Vettel stays on top in second practice

October 8, 2010 at 7:31 am by Keith Collantine

Sebastian Vettel headed practice at Suzuka for the second time today as Red Bull extended their margin over their rivals.

Mark Webber ended the second session fastest ahead of Robert Kubica, who survived a high-speed spin in his Renault.

The two Ferrari drivers were fourth and fifth, but almost a full second slower than the flying RB6s around Suzuka.

Jenson Button was not far behind. But Lewis Hamilton was only able to set a handful of laps in the last ten minutes of the session after his car had been repaired.

The Degner curve almost claimed another driver in the second session – Michael Schumacher skirted disaster when he got onto the kerbs and into the gravel, but stayed out of the barriers.

He ended the session eighth behind Vitaly Petrov and ahead of a trio of German drivers: Adrian Sutil, Nico Hülkenberg and Nico Rosberg.

Hamilton’s last effort was good enough for 13th behind home hero Kamui Kobayashi.

Pos.	Car	Driver	Car	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1’31.465		32
2	6	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1’31.860	0.395	29
3	11	Robert Kubica	Renault	1’32.200	0.735	32
4	8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’32.362	0.897	34
5	7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1’32.519	1.054	35
6	1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1’32.533	1.068	28
7	12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1’32.703	1.238	32
8	3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1’32.831	1.366	27
9	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1’32.842	1.377	26
10	10	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1’32.851	1.386	26
11	4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’32.880	1.415	26
12	23	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1’33.471	2.006	31
13	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1’33.481	2.016	8
14	9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1’33.564	2.099	16
15	22	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Ferrari	1’33.697	2.232	33
16	16	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’34.005	2.540	32
17	17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’34.055	2.590	37
18	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1’34.310	2.845	33
19	19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	1’36.095	4.630	37
20	18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	1’36.333	4.868	33
21	25	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	1’36.630	5.165	28
22	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1’36.834	5.369	28
23	21	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1’37.352	5.887	33
24	20	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT-Cosworth	1’37.831	6.366	34

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62 comments on Vettel stays on top in second practice

wasiF1 said on 8th October 2010, 11:33

Nice to see that Schumacher is keeping his nose clean but he needs to perform on Saturday & more importantly on Sunday. It will be a very difficult weekend for Hamilton given the fact he had very little time on track.

- US_Peter (@us_peter) said on 8th October 2010, 18:18
  
  He’s typically been terrible in qualifying, but usually makes up some places in the race (especially on his starts). Qualifying in the wet could see him do well though, so maybe he’ll have a decent race here.
  
  - wasiF1 (@wasif1) said on 9th October 2010, 2:42
    
    He does make up some good places on the start, agree with you but during the race he struggle a lot with his pace especially in the latter part,
    
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65) said on 8th October 2010, 14:06

Kubica’s performance will decide the championship!

If he keeps his Renault there, he’ll make things difficult to Alonso, Hamilton and Button (in that order). He’ll be racing for Red Bull on sunday.

It’ll be interesting.

- US_Peter (@us_peter) said on 8th October 2010, 18:18
  
  Yep. The championship spoiler!