Schumacher tops Friday practice at Shanghai
F1 Grand Prix, GP China, Shanghai International Ciruit
After the first practice session was damp, Michael Schumacher emerged on top in the second practice session ahead of the Chinese GP. Likely thanks to a highly effective, and legal, DRS system, Schumacher was faster than Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.
Championship leader Fernando Alonso was 10th fastest.
Timo Glock meanwhile crashed off as the nose on his Marussia came off in turn 1.
Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes Amg | 1:35.973 | - | 32 |
| 2 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.145 | 0.172 | 29 |
| 3 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:36.160 | 0.187 | 27 |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:36.433 | 0.460 | 24 |
| 5 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes Amg | 1:36.617 | 0.644 | 31 |
| 6 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.711 | 0.738 | 28 |
| 7 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:36.956 | 0.983 | 28 |
| 8 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:36.966 | 0.993 | 31 |
| 9 | 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:37.191 | 1.218 | 31 |
| 10 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37.316 | 1.343 | 32 |
| 11 | 15 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.417 | 1.444 | 22 |
| 12 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Str-Ferrari | 1:37.616 | 1.643 | 33 |
| 13 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:37.836 | 1.863 | 30 |
| 14 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Str-Ferrari | 1:37.930 | 1.957 | 32 |
| 15 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:37.972 | 1.999 | 26 |
| 16 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:38.176 | 2.203 | 35 |
| 17 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.293 | 2.320 | 31 |
| 18 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:38.783 | 2.810 | 37 |
| 19 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:38.990 | 3.017 | 36 |
| 20 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:39.346 | 3.373 | 20 |
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:39.651 | 3.678 | 15 |
| 22 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | Hrt-Cosworth | 1:40.343 | 4.370 | 25 |
| 23 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:40.753 | 4.780 | 30 |
| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | Hrt-Cosworth | 1:41.125 | 5.152 | 26 |
