Brazilian GP, ​​Free Practice 2: Hamilton ahead of Vettel

Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the second free practice session of the Brazilian GP at Interlagos. The Englishman from McLaren Mercedes was in the lead for most of the session.

His first fastest lap, 1.13.852, put him at the top of the standings already in the 11th minute. The record lasted until the first 40 minutes, beaten after the first runs on soft tyres. Michael Schumacher was the first to beat Hamilton's time, lapping in 1.13.723. But six minutes later Hamilton also put on the softer tires lapping in 1.13.653 and then 1.13.392, a time that guaranteed him first place until the end.

Sebastian Vettel moved into second position with the Red Bull at 167 thousandths ahead of the other Red Bull of Mark Webber.

Fernando Alonso is fourth with Ferrari while Schumacher is fifth. Felipe Massa completed the top 6 in the other Ferrari while Jenson Button, second for most of the session, dropped to seventh.

Nico Rosberg with Mercedes precedes Adrian Sutil's Force India and Paul di Resta completes the top 10. Gearbox problems for Sergio Perez a few minutes from the end.

F1 GP Brazil, times and results of free practice 2

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m13.392s 35 2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m13.559s + 0.167 41 3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m13.587s + 0.195 41 4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m13.598 .0.206s + 35 5 1. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 13.723m0.331s + 38 6 1. Felipe Massa Ferrari 13.750m0.358s + 39 7 1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 13.787m0.395s + 36 8 1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 13.872m0.480s + 42 9 1. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 14.144m0.752s + 41 10 1. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 14.807m1.415s + 48 11 1. Vitaly Petrov Renault 14.856m1.464s + 38 12 1. Bruno Senna Renault 14.931m1.539s + 37 13 1. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 14.970m1.578s + 32 14 1. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 15.019m1.627s + 45 15 1. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 15.264m1.872s + 44 16 1. Jaime Alguersuari To ro Rosso-Ferrari 15.388m1.996s + 41 17 1. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 15.679m2.287s + 43 18 1. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 15.903m2.511s + 40 19 1. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 16.298m2.906s + 36 20 1. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus -Renault 16.338m2.946s + 48 21 1. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 18.031m4.639s + 39 22 1. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 18.051m4.659s + 45 23 1. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 18.367m4.975s + 42 24 1 Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 18.476m5.084s + 42 XNUMX