It was a bitter and sweet afternoon for the Spanish crowd watching the Friday practice session of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012.
Fernando Alonso who is adored by many of his fellow countrymen, didn't fail to charm the friday crowd in the Spanish Grand Prix and scored the P1 position at a time of 1:24.430. This was achieved in Ferrari's B- specd car. Alonso was 0.378 seconds faster than Sebastian Vettel of Redbul. Alonso's team mate in the other Ferrari, was down in 12th place a massive 1:003 seconds adrift.Michael Schumacher was 6th with a timing of 1:25.187 and his team mate Nico Rosberg was 14th with a timing of 1:25.607.
However, in the second practice Fernando Alonso could only score at 14th fastest lap time and his team mate who is generally struggling for the past two years scored a 11th fastest time. Jenson Button scored the P1 in the second practice followed by Sebastian Vettel. Nico Rosberg was third, Hamilton fourth, Raikkonen fifth, Grosjean sixth, Webber 7th followed by Schumacher at 8th position. Interestingly Schumacher drove 36 laps whereas his team mate Nico Rosberg drove 41laps ie. 5 laps more than him. With tyre degradation to become a major factor, it is important to see how the drivers cope up tomorrow as well as in the race day on Sunday.
The Indian fans were disappointed, as in the morning session Narain Karthikeyan didn't drive as Dani Clos - a spanish driver was given the drive to have an all spanish drive - as per earlier plan. In the second practice Narain Karthikeyan's car had developed an electrical problem and when he ventured very late in the second practice his car promptly stopped in turn three. We have to watch the impact of this lack of driving on Narain tomorrow. For the record, Dani Clos was a massive 2.511 seconds slower than his team mate Pedro de la Rosa, both of them driving 19 laps each.
The timings in First Practice:
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First Practice |
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Sl. |
Driver |
Team |
Time |
Gap |
Laps |
1 |
Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari |
1:24.430 |
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20 laps |
2 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull |
1:24.808 |
0.378 |
18 laps |
3 |
Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber |
1:24.912 |
0.482 |
28 laps |
4 |
Jenson Button |
McLaren |
1:24.996 |
0.566 |
24 laps |
5 |
Valtteri Bottas |
Williams |
1:25.120 |
0.690 |
24 laps |
6 |
Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes |
1.25.187 |
0.757 |
15 laps |
7 |
Romain Grosjean |
Lotus |
1:25.217 |
0.787 |
16 laps |
8 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren |
1:25.252 |
0.822 |
20 laps |
9 |
Kimi Raikkonen |
Lotus |
1:25.285 |
0.855 |
29 laps |
10 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
Force India |
1:25.339 |
0.909 |
24 laps |
11 |
Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso |
1:25.367 |
0.937 |
22 laps |
12 |
Felipe Massa |
Ferrari |
1:25.433 |
1.003 |
21 laps |
13 |
Mark Webber |
Red Bull |
1:25.539 |
1.109 |
23 laps |
14 |
Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
1:25.607 |
1.177 |
20 laps |
15 |
Sergio Perez |
Sauber |
1:25.918 |
1.488 |
19 laps |
16 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
Toro Rosso |
1:26.226 |
1.796 |
24 laps |
17 |
Pastor Maldonado |
Williams |
1:26.297 |
1.867 |
18 laps |
18 |
Jules Bianchi |
Force India |
1:26.630 |
2.200 |
21 laps |
19 |
Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham |
1:27.475 |
3.045 |
20 laps |
20 |
Timo Glock |
Marussia |
1:28.267 |
3.837 |
21 laps |
21 |
Alexander Rossi |
Caterham |
1:28.448 |
4.018 |
25 laps |
22 |
Charles Pic |
Marussia |
1:28.633 |
4.203 |
22 laps |
23 |
Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT |
1:29.107 |
4.677 |
19 laps |
24 |
Dani Clos |
HRT |
1:31.618 |
7.188 |
19 laps |
The Timings in Second Practice:
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Second Practice |
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Sl. |
Driver |
Team |
Time |
Gap |
Laps |
1 |
Jenson Button |
McLaren |
1:23.399 |
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38 laps |
2 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull |
1:23.563 |
0.164 |
38 laps |
3 |
Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
1:23.771 |
0.372 |
41 laps |
4 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren |
1:23.909 |
0.510 |
32 laps |
5 |
Kimi Raikkonen |
Lotus |
1:23.918 |
0.519 |
32 laps |
6 |
Romain Grosjean |
Lotus |
1:23.964 |
0.565 |
37 laps |
7 |
Mark Webber |
Red Bull |
1:24.065 |
0.666 |
34 laps |
8 |
Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes |
1.24.080 |
0.681 |
36 laps |
9 |
Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber |
1:24.214 |
0.815 |
41 laps |
10 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
Force India |
1:24.365 |
0.966 |
22 laps |
11 |
Felipe Massa |
Ferrari |
1:24.418 |
1.019 |
35 laps |
12 |
Sergio Perez |
Sauber |
1:24.422 |
1.023 |
32 laps |
13 |
Pastor Maldonado |
Williams |
1:24.468 |
1.069 |
40 laps |
14 |
Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari |
1:24.600 |
1.201 |
33 laps |
15 |
Paul DiResta |
Force India |
1:24.688 |
1.289 |
30 laps |
16 |
Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso |
1:24.733 |
1.334 |
34 laps |
17 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
Toro Rosso |
1:24.769 |
1.370 |
37 laps |
18 |
Bruno Senna |
Williams |
1:25.047 |
1.648 |
42 laps |
19 |
Heikki Kovalainen |
Caterham |
1:26.296 |
2.897 |
36 laps |
20 |
Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham |
1:26.740 |
3.341 |
35 laps |
21 |
Timo Glock |
Marussia |
1:27.314 |
3.915 |
27 laps |
22 |
Charles Pic |
Marussia |
1:27.664 |
4.265 |
30 laps |
23 |
Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT |
1:28.235 |
4.836 |
26 laps |
24 |
Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT |
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2 laps |
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