Vettel goes fastest in second Chinese GP practice
Hamilton, Button second and third
Sebastian 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 |