Vettel fastest on both practice sessions
FREE PRACTICE 1Sebastian Vettel led the way for Red Bull in the opening practice session for the United States Grand Prix at the brand new Austin circuit on Friday. Lewis Hamilton ended up second for McLaren, over a second down on Vettel, with Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button and Mark Webber rounding out the top five.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:38.125 30
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:39.543 + 1.418 28
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:40.337 + 2.212 29
4. Jenson Button McLaren 1:40.528 + 2.403 29
5. Mark Webber Red Bull 1:40.650 + 2.525 30
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:40.966 + 2.841 26
7. Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:41.023 + 2.898 29
8. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:41.036 + 2.911 28
9. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:41.159 + 3.034 32
10. Sergio Perez Sauber 1:41.473 + 3.348 29
11. Paul di Resta Force India 1:41.783 + 3.658 29
12. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:41.825 + 3.700 28
13. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:41.833 + 3.708 29
14. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:41.880 + 3.755 23
15. Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:41.998 + 3.873 27
16. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:42.539 + 4.414 30
17. Michael Schumacher Mercedes AMG 1:42.588 + 4.463 25
18. Charles Pic Marussia 1:43.288 + 5.163 23
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:43.443 + 5.318 28
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:43.522 + 5.397 23
21. Timo Glock Marussia 1:44.464 + 6.339 24
22. Bruno Senna Williams 1:44.548 + 6.423 29
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:46.917 + 8.792 13
24. Ma Qing Hua HRT 1:48.559 + 10.434 19
FREE PRACTICE 2Sebastian Vettel continued his domination in second practice for the US Grand Prix by topping his Title rival from Ferari by 0.765s. Vettel's time was all the more impressive because he spent a large proportion of the session in the garage as Red Bull addressed some concerns with his water system. When he did get back on track it didn't take him long to get back up to speed on the medium tyres and he soon blitzed the best efforts of his rivals.
Behind Vettel the pack was quite closely matched, with Fernando Alonso 0.010s off Webber and Lewis Hamilton a further 0.263s off. Jenson Button was 0.038s off his team-mate before a 0.3s gap back to Felipe Massa in sixth. Vettel's time in FP1, however, would have been quick enough to top the times in the second session. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix winner Kimi Raikkonen was 11th quickest, 2.4s slower than Vettel!!!
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:37.718 17
2. Mark Webber Red Bull 1:38.475 + 0.757 36
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.483 + 0.765 35
4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:38.748 + 1.030 31
5. Jenson Button McLaren 1:38.786 + 1.068 32
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.029 + 1.311 33
7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:39.448 + 1.730 32
8. Bruno Senna Williams 1:39.531 + 1.813 38
9. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:39.653 + 1.935 36
10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes AMG 1:40.115 + 2.397 30
11. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:40.166 + 2.448 32
12. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:40.230 + 2.512 35
13. Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:40.286 + 2.568 32
14. Sergio Perez Sauber 1:40.326 + 2.608 35
15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:40.435 + 2.717 30
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:40.516 + 2.798 32
17. Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:40.700 + 2.982 34
18. Paul di Resta Force India 1:41.430 + 3.712 35
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:42.476 + 4.758 38
20. Timo Glock Marussia 1:42.652 + 4.934 33
21. Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:42.846 + 5.128 38
22. Charles Pic Marussia 1:43.538 + 5.820 38
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:44.453 + 6.735 16
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:45.114 + 7.396 20
