Turkish GP: Alonso fastest as Vettel crashes
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| Fernando Alonso |
Fernando Alonso turned the fastest lap in a wet first practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul.
The entire session was held in the wet and Fernando Alonso posted the fastest time of 1.38.670 in the Ferrari, ahead of the Mercedes duo of Nico Rosberg (1.40.072) and Michael Schumacher (1.40.132.)
The Renault's of Nick Heidfeld and Vitaly Petrov rounded out the top-5.
Championship leader Sebastian Vettel crashed heavily at Istanbul's daunting Turn 8 corner.
The impact caused significant damage to his RB7 bearing the number 1, and he told his engineers by radio there was "some water on the exit. There was nothing I could do".
The incident caused the 90-minute session to be red-flagged with just over 17 minutes to run.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m38.670s | +0.000 | 13 |
| 2. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m40.072s | +1.402 | 14 |
| 3. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m40.132s | +1.462 | 18 |
| 4. | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1m40.338s | +1.668 | 9 |
| 5. | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1m40.401s | +1.731 | 10 |
| 6. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m40.421s | +1.751 | 16 |
| 7. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m40.697s | +2.027 | 14 |
| 8. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m41.094s | +2.424 | 18 |
| 9. | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m41.178s | +2.508 | 22 |
| 10. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m41.347s | +2.677 | 16 |
| 11. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m42.564s | +3.894 | 5 |
| 12. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m42.597s | +3.927 | 7 |
| 13. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m43.525s | +4.855 | 11 |
| 14. | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m43.913s | +5.243 | 5 |
| 15. | Karun Chandhok | Lotus-Renault | 1m43.986s | +5.316 | 6 |
| 16. | Tonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1m44.787s | +6.117 | 20 |
| 17. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m44.954s | +6.284 | 4 |
| 18. | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m45.183s | +6.513 | 15 |
| 19. | Jerome D'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m45.237s | +6.567 | 11 |
| 20. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m48.461s | +9.791 | 8 |
| 21. | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1m51.676s | +13.006 | 6 |
| 22. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m55.791s | +17.121 | 13 |
| 23. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 2m00.666s | +21.996 | 4 |
| 24. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | no time | +0.000 | 1 |