Sebastian Vettel sets pace in FP1 of 2012 Singapore Grand Prix – Formula 1 news
Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel has topped the timesheets in the first free Friday practice session of 2012 Singapore Grand Prix held at Marina Bay Street Circuit.
Vettel set the best time of 1 minute and 50.566 seconds on soft Pirelli compound tyres and remained just 0.049s ahead of Lewis Hamilton of McLaren. Moreover, Hamilton was followed by his teammate, Jenson Button who stood ahead of Fernando Alonso of Ferrari.
It will be important to note that weather conditions were quite wet during the start of the session. However, the conditions improved afterwards and all the drivers seemed busy in collecting the essential information regarding their updates.
Pastor Maldonado of Williams set the 5th fastest time in FP1 and stayed ahead of Mark Webber of Red Bull who struggled a bit behind the wheel of his car and could only come 6th in the timesheets.
The Australian driver was followed by Force India pair of drivers, Nico Hulkenberg and Paul di Resta. Furthermore, the Briton remained ahead of Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso who was further followed by Sergio Perez of Sauber.
The Mexican driver stood ahead of Bruno Senna of Williams who came 11th in the charts and was followed by Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus. Additionally, the 2007 world champion stayed ahead of Perez’s teammate, Kamui Kobayashi.
Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher set the 14th best time and came with a new exhaust layout in his car. Besides, the seven-time world champion was followed by Romain Grosjean of Lotus who remained ahead of Felipe Massa of Ferrari.
It is to be noted that Lotus launched their new DRS rear wing but didn’t came up with their double-DRS as they have planned to introduce it in the Japanese GP.
The Brazilian driver was followed by Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso who stood ahead of Schumacher’s teammate, Nico Rosberg.
Timo Glock of Marussia came 19th in the timesheets and stayed ahead of Heikki Kovalainen of Caterham who was further followed by Glock’s teammate, Charles Pic.
Over and above, HRT reserve driver, Ma Qing Hua came last in the timesheets and was 1.397s behind his teammate, Pedro de la Rosa.
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