Fernando Alonso has emerged fastest from an incident-filled opening day of running ahead of Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix.
The Ferrari driver used a set of Pirelli’s super soft tyres to lap the Montreal venue in 1:15.11s to end the day 0.37s clear of Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel.
For the second time in four races the World Championship leader found himself in the wall during opening practice – with Vettel making heavy contact with Circuit Gilles Villeneuve’s famed ‘Champion’s Wall’ one hour into the 90 minute session.
Vettel was immediately on the pace upon his return to the track in Practice 2, while Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi, Virgin Racing’s Jerome D’Ambrosio and Force India’s Adrian Sutil all brought out the red flags with crashes during the afternoon.
The second session also saw Sauber test driver Pedro de la Rosa take over from Sergio Perez, with the Mexican rookie having felt unwell in Practice 1 following his heavy crash in qualifying at Monaco two weeks ago.
Mark Webber had a quiet day to be 12th and 7th fastest in Practice 1 and 2 respectively, while Australian Toro Rosso test driver Daniel Ricciardo was 15th quickest in the morning.
See below for the Practice 2 result
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Laps | |
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m15.107s | 34 | |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m15.476s | 0.369 | 29 |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m15.601s | 0.494 | 33 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m15.977s | 0.87 | 26 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m15.989s | 0.882 | 25 |
| 6 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m16.089s | 0.982 | 34 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m16.102s | 0.995 | 28 |
| 8 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1m16.324s | 1.217 | 32 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1m16.422s | 1.315 | 32 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m16.687s | 1.58 | 28 |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m16.905s | 1.798 | 16 |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m16.941s | 1.834 | 39 |
| 13 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m17.051s | 1.944 | 32 |
| 14 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m17.684s | 2.577 | 34 |
| 15 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m17.757s | 2.65 | 20 |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1m18.470s | 3.363 | 33 |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1m18.482s | 3.375 | 38 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m18.536s | 3.429 | 14 |
| 19 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m18.601s | 3.494 | 38 |
| 20 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m19.209s | 4.102 | 28 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m19.810s | 4.703 | 25 |
| 22 | Tonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1m20.284s | 5.177 | 31 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m20.311s | 5.204 | 38 |
| 24 | Jerome D’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m20.922s | 5.815 | 26 |
See below for the Practice 1 result
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m15.591s | |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m16.139s | 0.548 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m16.549s | 0.958 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m16.658s | 1.067 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m16.676s | 1.085 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m16.842s | 1.251 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m16.990s | 1.399 |
| 8 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m17.294s | 1.703 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1m17.445s | 1.854 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m17.549s | 1.958 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m17.662s | 2.071 |
| 12 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m17.820s | 2.229 |
| 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m18.458s | 2.867 |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1m18.506s | 2.915 |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m18.648s | 3.057 |
| 16 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m18.852s | 3.261 |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m18.932s | 3.341 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1m19.274s | 3.683 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1m19.422s | 3.831 |
| 20 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m19.577s | 3.986 |
| 21 | Jerome D’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m19.838s | 4.247 |
| 22 | Tonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1m19.960s | 4.369 |
| 23 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m20.520s | 4.929 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m20.839s | 5.248 |
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