Sebastian Vettel crashed out of Friday Practice 1 for the Turkish Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso was comfortably fastest in a soaked session, setting a 1.38.670, over 1.4 seconds faster than Nico Rosberg.
Vettel lost control on the exit kerb of Turn 8, and slammed into the barriers, ending his day after only 5 laps. He was running on intermediate tyres at the time, despite the track being near saturated with water. On the previous lap he had run wide at Turn 11.
Michael Schumacher, Pastor Maldonado, Timo Glock and Sebastien Buemi also all ran wide at Turn 11.
Schumacher was behind his teammate in 3rd place, ahead of the Renaults of Heidfeld and Petrov. Daniel Ricciardo was 8th, beating Buem, who was 9th.
Nico Hulkenberg took over from Adrian Sutil, and was 10th, while Paul di Resta finished 13th.
Mark Webber was 11th, having only set 5 laps. Vettel was 17th after his crash. Neither of the McLarens set a competitive lap time, with Button and Hamilton 23rd and 24th.
Interestingly, Alonso reported that the wet tyres wore out much quicker than he expected.
Here is a video of Sebastian’s crash:
Times from FP1:
1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1.38.670 13
2. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1.40.072 1.402 14
3. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1.40.132 1.462 18
4. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1.40.338 1.668 9
5. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1.40.401 1.731 10
6. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1.40.421 1.751 16
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1.40.697 2.027 14
8. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1.41.094 2.424 18
9. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1.41.178 2.508 22
10. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1.41.347 2.677 16
11. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1.42.564 3.894 5
12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1.42.597 3.927 7
13. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1.43.525 4.855 11
14. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1.43.913 5.243 5
15. Karun Chandhok Lotus-Renault 1.43.986 5.316 6
16. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1.44.787 6.117 20
17. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1.44.954 6.284 4
18. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1.45.183 6.513 15
19. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1.45.237 6.567 11
20. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1.48.461 9.791 8
21. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1.51.676 13.006 6
22. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1.55.791 17.121 13
23. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2.00.666 21.996 4
24. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes N/A 1
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