Button again fastest in 2nd Japanese GP session
Jenson Button |
Jenson Button once again set the pace in the second free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Friday.
The McLaren man's best time of 1m31.901s was 0.174s quicker than Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were third and fourth fastest,
Felipe Massa was half a second off the pace in fifth ahead of Michael Schumacher for Mercedes. The seven-time champion was the last man within a second of Button.
Nico Rosberg in the other Mercedes was seventh with Hamilton, Vitaly Petrov and Sebastien Buemi completing the top ten.
Results
Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m31.901s | +0.000s | 32 |
2. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m32.075s | +0.174 | 33 |
3. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m32.095s | +0.194 | 35 |
4. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m32.147s | +0.246 | 28 |
5. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m32.448s | +0.547 | 34 |
6. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m32.710s | +0.809 | 26 |
7. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m32.982s | +1.081 | 27 |
8. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m33.245s | +1.344 | 26 |
9. | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1m33.446s | +1.545 | 36 |
10. | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m33.681s | +1.780 | 33 |
11. | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m33.705s | +1.804 | 25 |
12. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m33.790s | +1.889 | 36 |
13. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m34.393s | +2.492 | 35 |
14. | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1m34.557s | +2.656 | 27 |
15. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m34.601s | +2.700 | 33 |
16. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m36.038s | +4.137 | 33 |
17. | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1m36.225s | +4.324 | 35 |
18. | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m37.123s | +5.222 | 14 |
19. | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m37.440s | +5.539 | 30 |
20. | Jerome D'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m38.093s | +6.192 | 30 |
21. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m38.387s | +6.486 | 16 |
22. | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1m38.763s | +6.862 | 36 |
23. | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1m39.800s | +7.899 | 24 |
24. | Tonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1m42.480s | +10.579 | 4 |