Spanish GP: Vettel leads final practice in Barcelona
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| Sebastian Vettel |
| Red Bull |
Sebastian Vettel is so good he only needs a single lap to put his car on top of the time charts and that was the case Saturday morning as the F1 cars completed final practice ahead of qualifying in Barcelona.
His car had problems early in the session and were fixed with a few minutes to go. Vettel went out and went straight to the top with a 1m21.707s on his only flying lap of the morning.
Until then, Vettel's teammate Mark Webber had been in total command.
Mercedes' Michael Schumacher led the way for a while and ended the session third – albeit a full 1.3s off Vettel's pace.
The McLarens were only fourth and fifth, ahead of Nico Rosberg in the second Mercedes, Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi and Renault's Vitaly Petrov.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team/Car | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m21.707s | +0.000s | 6 |
| 2. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m21.791s | +0.084s | 17 |
| 3. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m23.057s | +1.350s | 16 |
| 4. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m23.068s | +1.361s | 13 |
| 5. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m23.214s | +1.507s | 14 |
| 6. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m23.397s | +1.690s | 18 |
| 7. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m23.669s | +1.962s | 17 |
| 8. | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1m24.043s | +2.336s | 18 |
| 9. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m24.270s | +2.563s | 11 |
| 10. | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m24.318s | +2.611s | 18 |
| 11. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m24.322s | +2.615s | 17 |
| 12. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m24.329s | +2.622s | 19 |
| 13. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m24.399s | +2.692s | 17 |
| 14. | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m24.535s | +2.828s | 16 |
| 15. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m24.695s | +2.988s | 18 |
| 16. | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m24.722s | +3.015s | 14 |
| 17. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m25.223s | +3.516s | 19 |
| 18. | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1m26.236s | +4.529s | 11 |
| 19. | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1m27.000s | +5.293s | 20 |
| 20. | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m27.706s | +5.999s | 20 |
| 21. | Tonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1m28.330s | +6.623s | 17 |
| 22. | Jerome D'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m29.057s | +7.350s | 18 |
| 23. | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1m29.200s | +7.493s | 6 |
| 24. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m29.562s | +7.855s | 16 |