Hamilton completed a clean sweep of both sessions at the Yeongam circuit, going fastest in the morning as well as he worked towards a race set-up. But it was his time in the afternoon, 1:38.673, using supersoft tyre, which proved to be quicker than anybody else could manage all day. Hamilton set his fastest time halfway through the afternoon session, with Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel going second-quickest, also on the supersoft compound. Both sessions were held in warm and dry weather with ambient temperatures peaking at 24 degrees centigrade. However, more mixed conditions are predicted for the rest of the weekend, which could lead to a wet race on Sunday.
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P. Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG 1:39.630 20 2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bul 1:39.667 + 0.037 20 3. Mark Webber Red Bull 1:39.816 + 0.186 19 4. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:40.117 + 0.487 20 5. Jenson Button McLaren 1:40.215 + 0.585 22 6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:40.374 + 0.744 18 7. Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:40.396 + 0.766 19 8. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:40.677 + 1.047 15 9. Sergio Perez McLaren 1:40.860 + 1.230 20 10. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:40.880 + 1.250 13 11. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1:40.899 + 1.269 20 12. Adrian Sutil Force India 1:41.432 + 1.802 18 13. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:41.482 + 1.852 22 14. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:41.626 + 1.996 21 15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:41.924 + 2.294 19 16. Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:42.002 + 2.372 20 17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:42.043 + 2.413 18 18. James Calado Force India 1:43.008 + 3.378 21 19. Charles Pic Caterham 1:43.660 + 4.030 20 20. Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1:43.883 + 4.253 19 21. Max Chilton Marussia 1:44.100 + 4.470 14 22. Rodolfo Gonzalez Marussia 1:46.810 + 7.180 10
P. Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG 1:38.673 31 2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:38.781 + 0.108 30 3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:38.797 + 0.124 32 4. Mark Webber Red Bull 1:38.844 + 0.171 35 5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:39.114 + 0.441 30 6. Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:39.226 + 0.553 34 7. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:39.444 + 0.771 31 8. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:39.757 + 1.084 33 9. Jenson Button McLaren 1:39.774 + 1.101 29 10. Adrian Sutil Force India 1:40.006 + 1.333 34 11. Paul di Resta Force India 1:40.007 + 1.334 34 12. Sergio Perez McLaren 1:40.152 + 1.479 31 13. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:40.186 + 1.513 33 14. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1:40.210 + 1.537 34 15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:40.446 + 1.773 30 16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:40.552 + 1.879 26 17. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:41.117 + 2.444 35 18. Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:41.289 + 2.616 34 19. Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1:42.461 + 3.788 36 20. Charles Pic Caterham 1:42.798 + 4.125 35 21. Jules Bianchi Marussia 1:43.108 + 4.435 31 22. Max Chilton Marussia 1:43.441 + 4.768 29
