Alonso quickest in first Nurburgring practice
Webber second fastest, Vettel third.
Written by David on July 22nd, 2011 at 11:39 amLast Update: July 22nd, 2011 at 8:58 pm
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 |
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