Singapore GP: Vettel tops practice 1
World champion Sebastian Vettel was fastest in the opening practice for the Singapore Grand Prix just beating McLaren's Lewis Hamilton by less than a tenth of a second.
The two ended the first 90 minutes nearly a second faster than Jenson Button and Ferrari's points leader Fernando Alonso.
Pastor Maldonado was an impressive fifth fastest for Williams ahead of Mark Webber in the second Red Bull.
Results
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m50.566 | +0.000s | 24 |
2. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m50.615s | + 0.049 | 15 |
3. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m51.459s | + 0.893 | 17 |
4. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m51.525s | + 0.959 | 20 |
5. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m51.576s | + 1.010 | 20 |
6. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m51.655s | + 1.089 | 19 |
7. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m51.658s | + 1.092 | 24 |
8. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m51.943s | + 1.377 | 21 |
9. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m52.275s | + 1.709 | 24 |
10. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m52.296s | + 1.730 | 19 |
11. | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1m52.629s | + 2.063 | 25 |
12. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m52.716s | + 2.150 | 16 |
13. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m52.839s | + 2.273 | 23 |
14. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m52.986s | + 2.420 | 21 |
15. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m53.028s | + 2.462 | 20 |
16. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m53.080s | + 2.514 | 17 |
17. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m53.189s | + 2.623 | 25 |
18. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m53.227s | + 2.661 | 25 |
19. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m54.908s | + 4.342 | 20 |
20. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m55.091s | + 4.525 | 16 |
21. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m55.335s | + 4.769 | 22 |
22. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m55.760s | + 5.194 | 22 |
23. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1m56.656s | + 6.090 | 21 |
24. | Ma Qing Hua | HRT-Cosworth | 1m58.053s | + 7.487 | 20 |