Chinese GP: Vettel tops 1st practice

Sebastian Vettel turned the fastest lap in the opening practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix. The defending world champion and current championship leader had a fast lap of 1m38.739s.

Red Bull teammate Mark Webber was second over half a second behind Vettel.

The McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button were third and fourth, but out to lunch two seconds behind Vettel.

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Behind
1.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1m38.739	+0.000
2.	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1m39.354s	+0.615	27
3.	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1m40.845s	+2.106	21
4.	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1m40.940s	+2.201	22
5.	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1m40.987s	+2.248	5
6.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1m41.046s	+2.307	25
7.	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1m41.189s	+2.450	20
8.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1m41.222s	+2.483	20
9.	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1m41.231s	+2.492	16
10.	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m41.328s	+2.589	21
11.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m41.361s	+2.622	23
12.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m41.434s	+2.695	15
13.	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1m41.494s	+2.755	20
14.	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1m41.579s	+2.840	13
15.	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1m41.610s	+2.871	18
16.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m41.752s	+3.013	20
17.	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1m41.939s	+3.200	25
18.	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1m42.301s	+3.562	23
19.	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1m43.792s	+5.053	20
20.	Jerome D'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1m44.089s	+5.350	20
21.	Tonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1m44.359s	+5.620	18
22.	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1m44.438s	+5.699	11
23.	Luiz Razia	Lotus-Renault	1m44.542s	+5.803	9
24.	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1m45.019s	+6.280	23