Korea 2012 - Free Practice 1 results - Hamilton and Alonso fight for supremacy in dusty first practice

Published 12 October 2012 by Christine

With first practice around the Korean GP came drivers struggling with grip - the track is not used much once F1 goes home, and it took a long time for the cars to come good. In FP1, the times were gradually dropping until Fernando Alonso emerged from the garage - he managed to set a lap a second faster than the rest. Lewis Hamilton came out to challenge him, and the pair fought for the top, with the McLaren finally snatching P1. There were a few Friday drivers in session, Jules Bianchi in the Force India, Giedo van der Garde in the Caterham and Dani Clos behind the wheel of the HRT.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:39.148	23
2	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:39.450	21
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:39.575	21
4	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:39.854	23
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:40.088	21
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:40.221	21
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:40.396	24
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:40.422	22
9	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:40.440	19
10	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:40.480	21
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:40.929	14
12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:41.048	25
13	Jules Bianchi	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:41.140	21
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:41.220	19
15	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:41.514	20
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:41.596	23
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:42.021	25
18	Valtteri Bottas	Williams F1 Team	1:42.027	23
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:42.104	24
20	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:42.175	13
21	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:42.706	22
22	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham F1 Team	1:42.820	19
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:44.517	23
24	Dani Clos	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:45.735	22