Friday practice in Malaysia – Lewis Hamilton takes the day
The practice sessions on Friday were dominanted by the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton as he seeks to put Australia behind him as fast as possible. The other McLaren of Jenson Button, the two Mercedes and the Red Bull of Sebastien Vettel have all shown pace through the sessions.
Practice 1
In first practice Hamilton lead the way with Button and the two Mercedes in close pursuit, the Renault of Kubica was also still showing the pace that he had in Australia. The new teams were much closer to the back of the pack with the Virgins and the Lotus’ mixing it up together and the HRT Cosworth cars just behind them.
It seems that the Williams cars were either practising long runs or are very slow here. With the Ferraris and the Red Bulls down the order they might not have been the only ones.
1. Hamilton McLaren 1:34.921
2. Rosberg Mercedes 1:35.106
3. Button McLaren 1:35.207
4. Schumacher Mercedes 1:35.225
5. Kubica Renault 1:35.402
6. Webber Red Bull 1:35.479
7. Sutil Force India 1:35.955
8. Alonso Ferrari 1:35.959
9. Vettel Red Bull 1:35.043
10. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:36.100
11. Massa Ferrari 1:36.451
12. Kobayashi Sauber 1:36.503
13. Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:36.645
14. Petrov Renault 1:36.712
15. di Resta Force India 1:36.891
16. de la Rosa Sauber 1:36.899
17. Hulkenberg Williams 1:37.802
18. Barrichello Williams 1:38.278
19. Trulli Lotus 1:39.460
20. Glock Virgin 1:39.755
21. di Grassi Virgin 1:40.159
22. Fauzy Lotus 1:40.721
23. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:41.832
24. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:41.966
Practice 2
Practice 2 had a similar running order but with Sebastien Vettel showing the pace of the Red Bull. There was though more reliability issues for the team as Mark Webber’s car ground to a halt during the session.
1 HAMILTON McLaren 1m34.175s
2 VETTEL Red Bull 1m34.441s
3 ROSBERG Mercedes 1m34.443s
4 BUTTON McLaren 1m34.538s
5 SCHUMACHER Mercedes 1m34.674s
6 KUBICA Renault 1m35.148s
7 ALONSO Ferrari 1m35.581s
8 BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m35.660s
9 PETROV Renault 1m35.872s
10 SUTIL Force India 1m35.957s
11 KOBAYASHI Sauber 1m36.018s
12 LIUZZI Force India 1m36.221s
13 DE LA ROSA Sauber 1m36.325s
14 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso 1m36.325s
15 MASSA Ferrari 1m36.602s
16 BARRICHELLO Williams 1m36.813s
17 HULKENBERG Williams 1m37.415s
18 TRULLI Lotus 1m38.454s
19 KOVALAINEN Lotus 1m38.530s
20 WEBBER Red Bull 1m38.786s
21 GLOCK Virgin 1m39.061s
22 DI GRASSI Virgin 1m39.158s
23 CHANDHOK HRT 1m41.084s
24 SENNA HRT 1m41.481s
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