2008 European GP (Valencia), 1st free practice: Vettel fastest 

Written by David on August 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 amLast Update: August 22nd, 2008 at 11:52 am

Sebastian VettelThe 1st free practice session for the inaugural European Grand Prix at the new Valencia street circuit in Spain has ended with Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel on top of the timesheets. The young German set a best time of 1:40.496 preceding by a tenth of a second Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:40.654). The Brazilian was followed by McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1:40.822), Sebastien Bourdais (1:41.099) and Heikki Kovalainen (1:41.163) rounding up the top five.

BMW’s Robert Kubica finished sixth (1:41.281) quickly followed by Kimi Raikkonen (1:41.317), Kazuki Nakajima (1:41.329) and Fernando Alonso (1:41.385).

The drivers will be back on track in about two hours for the 2nd free practice.

2008 European GP (Valencia), 1st Free Practice Session Results:

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:40.496 29
2 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:40.654 0.158 27
3 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.822 0.326 21
4 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:41.099 0.603 31
5 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.163 0.667 23
6 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:41.281 0.785 24
7 1 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:41.317 0.821 27
8 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:41.329 0.833 26
9 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:41.385 0.889 31
10 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:41.706 1.210 22
11 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:41.830 1.334 27
12 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:41.930 1.434 27
13 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:41.951 1.455 23
14 12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:42.036 1.540 27
15 6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:42.107 1.611 32
16 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:42.453 1.957 23
17 16 Jenson Button Honda 1:42.460 1.964 29
18 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:43.075 2.579 25
19 9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:43.312 2.816 23
20 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:43.524 3.028 24

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