Spa: Schumacher tops wet Practice 1

(PVM) Wet and miserable would best describe the weather on the opening morning of the Belgian Grand Prix weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, rendering any running in the ninety minutes meaningless while claiming a number of rookies out.

Just short of the hour mark, Renault debutant Bruno Senna slammed the barrier exiting turn nine which brought joy to the heart of Nick Heidfeld who was laughing like hell..

About 15 minutes later, Paul di Resta also lost it out of nine slamming the barriers, but this time prompting a red flag situation.

Early on Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg set the early pace and remained top of the timing screens because the rain started to pound down about ten minutes into the session and thus precious track time went down the drain.

Results

Pos No Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:54.355 0.000 13
2 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:54.829 0.474 15
3 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2:02.740 8.385 8
4 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 2:03.752 9.397 10
5 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 2:04.301 9.946 7
6 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 2:04.663 10.308 18
7 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 2:04.728 10.373 10
8 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 2:05.391 11.036 12
9 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 2:06.583 12.228 16
10 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 2:06.886 12.531 15
11 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 2:07.055 12.700 12
12 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 2:07.481 13.126 15
13 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 2:08.233 13.878 14
14 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 2:08.239 13.884 14
15 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 2:08.918 14.563 10
16 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 2:09.792 15.437 8
17 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 2:12.278 17.923 13
18 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 2:12.389 18.034 10
19 25 Jerome d’Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 2:12.772 18.417 13
20 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2:13.058 18.703 8
21 20 Karun Chandhok Lotus-Renault 2:13.090 18.735 11
22 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 2:13.601 19.246 10
23 9 Bruno Senna Renault 2:14.340 19.985 7
24 22 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 2:14.933 20.578 11