Reigning world champion Jenson Button attempted to put his Monaco pain behind him by finishing fastest in practice ahead of Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix.
McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton had led the way in the initial 90-minute session at the Istanbul Park before Button gave himself hope of a third win this season, and second in a row at this track.
Button set a time of one minute 28.280secs for the 5.338km track, a fraction quicker than last season’s pole lap from Sebastian Vettel for Red Bull, and beating Hamilton’s time by 0.4secs.
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Hamilton had to settle for fourth best in the afternoon run, only 0.019secs slower than his time in the morning, as the McLaren duo sandwiched the Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Vettel. The Press Association
Behind them, Hamilton was fourth on 1m 28.672s from Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso on 1m 28.725s, and the Mercedes duo of Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher on 1m 28.914s and 1m 28.974s respectively.
Robert Kubica took eighth for Renault with 1m 29.225s, with team mate Vitaly Petrov again impressing with 1m 29.501s for ninth. An unhappy Felipe Massa completed the top 10 for Ferrari. The Brazilian twice went off road in Turn Eight; on the second occasion he got sideways and seriously flat-spotted his only set of soft tyres, so was unable to improve upon 1m 29.620s.
After his gaffe this morning Adrian Sutil responded with a strong lap of 1m 29.629s in the lead Force India, while Nico Hulkenberg improved to 1m 29.987s once a hydraulic issue had been solved on his Williams. Formula1
POS DRIVER ENTRANT TIME 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:28.3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 01:28.4 3 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 01:28.6 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:28.7 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:28.7 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 01:28.9 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 01:29.0 8 Robert Kubica Renault 01:29.2 9 Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:29.5 10 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:29.6 11 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:29.6 12 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 01:30.0 13 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:30.1 14 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:30.2 15 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:30.4 16 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 01:30.6 17 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:30.8 18 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:30.9 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 01:31.6 20 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 01:33.0 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 01:33.1 22 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:33.3 23 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 01:33.4 24 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 01:33.7
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