Button tops second practice at Melbourne
Hamilton second fastest, Alonso third
McLaren’s Jenson Button clocked the fastest lap in the second free practice ahead of this season’s opener Grand Prix in Australia.
The Briton clocked a best time of (1:25.854, 31 laps), beating by 0.132 seconds team-mate Lewis Hamilton (1:225.986, 30 laps) and by 0.147 Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso (1:26.001).
Fourth fastest time for 2010 world champion Sebastian Vettel (1:26.014), fifth for team-mate Mark Webber (1:26.283), sixth for Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher (1:26.590), seventh Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:26.789) and eighth for Sauber’s rookie Sergio Perez (1:27.101).
Ninth fastest time overall for Williams’ Rubens Barrichello ahead of Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg, Toro Rossos’s Jaime Alguersuari, Lotus Renault GP’s Vitaly Petrov and Nick Heidfeld, Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi and Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi.
No time in the session for HRT’s Tonio Liuzzi and Narain Karthikeyan.
2011 Australian Grand Prix, Second free Practice results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
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1 | 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.854 | 32 | |
2 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.986 | 0.132 | 31 |
3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:26.001 | 0.147 | 28 |
4 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:26.014 | 0.160 | 35 |
5 | 2 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:26.283 | 0.429 | 33 |
6 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:26.590 | 0.736 | 31 |
7 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:26.789 | 0.935 | 34 |
8 | 17 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:27.101 | 1.247 | 39 |
9 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:27.280 | 1.426 | 34 |
10 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:27.448 | 1.594 | 23 |
11 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:27.525 | 1.671 | 31 |
12 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:27.528 | 1.674 | 29 |
13 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:27.536 | 1.682 | 22 |
14 | 18 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:27.697 | 1.843 | 30 |
15 | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:28.095 | 2.241 | 35 |
16 | 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:28.376 | 2.522 | 33 |
17 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:28.583 | 2.729 | 31 |
18 | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1:29.386 | 3.532 | 29 |
19 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:30.829 | 4.975 | 22 |
20 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1:30.912 | 5.058 | 23 |
21 | 25 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:32.106 | 6.252 | 36 |
22 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:32.135 | 6.281 | 30 |
23 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | No time | 1 | |
24 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | No time | 0 |