F1 » United States Grand Prix, Austin - Friday free practice (1)

16 November 2012
Sebastian Vettel sets the pace in the first-ever F1 session at the new Circuit of the Americas.
1. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 38.125s
2. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 39.543s
3. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 40.337s
4. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 40.528s
5. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 40.650s
6. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 40.966s
7. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 1m 41.023s
8. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari 1m 41.036s
9. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 41.159s
10. Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 1m 41.473s
11. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes 1m 41.783s
12. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 41.825s
13. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 41.833s
14. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Lotus-Renault 1m 41.880s
15. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault 1m 41.998s
16. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Renault 1m 42.539s
17. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 42.588s
18. Charles Pic France Marussia -Cosworth 1m 43.288s
19. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Caterham-Renault 1m 43.443s
20. Vitaly Petrov Russia Caterham-Renault 1m 43.522s
21. Timo Glock Germany Marussia-Cosworth 1m 44.464s
22. Bruno Senna Brazil Williams-Renault 1m 44.548s
23. Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 1m 46.917s
24. Ma Qing Hua China HRT-Cosworth 1m 48.559s


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GameOver - Unregistered

November 16, 2012 5:02 PM

Vettel is over 2 seconds a lap quicker than Alonso.

It is over.

Yeah yeah, first practice. But this highlights the difference in car eprformance betweeen RBR and Ferrari.

As an aside, the order of top 6 also highlights the difference in team-mates. See:

www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/882/7181/


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