauber twins Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa, who sandwiched Vitaly Petrov in twelfth spot. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:16.3 2 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 01:16.3 3 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:16.4 4 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 01:16.6 5 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 01:16.8 6 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 01:17.0 7 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:17.0 8 11 Robert Kubica Renault 01:17.0 9 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:17.1 10 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 01:17.2 11 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:17.3 12 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:17.5 13 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:17.6 14 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:17.7 15 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:17.7 16 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 01:17.9 17 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 01:18.1 18 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 01:19.3 19 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:19.6 20 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 01:20.0 21 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 01:20.1 22 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 01:20.4 23 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 01:22.0 24 20 Sakon Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 01:23.1
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