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