India 2012 - Free Practice 1 results - Sebastian Vettel gets off to a great start at the Buddh circuit

Published 26 October 2012 by Christine

Red Bull look set to have the advantage at the Buddh International Circuit this weekend, and Sebastian Vettel got off to a great start by posting the fastest time of first practice. McLaren were close behind though, with both teams trading P1 times throughout the session. Meanwhile, Sauber fielded Esteban Gutiérrez after Sergio Pérez fell ill with a cold, and Caterham had Giedo van der Garde in Kovalainen's car.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:27.619	22
2	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:27.929	22
3	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:28.044	24
4	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:28.046	25
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:28.175	22
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:28.447	25
7	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:28.542	24
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:28.993	23
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:29.204	24
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:29.291	24
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams F1 Team	1:29.691	26
12	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:29.760	23
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:29.802	18
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:29.850	19
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:29.895	19
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:30.041	26
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:30.401	23
18	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:30.630	24
19	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham F1 Team	1:30.896	20
20	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber F1 Team	1:31.212	29
21	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:31.903	22
22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:32.125	24
23	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:32.369	19
24	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:32.859	13