Sutil tops wet opening practice in Germany
Force India's Adrian Sutil turned the fastest lap Friday morning in a wet opening practice for Sunday's German Grand Prix in Hockenheim. After a very wet start the track dried steadily and by the end of the session a complete dry line developed. Sutil eventually worked down to a best of 1m25.701s at the very end.
There were numerous spins, the most notable being Lewis Hamilton who wadded up his McLaren in Turn 3, damaging 3 of the 4 corners and his new blown diffuser.
Felipe Massa won the overall prize as he spun 5 times, but still ended up 2nd quick.
Results
Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m25.701s | +0.000 | 20 |
2. | Massa | Ferrari | 1m26.850s | +1.149 | 27 |
3. | Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m26.936s | +1.235 | 16 |
4. | Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m26.947s | +1.246 | 21 |
5. | Petrov | Renault | 1m26.948s | +1.247 | 21 |
6. | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m27.448s | +1.747 | 20 |
7. | Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m28.114s | +2.413 | 31 |
8. | Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1m28.193s | +2.492 | 24 |
9. | Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1m28.300s | +2.599 | 19 |
10. | de la Rosa | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m28.486s | +2.785 | 23 |
11. | Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m28.735s | +3.034 | 21 |
12. | Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m28.735s | +3.034 | 21 |
13. | Kubica | Renault | 1m28.903s | +3.202 | 20 |
14. | Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m29.048s | +3.347 | 13 |
15. | Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1m29.280s | +3.579 | 17 |
16. | Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m29.366s | +3.665 | 34 |
17. | Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m29.429s | +3.728 | 8 |
18. | di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m29.500s | +3.799 | 19 |
19. | Alonso | Ferrari | 1m29.684s | +3.983 | 15 |
20. | Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m29.690s | +3.989 | 17 |
21. | Fauzy | Lotus-Cosworth | 1m30.938s | +5.237 | 27 |
22. | Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1m31.720s | +6.019 | 23 |
23. | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m32.450s | +6.749 | 13 |
24. | Yamamoto | HRT-Cosworth | 1m32.791s | +7.090 | 26 |