German GP: Vettel beats Alonso in final practice

Sebastian Vettel before the track dried

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time on his final lap of Saturday morning's practice session for Sunday's German GP at Hockenheim, with a time of 1m15.103s.

The German's lap was 0.6s faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber, however it was Fernando Alonso, whose lap was only 0.284s slower than Vettel at the flag in 2nd.

Ferrari and Red Bull teams dominated the action and appear poised to take pole later today.

The session had begun wet following heavy rain in the morning, but by halfway through, a dry line emerged and the times came tumbling down.

Results

Pos

Driver Team Time Behind Laps
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m15.103s +0.000 18
2. Alonso Ferrari 1m15.387s +0.284 21
3. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m15.708s +0.605 16
4. Massa Ferrari 1m15.854s +0.751 20
5. Rosberg Mercedes 1m16.046s +0.943 20
6. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m16.207s +1.104 13
7. Schumacher Mercedes 1m16.473s +1.370 16
8. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m16.481s +1.378 23
9. Kubica Renault 1m16.646s +1.543 20
10. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1m16.743s +1.640 17
11. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m16.882s +1.779 19
12. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m16.990s +1.887 21
13. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m17.037s +1.934 15
14. Petrov Renault 1m17.148s +2.045 20
15. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1m17.220s +2.117 19
16. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m17.341s +2.238 21
17. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1m17.538s +2.435 22
18. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1m19.193s +4.090 11
19. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1m19.607s +4.504 10
20. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1m20.533s +5.430 9
21. Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 1m21.538s +6.435 14
22. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1m23.444s +8.341 10
23. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m23.873s +8.770 7
24. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 2