2012 KOREAN GP: FRIDAY RESULTS

Sebastian Vettel main title contender?!?

Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull set the fastest time on practice sessions for the Korean Grand Prix. Good form of Red Bull team verified by Mark Webber who was only 0.032s behind. Third time for Fernando Alonso with Ferrari, but with relatively large gap.

Long stints were also interesting. Set times show very little difference between the leading teams, and the traffic on the track remains as a factor of disturbance. According to what is shown on today's practices, Red Bull is the main competitor for Pole position. It is a team that should win the qualifying, but in the race is everything possible. 
FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Pos     Driver             Team           Time       Gap    Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton       McLaren        1:39.148            23
 2.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari        1:39.450  + 0.302   21
 3.  Mark Webber          Red Bull       1:39.575  + 0.427   21
 4.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari        1:39.854  + 0.706   23
 5.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull       1:40.088  + 0.940   21
 6.  Michael Schumacher   Mercedes AMG   1:40.221  + 1.073   21
 7.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes AMG   1:40.396  + 1.248   24
 8.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus          1:40.422  + 1.274   22
 9.  Paul di Resta        Force India    1:40.440  + 1.292   19
10.  Jenson Button        McLaren        1:40.480  + 1.332   21
11.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus          1:40.929  + 1.781   14
12.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams       1:41.048  + 1.900   25
13.  Jules Bianchi        Force India    1:41.140  + 1.992   21
14.  Kamui Kobayashi      Sauber         1:41.220  + 2.072   19
15.  Sergio Perez         Sauber         1:41.514  + 2.366   20
16.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso     1:41.596  + 2.448   23
17.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso     1:42.021  + 2.873   25
18.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams       1:42.027  + 2.879   23
19.  Heikki Kovalainen    Caterham       1:42.104  + 2.956   24
20.  Timo Glock           Marussia       1:42.175  + 3.027   13
21.  Charles Pic          Marussia       1:42.706  + 3.558   22
22.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham       1:42.820  + 3.672   19
23.  Pedro de la Rosa     HRT            1:44.517  + 5.369   23
24.  Dani Clos            HRT            1:45.735  + 6.587   22

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Pos     Driver              Team          Time       Gap    Laps
 1.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull       1:38.832            33
 2.  Mark Webber          Red Bull       1:38.864  + 0.032   33
 3.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari        1:39.160  + 0.328   28
 4.  Jenson Button        McLaren        1:39.219  + 0.387   29
 5.  Michael Schumacher   Mercedes AMG   1:39.330  + 0.498   31
 6.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari        1:39.422  + 0.590   30
 7.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes AMG   1:39.584  + 0.752   36
 8.  Lewis Hamilton       McLaren        1:39.717  + 0.885   25
 9.  Nico Hulkenberg      Force India    1:39.739  + 0.907   33
10.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus          1:39.839  + 1.007   26
11.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus          1:39.957  + 1.125   28
12.  Bruno Senna          Williams       1:40.089  + 1.257   32
13.  Paul di Resta        Force India    1:40.112  + 1.280   34
14.  Kamui Kobayashi      Sauber         1:40.445  + 1.613   28
15.  Sergio Perez         Sauber         1:40.745  + 1.913   11
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso     1:40.789  + 1.957   31
17.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso     1:40.997  + 2.165   32
18.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams       1:41.200  + 2.368   33
19.  Heikki Kovalainen    Caterham       1:41.602  + 2.770   23
20.  Timo Glock           Marussia       1:42.596  + 3.764   28
21.  Charles Pic          Marussia       1:43.066  + 4.234   21
22.  Vitaly Petrov        Caterham       1:43.067  + 4.235   22
23.  Narain Karthikeyan   HRT            1:43.869  + 5.037   36
24.  Pedro de la Rosa     HRT            1:44.533  + 5.701   24