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Ahhh yeah, rain in India. It’s all part of the plan.

Straight 2nd places for you Will!

Ingram tops FP1 as leader Franklin struggles
William Ingram topped the first practice session for the Indian Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull’s Hollis Graham while Championship leader Jamie Franklin struggled to 18th place. The Lotus man couldn’t get the car hooked up and suffered from a series of problems, including gearbox and KERS failure and culminating in an Engine Failure 15 minutes from the end of the session.
His teammate Downton fared better, putting his Lotus third as he looks for back-to-back wins in an attempt to overhaul Franklin in the Championship fight. Widger made it two McLaren’n in the top 5 while Butler’s Mercedes and d’Hazorme’s Caterham rounded out the top 6.

Full Results
1. Ingram (McLaren)
2. Graham (Red Bull)
3. Downton (Lotus)
4. Widger (McLaren)
5. Butler (Mercedes)
6. d’Hazorme (Caterham)
7. Chan (Sauber)
8. Morley (Williams)
9. Armos (Force India)
10. Bomeny (Ferrari)
11. Mathershaw (Ferrari)
12. Kingshark (Red Bull)
13. Sunderland (Caterham)
14. Haddleton (Force India)
15. Nykänen (Williams)
16. Needham (Toro Rosso)
17. Varga (Sauber)
18. Franklin (Lotus)
19. Cucamest (Toro Rosso)
20. Robson (Mercedes)
21. Hofman (HRT)
22. Frog (Marussia)
23. Kirkham (HRT)
24. Peacock (Marussia)

@brazil2007 I think I should come clean with this: I secretly swapped your car with a Toyota Prius :P
Surprised you haven’t noticed that!

Ingram Remains on top in FP2
William Ingram took the top spot again in second practice as McLaren proved Downton’s task of back-to-back wins would be harder than first though. Widger backed up his teammate in second with Downton again in third for Lotus. Sunderland put his Caterham fourth ahead of Graham’s Red Bull and the Williams of Nic Morley. Franklin improved on his FP1 position by going 8th quickest but was still disappointed to be half a second behind his teammate.

Full Results
1. Ingram (McLaren)
2. Widger (McLaren)
3. Downton (Lotus)
4. Sunderland (Caterham)
5. Graham (Red Bull)
6. Morley (Williams)
7. Armos (Force India)
8. Franklin (Lotus)
9. d’Hazorme (Caterham)
10. Varga (Sauber)
11. Mathershaw (Ferrari)
12. Butler (Mercedes)
13. Chan (Sauber)
14. Cucamest (Toro Rosso)
15. Bomeny (Ferrari)
16. Haddleton (Force India)
17. Kingshark (Red Bull)
18. Frog (Marussia)
19. Needham (Toro Rosso)
20. Robson (Mercedes)
21. Nykänen (Williams)
22. Kirkham (HRT)
23. Hofman (HRT)
24. Peacock (Marussia)

I think it would be safe to bet that that Lotus is going to sneak onto pole :P

@matthijs Bradley ninja’d me on that post.