Vettel goes fastest in second Chinese GP practice 

Hamilton, Button second and third

Written by David on April 15th, 2011 at 10:15 amLast Update: April 16th, 2011 at 9:41 am

Vettel, ChinaSebastian Vettel was the fastest man on track during both the first and the second free practice ahead of Sunday’s 2011 Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International circuit.

The German clocked a best time of 1:37.688 (34 laps), beating by 0.166 seconds McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1:37.854, 22 laps) and by 0.247 Jenson Button (1:37.935, 31 laps).

Fourth fastest time in the session for Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg (1:37.943, 34 laps), fifth for Michael Schumacher (1:38.105, 29 laps), sixth for Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:38.507, 36 laps), seventh for Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1:38.735, 35 laps), eighth for Lotus Renault GP’s Nick Heidfeld (1:38.805, 26 laps), ninth for Vitaly Petrov (1:38.859, 31 laps) and tenth for Red Bull’s Mark Webber (1:39.327, 33 laps).

2011 Chinese Grand Prix, Second free Practice results:

Pos. No Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:37.688 34
2 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.854 0.166 22
3 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.935 0.247 31
4 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:37.943 0.255 34
5 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:38.105 0.417 29
6 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.507 0.819 36
7 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:38.735 1.047 35
8 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 1:38.805 1.117 26
9 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:38.859 1.171 31
10 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:39.327 1.639 33
11 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.538 1.850 33
12 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:39.667 1.979 37
13 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:39.771 2.083 18
14 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:39.779 2.091 17
15 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:39.828 2.140 25
16 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:39.925 2.237 32
17 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.953 2.265 30
18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:40.476 2.788 30
19 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:41.482 3.794 32
20 22 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:42.902 5.214 25
21 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:43.850 6.162 3
22 25 Jerome d’Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:44.008 6.320 35
23 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:44.747 7.059 12
24 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes No time 0

2011 Chinese Grand Prix, First free Practice results:

Pos. No Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:38.739 23
2 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:39.354 0.615 27
3 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.845 2.106 21
4 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.940 2.201 22
5 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 1:40.987 2.248 5
6 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:41.046 2.307 25
7 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.189 2.450 20
8 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:41.222 2.483 20
9 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:41.231 2.492 16
10 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:41.328 2.589 21
11 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:41.361 2.622 23
12 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:41.434 2.695 15
13 14 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:41.494 2.755 20
14 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:41.579 2.840 13
15 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:41.610 2.871 18
16 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:41.752 3.013 20
17 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:41.939 3.200 25
18 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:42.301 3.562 23
19 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:43.792 5.053 20
20 25 Jerome d’Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:44.089 5.350 20
21 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:44.359 5.620 18
22 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:44.438 5.699 11
23 21 Luiz Razia Lotus-Renault 1:44.542 5.803 9
24 22 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:45.019 6.280 23

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