Abu Dhabi 2012 - Free Practice 2 results - Vettel takes over the top spot in afternoon practice

Published 2 November 2012 by Christine

Sebastian Vettel wasn't about to let Lewis Hamilton have all the fun, and he secured the fastest time over the McLaren driver in second practice, by just under two tenths of a second. Button was third, with Alonso falling to seventh. There was some concern from Hamilton about the steering wheel issue he had last weekend coming back, but it didn't seem to affect his pace out on track.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:41.751	34
2	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:41.919	34
3	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:42.412	36
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:42.466	21
5	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:42.500	34
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:41.532	28
7	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:42.587	31
8	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:42.823	33
9	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:42.998	37
10	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:43.106	36
11	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:43.191	34
12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:43.200	36
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:43.255	34
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:43.267	32
15	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:43.578	34
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:43.689	32
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:44.260	27
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:45.005	19
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:42.245	36
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:45.782	33
21	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:46.589	36
22	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:46.671	32
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:46.707	26
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:47.406	35