Mark Webber fastest in first Singapore practice
Schumacher second quickest, Sutil third.
Red Bull’s Mark Webber set the fastest lap in the first free practice session ahead of Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix.
The Australian set a best time of 1:54.589 (10 laps), beating by 0.119 seconds Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher (1:54.708) and by 0.238 Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1:54.827).
Fourth fastest time for Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (1:55.137), ahead of Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari (1:55.160), McLaren’s Jenson Button (1:55.333), Force India’s Tonio Liuzzi (1:55.510), Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi (1:55.523) and Renault’s Robert Kubica (1:55.672).
Tenth time for Vitaly Petrov in the other Renault, 11th for Fernando Alonso, 12th for Kamui Kobayashi, 13th for Nick Heidfeld, 14th for Nico Rosberg, 15th for Heikki Kovalainen and 16th for Rubens Barrichello.
2010 Singapore Grand Prix, First free Practice results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:54.589 | 10 | |
2 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:54.708 | 0.119 | 24 |
3 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:54.827 | 0.238 | 15 |
4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:55.137 | 0.548 | 12 |
5 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:55.160 | 0.571 | 20 |
6 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:55.333 | 0.744 | 12 |
7 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:55.510 | 0.921 | 15 |
8 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:55.523 | 0.934 | 15 |
9 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:55.672 | 1.083 | 11 |
10 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:55.914 | 1.325 | 20 |
11 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:56.090 | 1.501 | 12 |
12 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:56.339 | 1.750 | 22 |
13 | 22 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:56.458 | 1.869 | 18 |
14 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:56.598 | 2.009 | 8 |
15 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:56.603 | 2.014 | 12 |
16 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:56.615 | 2.026 | 17 |
17 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:56.840 | 2.251 | 14 |
18 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:56.884 | 2.295 | 9 |
19 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:57.760 | 3.171 | 22 |
20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:59.034 | 4.445 | 19 |
21 | 25 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:59.275 | 4.686 | 16 |
22 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:59.783 | 5.194 | 23 |
23 | 20 | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | 2:03.424 | 8.835 | 17 |
24 | 18 | Fairuz Fauzy | Lotus-Cosworth | 2:05.694 | 11.105 | 11 |