FP1: Maldonado top for Williams in Europe

Friday 22nd June 2012, 14:53 by TF1T Staff

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Pastor Maldonado put his Williams top in first practice on Friday for the European Grand Prix.

The Venezuelan managed a late lap eight hundredths quicker than Sebastian Vettel to go quickest ahead of the Red Bull pair.

Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso rounded off the top five.

2012 European GP FP1 Results:

#	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
01.	P. Maldonado	Williams	1:40.890		22
02.	S. Vettel	Red Bull	1:40.973	+0.083	21
03.	M. Webber	Red Bull	1:40.984	+0.094	19
04.	J. Button	McLaren	1:40.994	+0.104	19
05.	F. Alonso	Ferrari	1:41.065	+0.175	26
06.	P. di Resta	Force India	1:41.105	+0.215	15
07.	M. Schumacher	Mercedes	1:41.117	+0.227	22
08.	L. Hamilton	McLaren	1:41.158	+0.268	18
09.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.182	+0.292	21
10.	K. Raikkonen	Lotus	1:41.620	+0.730	21
11.	R. Grosjean	Lotus	1:41.784	+0.894	15
12.	K. Kobayashi	Sauber	1:41.838	+0.948	19
13.	S. Perez	Sauber	1:41.861	+0.971	16
14.	F. Massa	Ferrari	1:42.109	+1.219	20
15.	J. Bianchi	Force India	1:42.175	+1.285	21
16.	V. Bottas	Williams	1:42.299	+1.409	24
17.	H. Kovalainen	Caterham	1:42.442	+1.552	26
18.	J. Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:42.758	+1.868	26
19.	D. Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1:42.777	+1.887	28
20.	V. Petrov	Caterham	1:43.209	+2.319	19
21.	C. Pic	Marussia	1:44.173	+3.283	18
22.	P. de la Rosa	HRT	1:44.996	+4.106	15
23.	N. Karthikeyan	HRT	1:45.120	+4.230	23
24.	T. Glock	Marussia	1:45.338	+4.448	7

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