Vettel tops final Indian practice

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F1 Grand Prix, GP India, Buddh International Circuitin

Sebastian Vettel has shown once again who is the World Champion, and why exactly. After being slightly off the pace during the first practice sessions, Red Bull returned to form. Jenson Button went second fastest, team mate Mark Webber third.

Vettel led the session until ten minutes from the end when everybody came out for another quick run on the softer tyres. Alonso was the first to improve, with Massa ending up just behind him.

5 minutes from the end Button put himself on top of the timesheet, posting a 1:25.191, ahead of Hamilton and Vettel.

Then in the final seconds the Red Bulls crossed the finish line again, with Vettel taking the lead again, despite having been slightly distracted by a Sauber along his way. His teammate Mark Webber went third fastest, in between both McLarens.

During the session, many drivers ended up in the dust, either by going wide over the kerbs or spinning off track. This of course doesn't improve the already very dusty track, especially off the racing line where it looks all very slippery.

Results

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGapLaps
11Sebastian VettelRbr-Renault1:24.824-18
24Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.1910.36715
32Mark WebberRbr-Renault1:25.2030.37919
43Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.2880.46416
55Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:25.7840.96017
66Felipe MassaFerrari1:26.0581.23416
715Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:26.7851.96119
88Nico RosbergMercedes1:26.8732.049
914Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:26.9582.134
1018Sebastien BuemiStr-Ferrari1:27.1462.322
117Michael SchumacherMercedes1:27.2172.393
129Bruno SennaRenault1:27.2352.411
1316Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari1:27.2622.438
1410Vitaly PetrovRenault1:27.2802.456
1519Jaime AlguersuariStr-Ferrari1:27.3872.563
1617Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:27.7492.925
1712Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Cosworth1:27.7932.969
1811Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:27.8753.051
1921Jarno TrulliLotus-Renault1:29.3554.531
2020Heikki KovalainenLotus-Renault1:29.7504.926
2124Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:30.6835.859
2222Narain KarthikeyanHrt-Cosworth1:30.9006.076
2325Jerome d'AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth1:32.8518.027
2423Daniel RicciardoHrt-Cosworth1:33.2468.422