Lewis Hamilton fastest in first ever Korea practice
Kubica second quickest, Rosberg third.
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap during the first free practice ahead of Sunday’s first ever Korean Grand Prix.
The Briton set a best time of 1:40.887, beating by 0.081 seconds Renault’s Robert Kubica (1:40.968) and by 0.265 Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg (1:41.152).
Fourth fastest time for Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (1:41.371), ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button (1:41.940), Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher (1.42.022), Red Bull’s Mark Webber (1:42.202), Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld (1:42.293) and Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg (1:42.678).
Tenth time for Rubens Barrichello in the other Williams, 11th for Vitaly Petrov, 12th for Felipe Massa, 13th for Kamui Kobayashi, 14th for Adrian Sutil, 15th for Fernando Alonso and 16th for Sebastien Buemi.
2010 Korean Grand Prix, First free Practice results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.887 | 15 | |
2 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:40.968 | 0.081 | 18 |
3 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:41.152 | 0.265 | 21 |
4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:41.371 | 0.484 | 18 |
5 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41.940 | 1.053 | 16 |
6 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:42.022 | 1.135 | 25 |
7 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:42.202 | 1.315 | 23 |
8 | 22 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:42.293 | 1.406 | 18 |
9 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:42.678 | 1.791 | 21 |
10 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:42.883 | 1.996 | 23 |
11 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:42.896 | 2.009 | 22 |
12 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:43.054 | 2.167 | 25 |
13 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:43.309 | 2.422 | 20 |
14 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:43.602 | 2.715 | 18 |
15 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:43.928 | 3.041 | 21 |
16 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:43.940 | 3.053 | 23 |
17 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:44.887 | 4.000 | 21 |
18 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:45.141 | 4.254 | 26 |
19 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:45.588 | 4.701 | 20 |
20 | 25 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:46.613 | 5.726 | 17 |
21 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:47.115 | 6.228 | 22 |
22 | 20 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT-Cosworth | 1:50.347 | 9.460 | 29 |
23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:50.821 | 9.934 | 15 |
24 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:51.701 | 10.814 | 11 |
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