Hamilton fastest in Interlagos Friday practice

Hamilton pipped Vettel in second practice

Lewis Hamilton was fastest in second practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Sebastian Vettel was 2nd, followed by Mark Webber, who had earlier led first practice. The Ferrari of Fernando Alonso pulled over near the end of FP1 with an engine issue, and was 6th and 4th across the afternoon.

Jean-Eric Vergne, Jan Charouz and Luiz Razia all drove in first practice for Toro Rosso, HRT and Lotus respectively, all finishing near the back of the field. Romain Grosjean pulled over with a technical issue while driving Vitaly Petrov’s Renault.

Friday Practice 1

 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1:13.811   	      26
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:13.825   0.014   25
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1:13.961   0.150   20
 4.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1:14.025   0.214   28
 5.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1:14.507   0.696   34
 6.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1:14.541   0.730   26
 7.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1:15.162   1.351   28
 8.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes    1:15.178   1.367   28
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1:15.241   1.430   31
10.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1:15.321   1.510   29
11.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:15.468   1.657   29
12.  Romain Grosjean       Renault                 1:15.547   1.736   18
13.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:15.663   1.852   27
14.  Bruno Senna           Renault                 1:15.732   1.921   32
15.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1:15.747   1.936   31
16.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       1:15.836   2.025   27
17.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1:15.979   2.168   35
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:16.052   2.241   33
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault           1:16.514   2.703   33
20.  Luiz Razia            Lotus-Renault           1:17.595   3.784   31
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         1:18.140   4.329   29
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth         1:18.653   4.842   29
23.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            1:18.952   5.141   33
24.  Jan Charouz           HRT-Cosworth            1:19.577   5.766   37

Friday Practice 2

 1.  Lewis Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:13.392               35
 2.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault       1:13.559   0.167	41
 3.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault       1:13.587   0.195	41
 4.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari                1:13.598   0.206	35
 5.  Michael Schumacher   Mercedes               1:13.723   0.331	38
 6.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari                1:13.750   0.358	39
 7.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes       1:13.787   0.395	36
 8.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes               1:13.872   0.480	42
 9.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes   1:14.144   0.752	41
10.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes   1:14.807   1.415	48
11.  Vitaly Petrov        Renault                1:14.856   1.464	38
12.  Bruno Senna          Renault                1:14.931   1.539	37
13.  Sergio Perez         Sauber-Ferrari         1:14.970   1.578	32
14.  Kamui Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:15.019   1.627	45
15.  Sebastien Buemi      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:15.264   1.872	44
16.  Jaime Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:15.388   1.996	41
17.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth      1:15.679   2.287	43
18.  Rubens Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth      1:15.903   2.511	40
19.  Jarno Trulli         Lotus-Renault          1:16.298   2.906	36
20.  Heikki Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault          1:16.338   2.946	48
21.  Jerome D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth        1:18.031   4.639	39
22.  Timo Glock           Virgin-Cosworth        1:18.051   4.659	45
23.  Daniel Ricciardo     HRT-Cosworth           1:18.367   4.975	42
24.  Tonio Liuzzi         HRT-Cosworth           1:18.476   5.084	42