Red Bull’s Mark Webber clocked the quickest lap time of the first practice session for the German Grand Prix at a cold Nurburgring on Friday morning.
Searching for his first GP win after 129 race starts, Webber was ahead of Brawn’s championship leader Jenson Button with one minute 33.082 seconds.
Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was third fastest as some drivers experienced trouble testing newly-updated cars.
World champion Lewis Hamilton was 13th in his vastly modified McLaren.
German Grand Prix: First Practice Results
Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and Force India’s Giancarlo Fisichella came in fourth and fifth respectively but rarely, if ever, is practice a true indicator of potential race or qualifying form. BBC Sports
Kimi Raikkonen, who denied reports on Thursday that he is leaving Ferrari, was sixth, with Williams’ Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima sandwiching Vettel, the trio all within a second of Webber.
Button’s team-mate Rubens Barrichello put in a late quick lap to lift himself off the bottom of the pile up to 12th, with Renault’s Fernando Alonso and Nick Heidfeld in his BMW Sauber just ahead of the Brazilian. McLaren Mercedes Heikki Kovalainen 18th. SkySports
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