Australia 2012 - Free Practice 2 results - Michael Schumacher leads the way in second practice

Published 16 March 2012 by Christine

It was still wet at Albert Park for the second session of the day, giving the drivers plenty of opportunity to get some early information about the wet tyres. There were lots of spins early on, and Michael Schumacher went off - damaging his front wing as he went. He still managed to set the fastest time of the afternoon, albeit almost two seconds slower than Button's morning P1 time. Crucially, Karthikeyan managed to set a time, and Pedro de la Rosa completed one installation lap.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:29.183	16
2	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:29.292	19
3	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:30.199	23
4	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:30.341	13
5	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:30.709	14
6	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:31.466	13
7	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:31.505	14
8	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:31.932	16
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:32.184	17
10	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:32.194	19
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:32.296	20
12	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:32.632	17
13	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:32.767	15
14	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:32.822	11
15	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:33.039	18
16	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:33.252	11
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:34.108	21
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:34.275	7
19	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:34.312	17
20	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:34.485	29
21	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:34.604	31
22	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:34.770	13
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:42.627	16
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	No Time	1