Sebastian Vettel:"The soft tyre is not lasting so long here, but it’s Friday and the track is still rubbering in; it’s normally improving for Saturday, plus we haven’t used this compound for a long time, so tomorrow it should be better."
Mark Webber: "The track was pretty good at the start of today’s sessions, better than last year I would say. However, the conditions in P2 are normally different to what we have in the race, so it’s hard to say how we will go tomorrow and Sunday, but hopefully we have the pace and can control the race. The car is very consistent, but we need to work on the tyres and make sure we get the most out of them."
Romain Grosjean ended the first day of practice for the Indian Grand Prix with the third fastest lap of the day:"That was a good start to the weekend. The car feels good and we made progress through the day to make it better. It’s still a struggle to find grip here which can make things interesting as you find the limits, but the pace of our car relative to our rivals looks quite good. I’m hopeful of another solid day tomorrow which should give us another strong qualifying position if the evidence of today is anything to go by. We’ll do everything we can to take the fight to Red Bull."
Strong dominant friday for Red Bull cars demotivating it`s rivals. Nico Rosberg thinks they are unstopable: "We are fighting for third place on the podium because the Red Bulls, are just too quick, it's doable. It's a lot of work ahead of us tonight, but I'm quite confident. Pole is out of the question because the Red Bulls are too fast, especially Vettel. It's a bit of a pity but that's the way it is, so third place is the target."
FIRST FREE PRACTICE
P. Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:26.683 24 2. Mark Webber Red Bull 1:26.871 + 0.188 17 3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:26.899 + 0.216 23 4. Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:26.990 + 0.307 20 5. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG 1:27.227 + 0.544 21 6. Jenson Button McLaren 1:27.335 + 0.652 23 7. Sergio Perez McLaren 1:27.416 + 0.733 23 8. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.692 + 1.009 21 9. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1:27.770 + 1.087 19 10. Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:27.800 + 1.117 23 11. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:28.035 + 1.352 25 12. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:28.214 + 1.531 6 13. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:28.336 + 1.653 18 14. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:28.342 + 1.659 21 15. Adrian Sutil Force India 1:28.468 + 1.785 20 16. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:28.538 + 1.855 18 17. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:28.730 + 2.047 18 18. James Calado Force India 1:29.197 + 2.514 22 19. Giedgo van der Garde Caterham 1:29.413 + 2.730 24 20. Jules Bianchi Marussia 1:29.560 + 2.877 20 21. Charles Pic Caterham 1:30.026 + 3.343 23 22. Max Chilton Marussia 1:30.471 + 3.788 17SECOND FREE PRACTICE
P. Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:25.722 35 2. Mark Webber Red Bul 1:26.011 + 0.289 38 3. Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:26.220 + 0.498 36 4. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG 1:26.399 + 0.677 36 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.430 + 0.708 39 6. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:26.582 + 0.860 40 7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.601 + 0.879 41 8. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:26.632 + 0.910 32 9. Sergio Perez McLaren 1:26.857 + 1.135 40 10. Jenson Button McLaren 1:26.972 + 1.250 39 11. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:27.304 + 1.582 17 12. Adrian Sutil Force India 1:27.375 + 1.653 36 13. Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:27.429 + 1.707 31 14. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1:27.491 + 1.769 40 15. Paul di Resta Force India 1:27.608 + 1.886 38 16. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:27.720 + 1.998 23 17. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:27.949 + 2.227 34 18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:28.431 + 2.709 30 19. Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1:28.692 + 2.970 39 20. Jules Bianchi Marussia 1:28.799 + 3.077 32 21. Charles Pic Caterham 1:29.366 + 3.644 37 22. Max Chilton Marussia 1:30.164 + 4.442 27
