Sebastian Vettel also tops second Japan practice
Webber again second fastest, Kubica third.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel was again the fastest man on track during the second free practice ahead of Sunday’s 2010 Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit.
Vettel set a best time of 1:31.465 (32 laps), beating by 0.395 seconds team-mate Mark Webber (1:31.860, 29 laps) and by 0.735 Renault’s Robert Kubica (1:32.200, 32 laps).
Fourth time in the session for Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso (1:32.362, 34 laps), fifth for team-mate Felipe Massa (1:32.519, 35 laps), sixth for McLaren’s Jenson Button (1:32.533, 28 laps), seventh for Renault’s Vitaly Petrov (1:32.703, 32 laps) and eighth for Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher (1:32.831, 27 laps).
Ninth time for Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1:32.842, 26 laps) ahead of Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg (1:32.851, 26 laps), Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg (1:32.880, 26 laps), Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi (1:33.471, 31 laps) and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1:33.481, 8 laps).
2010 Japanese Grand Prix, Second free Practice results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:31.465 | 32 | |
2 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:31.860 | 0.395 | 29 |
3 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:32.200 | 0.735 | 32 |
4 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.362 | 0.897 | 34 |
5 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.519 | 1.054 | 35 |
6 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.533 | 1.068 | 28 |
7 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:32.703 | 1.238 | 32 |
8 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:32.831 | 1.366 | 27 |
9 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:32.842 | 1.377 | 26 |
10 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:32.851 | 1.386 | 26 |
11 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:32.880 | 1.415 | 26 |
12 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:33.471 | 2.006 | 31 |
13 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.481 | 2.016 | 8 |
14 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:33.564 | 2.099 | 16 |
15 | 22 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:33.697 | 2.232 | 33 |
16 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:34.005 | 2.540 | 32 |
17 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:34.055 | 2.590 | 37 |
18 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:34.310 | 2.845 | 33 |
19 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:36.095 | 4.630 | 37 |
20 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:36.333 | 4.868 | 33 |
21 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:36.630 | 5.165 | 28 |
22 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:36.834 | 5.369 | 28 |
23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:37.352 | 5.887 | 33 |
24 | 20 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT-Cosworth | 1:37.831 | 6.366 | 34 |
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