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FP2: Vettel in a class of his own with impressive lap

FP2: Vettel in a class of his own with impressive lap

  • Published on 06 Sep 2013 16:38
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  • By: Rob Veenstra
Reality bit on Friday afternoon in Italy when Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was in a class of his own as the only runner to dip beneath the 1m 25s mark during second practice.

As the world champion lapped Monza in an impressive 1m 24.453s, team-mate Mark Webber was a close second on 1m 25.076s from the Lotus team-mates Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. Confusingly for the Enstone team, the pair shared exactly the same lap time of 1m 25.116s though the Finn was using the longer wheelbase E21, the Frenchman the standard configuration.

For a while the times had been close as everyone ran the hard Pirelli tyres, but on the medium compound the Red Bulls – or Vettel's, at least – pulled ahead.

Fernando Alonso managed the fifth fastest time with 1m 25.330s for Ferrari, ahead of the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg on 1m 25.340s and 1m 25.367s respectively. Their revised low downforce configuration seemed to work better than it had in Belgium, but the gap to Red Bull remained as it had been there.

Felipe Massa was eighth in the second Ferrari with 1m 25.519s, then came the more competitive McLarens of Jenson Button (cleared of unauthorised DRS use in the morning once McLaren explained that the system had malfunctioned) and Sergio Perez, on 1m 25.532s and 1m 25.627s.

Paul di Resta took his Force India to 11th fastest with 1m 25.830s after gearbox problems from FP1 had been attended to, and Esteban Gutierrez's form for Sauber continued with 1m 25.888s for 12th. Adrian Sutil took his Force India back from rookie James Calado and lapped it in 1m 26.028s, to run ahead of Pastor Maldonado's Williams on 1m 26.138s, Jean-Eric Vergne's Toro Rosso on 1m 26.224s, Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber on 1m 26.385s and Daniel Ricciardo’s Toro Rosso on 1m 26.599s.

Valtteri Bottas's Williams was still slightly off the pace on 1m 27.198s, while underlining the equalising nature of such a low downforce track, Max Chilton was closer than normal to the FW35 with 1m 27.548s for Marussia. That left him ahead of the Caterhams of Charles Pic, on 1m 27.696s, and Giedo van der Garde, on 1m 27.771s, as Jules Bianchi brought up the rear with 1m 28.057s.

The session was notable for several minor incidents with cars running off road at the Lesmo bends, the first chicane and the exit of the Parabolica. Both Alonso and Hamilton had lurid off-road moments. (Formula1.com)
F1 News Fernando Alonso Jenson Button Valtteri Bottas Felipe Massa Romain Grosjean Pastor Maldonado Daniel Ricciardo Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel Sergio Perez Esteban Gutierrez Force India McLaren Pirelli Ferrari Lotus F1 Mercedes Williams Sauber Marussia

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