Singapore GP: Vettel tops practice 1
World champion Sebastian Vettel was fastest in the opening practice for the Singapore Grand Prix just beating McLaren's Lewis Hamilton by less than a tenth of a second.
The two ended the first 90 minutes nearly a second faster than Jenson Button and Ferrari's points leader Fernando Alonso.
Pastor Maldonado was an impressive fifth fastest for Williams ahead of Mark Webber in the second Red Bull.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m50.566 | +0.000s | 24 |
| 2. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m50.615s | + 0.049 | 15 |
| 3. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m51.459s | + 0.893 | 17 |
| 4. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m51.525s | + 0.959 | 20 |
| 5. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m51.576s | + 1.010 | 20 |
| 6. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m51.655s | + 1.089 | 19 |
| 7. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m51.658s | + 1.092 | 24 |
| 8. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m51.943s | + 1.377 | 21 |
| 9. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m52.275s | + 1.709 | 24 |
| 10. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m52.296s | + 1.730 | 19 |
| 11. | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1m52.629s | + 2.063 | 25 |
| 12. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m52.716s | + 2.150 | 16 |
| 13. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m52.839s | + 2.273 | 23 |
| 14. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m52.986s | + 2.420 | 21 |
| 15. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m53.028s | + 2.462 | 20 |
| 16. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m53.080s | + 2.514 | 17 |
| 17. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m53.189s | + 2.623 | 25 |
| 18. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m53.227s | + 2.661 | 25 |
| 19. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m54.908s | + 4.342 | 20 |
| 20. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m55.091s | + 4.525 | 16 |
| 21. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m55.335s | + 4.769 | 22 |
| 22. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m55.760s | + 5.194 | 22 |
| 23. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1m56.656s | + 6.090 | 21 |
| 24. | Ma Qing Hua | HRT-Cosworth | 1m58.053s | + 7.487 | 20 |