Double world champion Sebastian Vettel has kept his Red Bull on top of the standings after going quickest during the second free practice session for the 2012 United States Grand Prix in Austin.
Vettel put in a laptime of 1:37.718, almost 5 tenths quicker than his fastest lap in FP1 and 7 tenths faster than teammate Mark Webber.
Fernando Alonso was just 0.008 shy of Webber’s time in third, followed by the McLarens of Lewis Hamilton, who is contesting his penultimate race with McLaren before moving to Mercedes, and Jenson Button.
Felipe Massa finished the session in sixth, ahead of Nico Rosberg, Bruno Senna, Kamui Kobayashi and Michael Schumacher who’s leaving Formula 1 at the final round in Brazil.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m37.718 2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m38.475s + 0.757 3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m38.483s + 0.765 4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m38.748s + 1.030 5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m38.786s + 1.068 6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m39.029s + 1.311 7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m39.448s + 1.730 8. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m39.531s + 1.813 9. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.653s + 1.935 10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m40.115s + 2.397 11. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m40.166s + 2.448 12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m40.230s + 2.512 13. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m40.2$6s + 2.568 14. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m40.326s + 2.608 15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m40.435s + 2.717 16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m40.516s + 2.798 17. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m40.700s + 2.982 18. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m41.430s + 3.712 19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m42.476s + 4.758 20. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m42.652s + 4.934 21. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m42.846s + 5.128 22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m43.538s + 5.820 23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m44.453s + 6.735 24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m45.114s + 7.396 /pre>