Spanish GP: Hamilton tops opening practice
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| Lewis Hamilton |
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the opening practice session for this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona. McLaren set the top two times, with Hamilton finishing the 90-minute session half a second clear of teammate Jenson Button.
Michael Schumacher beat his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg for the first time this year, so perhaps the revised car is more to his liking.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:21.134 | +0.000 | 21 |
| 2. | Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:21.672 | +0.538 | 14 |
| 3. | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:21.716 | +0.582 | 12 |
| 4. | Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:22.011 | +0.877 | 27 |
| 5. | Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:22.026 | +0.892 | 22 |
| 6. | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:22.070 | +0.936 | 19 |
| 7. | Kubica | Renault | 1:22.202 | +1.068 | 22 |
| 8. | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:22.258 | +1.124 | 19 |
| 9. | Petrov | Renault | 1:22.397 | +1.263 | 23 |
| 10. | Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:22.492 | +1.358 | 26 |
| 11. | Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:22.588 | +1.454 | 24 |
| 12. | Massa | Ferrari | 1:22.975 | +1.841 | 22 |
| 13. | Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:23.030 | +1.896 | 21 |
| 14. | Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:23.110 | +1.976 | 31 |
| 15. | Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:23.284 | +2.150 | 19 |
| 16. | Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:23.312 | +2.178 | 22 |
| 17. | Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:23.471 | +2.337 | 20 |
| 18. | Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:25.329 | +4.195 | 17 |
| 19. | Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:26.244 | +5.110 | 20 |
| 20. | Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:26.340 | +5.206 | 23 |
| 21. | di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:26.694 | +5.560 | 24 |
| 22. | Klien | HRT-Cosworth | 1:27.250 | +6.116 | 26 |
| 23. | Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:27.752 | +6.618 | 27 |
| 24. | de la Rosa | Sauber-Ferrari | No time | – | 3 |