2012 Indian Grand Prix FP2: Vettel leads the way

Sebastian Vettel is proving himself unstoppable in India after topping the timesheets on a 1:26.221 during the second free practice session, beating his teammate by 0.118 seconds.

The Red Bulls were in a class of their own, with Fernando Alonso a distant 0.600 seconds off the two leaders in third position and Nico Rosberg a further two tenths off in fourth.

Kimi Raikkonen went fifth quickest for Lotus ahead of McLaren duo Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton who were focusing more on race pace. Nico Hulkenberg meanwhile brought his Force India to eighth, followed by Lotus’ Romain Grosjean and Williams’ Bruno Senna.

 


Pos  Driver                Team                  Time 
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m26.221             
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m26.339s  + 0.118   
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m26.820s  + 0.599   
 4.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m27.022s  + 0.801   
 5.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m27.030s  + 0.809  
 6.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m27.131s  + 0.910   
 7.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m27.182s  + 0.961  
 8.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m27.233s  + 1.012  
 9.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m27.397s  + 1.176  
10.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m27.738s  + 1.517   
11.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m28.004s  + 1.783  
12.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m28.178s  + 1.957  
13.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m28.222s  + 2.001   
14.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m28.239s  + 2.018  
15.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m28.296s  + 2.075  
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m28.455s  + 2.234  
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m28.596s  + 2.375   
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m29.167s  + 2.946  
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m29.320s  + 3.099  
20.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m29.606s  + 3.385 
21.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m30.950s  + 4.729 
22.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m31.113s  + 4.892
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m31.372s  + 5.151
24.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m31.493s  + 5.272