Alonso quickest in first Nurburgring practice
Webber second fastest, Vettel third.
Fernando Alonso clocked the fastest lap in the first free practice ahead of Sunday’s 2011 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring circuit.
The Spaniard clocked a best time of 1:31.894 (30 laps), beating by 0.323 seconds Red Bull’s Mark Webber (1:32.217, 24 laps) and by 0.374 championship leader Sebastian Vettel (1:32.268, 27 laps).
Fourth fastest time in the session for Felipe Massa in the other Ferrari (1:32.681), fifth and sixth respectively for Lewis Hamilton (1:32.996) and Jenson Button in the McLaren (1:33.628), seventh for Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg (1:33.787), eighth for Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1:33.832), ninth for Nico Hulkenberg in the other Force India (1:33.858) and tenth for local hero Michael Schumacher (1:33.863).
2011 German Grand Prix, First free Practice results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:31.894 | 30 | |
2 | 2 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:32.217 | 0.323 | 24 |
3 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:32.268 | 0.374 | 27 |
4 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.681 | 0.787 | 23 |
5 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.996 | 1.102 | 18 |
6 | 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.628 | 1.734 | 22 |
7 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.787 | 1.893 | 33 |
8 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.832 | 1.938 | 27 |
9 | 15 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.858 | 1.964 | 26 |
10 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33.863 | 1.969 | 31 |
11 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:34.094 | 2.200 | 22 |
12 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:35.115 | 3.221 | 23 |
13 | 18 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:35.371 | 3.477 | 20 |
14 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:35.389 | 3.495 | 24 |
15 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:35.444 | 3.550 | 22 |
16 | 17 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:36.371 | 4.477 | 22 |
17 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:36.392 | 4.498 | 29 |
18 | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1:36.842 | 4.948 | 29 |
19 | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:36.882 | 4.988 | 27 |
20 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:38.504 | 6.610 | 22 |
21 | 21 | Karun Chandhok | Lotus-Renault | 1:38.765 | 6.871 | 19 |
22 | 22 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1:39.279 | 7.385 | 24 |
23 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:40.109 | 8.215 | 23 |
24 | 25 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:40.428 | 8.534 | 22 |