Mark Webber has ended Friday practice for the German Grand Prix on top of the time sheets.
The Australian set his best time of 1:31.71s one hour into Practice 2 to edge out morning pace-setter Fernando Alonso by 0.17s.
Championship leader Sebastian Vettel followed in third, while Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher rounded out the top five.
Nico Rosberg was sixth fastest despite running through the gravel trap at Turn 6 in the afternoon, finishing the session ahead of Lewis Hamilton, Nick Heidfeld, Vitaly Petrov and Adrian Sutil.
It was a difficult day for Daniel Ricciardo – who completed just five laps in Pratice 2 thanks to a mechanical problem after recording a best time almost shy 0.8s of Narrain Karthikeyan (subbing for Tonio Liuzzi in the other Hispania entry) in Practice 1.
Having his first Grand Prix for Team Lotus this weekend, Karun Chandhok struggled to keep pace with team-mate Heikki Kovalainen and finished the day 20th.
See below for the full practice results
Practice 1
|
Pos |
Driver |
Team |
Time/Retired |
Gap |
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:31.894 | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:32.217 | 0.323 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:32.268 | 0.374 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.681 | 0.787 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.996 | 1.102 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.628 | 1.734 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.787 | 1.893 |
| 8 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.832 | 1.938 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.858 | 1.964 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33.863 | 1.969 |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:34.094 | 2.200 |
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:35.115 | 3.221 |
| 13 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:35.371 | 3.477 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:35.389 | 3.495 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:35.444 | 3.550 |
| 16 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:36.371 | 4.477 |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:36.392 | 4.498 |
| 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1:36.842 | 4.948 |
| 19 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:36.882 | 4.988 |
| 20 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:38.504 | 6.610 |
| 21 | Karun Chandhok | Lotus-Renault | 1:38.765 | 6.871 |
| 22 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1:39.279 | 7.385 |
| 23 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:40.109 | 8.215 |
| 24 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:40.428 | 8.534 |
Practice 2
|
Pos |
Driver |
Team |
Time/Retired |
Gap |
| 1 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:31.711 | |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:31.879 | 0.168 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:32.084 | 0.373 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.354 | 0.643 |
| 5 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:32.411 | 0.700 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:32.557 | 0.846 |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.724 | 1.013 |
| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:33.098 | 1.387 |
| 9 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:33.138 | 1.427 |
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.211 | 1.500 |
| 11 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.225 | 1.514 |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.299 | 1.588 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:34.113 | 2.402 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:34.344 | 2.633 |
| 15 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:34.487 | 2.776 |
| 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:34.491 | 2.780 |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1:34.996 | 3.285 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:35.753 | 4.042 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:36.940 | 5.229 |
| 20 | Karun Chandhok | Lotus-Renault | 1:37.248 | 5.537 |
| 21 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:37.313 | 5.602 |
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1:38.145 | 6.434 |
| 23 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1:40.737 | 9.026 |
| 24 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | No time |
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