Timo Glock was the fastest man after the opening day of practice for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, giving his Toyota squad a massive boost at their home circuit.
The German recorded a best time of 1:18.383 to beat championship leader Lewis Hamilton’s mark from Practice 1 and finish just four hundredths of a second ahead of Renault’s Fernando Alonso.
Hamilton was third, with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa fourth ahead of colleague Kimi Raikkonen, who was fifth overall. Mark Webber was sixth in the first Red Bull, ahead of local driver Kazuki Nakajima in the colours of Williams.
Monza winner Sebastian Vettel was eighth for Toro Rosso (1m 18.761s), followed by McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen (1m 18.803s), Toyota’s Jarno Trulli (1m 18.863s), BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica (1m 18.865s), Renault’s Nelson Piquet (1m 18.888s) and Williams’ Nico Rosberg (1m 18.981s).
It was a similar story behind the top 13. Sebastien Bourdais lapped his Toro Rosso in 1m 19.040s, chased by Honda’s Rubens Barrichello (1m 19.258s), Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1m 19.287s), Red Bull’s David Coulthard (1m 19.327s), Force India’s Giancarlo Fisichella (1m 19.482s), BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld (1m 19.894s) and Honda’s Jenson Button (1m 19.999s).
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