Japanese GP, Free Practice 1: Button in front, accident for Vettel

Jenson Button set the fastest time in the first free practice session of the Formula 1 Japanese GP. At Suzuka, McLaren took a one-two finish in the first free practice session on Friday with Lewis Hamilton behind his teammate. Bad start to the weekend for Sebastian Vettel who ended his session in the Degner barriers.

The third-placed German ran wide on his final attempt at Degner 1, and was therefore unable to slow his Red Bull at the next corner. There was little damage to the car.

Button was fastest for most of the session and dropped to 1.33.634 on the final lap. Hamilton is just 91 thousandths behind while Fernando Alonso is fourth with Ferrari ahead of Mark Webber.

Excellent sixth time for Jaime Alguersuari with the Toro Rosso, ahead of the other Ferrari of Felipe Massa and the other Toro Rosso of Sebastien Buemi. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes GP) and Vitaly Petrov (Lotus Renault GP) completed the top 10.

F1 GP Japan Times and results Free Practice 1

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m33.634s 20 2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m33.725s + 0.091 18 3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m34.090s + 0.456 22 4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m34.372. 0.738s + 24 5 1. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 34.426m0.792s + 25 6 1. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 34.937m1.303s + 23 7 1. Felipe Massa Ferrari 35.585m1.951s + 27 8 1. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso - Ferrari 35.590m1.956s + 25 9 1. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 36.033m2.399s + 22 10 1. Vitaly Petrov Renault 36.370m2.736s + 18 11 1. Bruno Senna Renault 36.487m2.853s + 18 12 1. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 36.700m3.066 21. 13s + 1 36.948 3.314. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 24m14s + 1 36.949 3.315. Paul Di Resta Force India-Mercedes 22m15s + 1 37.103 3.469. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 29m16s + 1 38.197 4.563. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 18m17s + 1 38.331 4.697. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 11m18s + 1 38.446 4.812. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 8m19s + 1 39.168 5.534. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 10m20s + 1 39.946 6.312. Kar a Chandhok Lotus -Renault 22m21s + 1 40.872 7.238. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 13m22s + 1 41.019 7.385. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 24m23s + 1 41.106 7.472. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 25m24s + 1 41.775 8.141 Narian Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 25mXNUMXs + XNUMX XNUMX