Indian GP: Vettel tops final practice
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| Sebastian Vettel burning up the Indian tarmac |
Red Bull's Word Driving champion Sebastian Vettel beat McLaren's Jenson Button to the fastest time in the final practice session for the Indian Grand Prix qualifying.
Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton were third and fourth, ahead of the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.
Paul di Resta was a respectable 7th for Force India ahead of Mercedes factory driver Nico Rosberg.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team/Car | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m24.824s | +0.000s | 18 |
| 2. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m25.191s | +0.367s | 15 |
| 3. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m25.203s | +0.379s | 19 |
| 4. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m25.288s | +0.464s | 16 |
| 5. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m25.784s | +0.960s | 17 |
| 6. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m26.058s | +1.234s | 16 |
| 7. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m26.785s | +1.961s | 19 |
| 8. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m26.873s | +2.049s | 22 |
| 9. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m26.958s | +2.134s | 19 |
| 10. | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m27.146s | +2.322s | 20 |
| 11. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m27.217s | +2.393s | 21 |
| 12. | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1m27.235s | +2.411s | 20 |
| 13. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m27.262s | +2.438s | 19 |
| 14. | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1m27.280s | +2.456s | 18 |
| 15. | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m27.387s | +2.563s | 20 |
| 16. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m27.749s | +2.925s | 21 |
| 17. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m27.793s | +2.969s | 17 |
| 18. | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m27.875s | +3.051s | 20 |
| 19. | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1m29.355s | +4.531s | 21 |
| 20. | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1m29.750s | +4.926s | 19 |
| 21. | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m30.683s | +5.859s | 23 |
| 22. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m30.900s | +6.076s | 25 |
| 23. | Jerome D'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m32.851s | +8.027s | 19 |
| 24. | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1m33.246s | +8.422s | 16 |