European GP: Maldonado quickest in first practice

Pastor Maldonado was fastest in the opening practice session for the European Grand Prix at Valencia in his Williams.

The winner of the Spanish Grand Prix earlier this year, posted a best time of 1m40.890s.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was just 0.083 seconds behind, with teammate Mark Webber only a hundredth of a second back in third.

Jenson Button posted the fourth fastest time while teammate Lewis Hamilton could only muster eighth position.

Fernando Alonso completed the top five in the Ferrari in a session in which the top nine drivers were covered by less than three tenths of a second.

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