Mclaren once again dominated a friday, this time with Jenson Button setting the fastest time of the first Practice Session with a 1:37.677. However in the second Practice session his team mate Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time of the day with a 1:35.217 , showing that straight line speed definitely is an advantage here in China. The day was dominated by Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Buemi's crash in FP1. The crash was caused by an upright failure and meant that both front wheels blew off and left Buemi skidding off towards the gravel at almost 200mphMore to follow shortly! Classification First Practice
Position Driver Team Fastest Lap 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.677 2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:36.748 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.775 4 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:37.509 5 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:37.601 6 Robert Kubica Renault 1:37.716 7 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:37.745 8 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:37.980 9 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:38.008 10 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.098 11 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.161 12 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.375 13 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.421 14 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:38.569 15 Paul Di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:38.618 16 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:38.678 17 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:39.939 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:41.531 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:41.779 20 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:41.830 21 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:42.181 22 Bruno Senna Hispania-Cosworth 1:43.875 23 Karun Chandhok Hispania-Cosworth 1:43.949 24 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
Second Practice Position Driver Team Fastest Lap 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.217 2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:35.465 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.593 4 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:35.602 5 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:35.791 6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:35.995 7 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:36.254 8 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:36.377 9 Robert Kubica Renault 1:36.389 10 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:36.604 11 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.944 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:36.986 13 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.421 14 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.431 15 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:37.657 16 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:37.804 17 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:37.867 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:39.624 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:39.947 20 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:40.233 21 Karun Chandhok Hispania-Cosworth 1:41.008 22 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:41.107 23 Bruno Senna Hispania-Cosworth 1:41.345 24 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari