Indian GP: Charged up Vettel tops opening practice
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| Sebastian Vettel |
Hot off the heels of three straight wins and the 2012 F1 points lead, a charged up Sebastian Vettel led the opening practice at the Buddh International Circuit for the Indian GP by more than 0.3s over Jenson Button and the German's chief championship rival Fernando Alonso.
Lewis Hamilton was fourth fastest ahead of Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg, Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher.
Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen completed the top ten.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m27.619 | +0.000s | 22 |
| 2. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m27.929s | +0.310s | 22 |
| 3. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m28.044s | +0.425s | 24 |
| 4. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m28.046s | +0.427s | 25 |
| 5. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m28.175s | +0.556s | 22 |
| 6. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m28.447s | +0.828s | 25 |
| 7. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m28.542s | +0.923s | 24 |
| 8. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m28.993s | +1.374s | 23 |
| 9. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m29.204s | +1.585s | 24 |
| 10. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m29.291s | +1.672s | 24 |
| 11. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1m29.691s | +2.072s | 26 |
| 12. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m29.760s | +2.141s | 23 |
| 13. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m29.802s | +2.183s | 1$ |
| 14. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m29.850s | +2.231s | 19 |
| 15. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m29.895s | +2.276s | 19 |
| 16. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m30.041s | +2.422s | 26 |
| 17. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m30.401s | +2.782s | 23 |
| 18. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m30.630s | +3.011s | 24 |
| 19. | Giedo Van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1m30.896s | +3.277s | 20 |
| 20. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m31.212s | +3.593s | 29 |
| 21. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m31.903s | +4.284s | 22 |
| 22. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m32.125s | +4.506s | 24 |
| 23. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m32.369s | +4.750s | 19 |
| 24. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1m32.859s | +5.240s | 13 |