McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton was fastest in Friday’s practice for the German Grand Prix, while Red Bull’s and Brawn GP’s drivers were again among the leaders.
Defending Formula One champion Hamilton set a fastest lap of 1 minute, 32.149 seconds around the Nuerburgring circuit to lead Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and overall leader Jenson Button of Brawn. USA Today
The last time he topped a practice session was in Bahrain on April 24 and McLaren have not finished in the points in their last four races.
Hamilton had suggested on Thursday that little would change in the wake of a wretched sequence of results which has seen him fail to make the second round of qualifying at the last three grands prix. With just nine points from eight races to date, Hamilton currently trails title leader Jenson Button by a yawning 55, with McLaren’s focus already starting to switch towards next season.
Despite a late spin, Hamilton brushed that aside and promptly put up a time of one minute 32.149 seconds no-one was able to better in the closing stages, pushing Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel down into second. The Press Association
POS DRIVER ENTRANT TIME 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:32.1 2 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 01:32.3 3 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 01:32.4 4 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 01:32.5 5 Jarno Trulli Toyota 01:32.5 6 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:32.6 7 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 01:32.7 8 Fernando Alonso Renault 01:32.8 9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 01:32.9 10 Nelson Piquet Renault 01:33.0 11 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 01:33.0 12 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:33.1 13 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 01:33.1 14 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 01:33.2 15 Timo Glock Toyota 01:33.2 16 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:33.2 17 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 01:33.7 18 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:33.9 19 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:34.0 20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 01:38.9
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