Japan 2012 - Free Practice 2 results // Webber pips McLaren to the top spot for second practice at Suzuka

Published 5 October 2012 by Christine

Second practice featured a few more casualties than the first, with Paul di Resta managing only two laps before his Force India was off into the barriers - session over. Michael Schumacher also crashed his car, but still managed the tenth fastest time. Rosberg's problem from FP1 turned out to be engine related, whilst Kimi Räikkönen was stuck in the garage with a serious KERS issue. It was left to Webber to challenge the McLaren drivers again, with Hamilton finishing two tenths off the Australian's session-topping time.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:32.493	34
2	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:32.707	32
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:32.836	37
4	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:32.987	30
5	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:33.093	28
6	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:33.107	35
7	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:33.349	22
8	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:33.499	35
9	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:33.614	32
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:33.750	13
11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:33.866	19
12	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:33.903	36
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:33.983	33
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:34.291	12
15	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:34.300	33
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:34.863	32
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:35.080	34
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:35.711	41
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:35.870	37
20	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:36.194	32
21	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:36.636	28
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:37.342	30
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:37.701	35
24	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	No time	2