FP2: Vettel goes quickest in second practice

Friday 22nd June 2012, 15:09 by Ryan Wood 

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Sebastian Vettel went one better in second practice for the European Grand Prix to go quickest ahead of Nico Hulkenberg's Force India.

The German improved on his FP1 laptime by some 1.5 seconds to go top of the timesheets, making the most of his heavily revised RB8 which has new sidepods and a new rear-wing.

Hulkenberg impressed with a time just over a tenth slower than Vettel with Kamui Kobayashi topping off the top three cars.

Michael Schumacher had one of his better sessions to finish fourth quickest, though it wasn't without incident after he complained of a 'drive issue' - which was quickly fixed.

Bruno Senna finished fifth quickest which supports a strong weekend for Williams after Maldonado was quickest in first practice but fell to 13th in FP2.

Pedro de la Rosa clattered some kerbing sending him into the Valencia walls which heavily damaged his front-wing.

2012 European GP FP2 Results:

#DriverTeamTimeGapLaps 
01. S. Vettel Red Bull 1:39.334   33
02. N. Hulkenberg Force India 1:39.465 +0.131 32
03. K. Kobayashi Sauber 1:39.595 +0.261 20
04. M. Schumacher Mercedes 1:39.601 +0.267 27
05. B. Senna Williams 1:39.644 +0.310 34
06. P. di Resta Force India 1:39.700 +0.366 32
07. F. Alonso Ferrari 1:39.733 +0.399 34
08. R. Grosjean Lotus 1:39.898 +0.534 33
09. M. Webber Red Bull 1:39.901 +0.567 30
10. K. Raikkonen Lotus 1:39.926 +0.592 32
11. N. Rosberg Mercedes 1:39.945 +0.611 34
12. J. Button McLaren 1:39.990 +0.656 33
13. P. Maldonado Williams 1:40.075 +0.741 29
14. L. Hamilton McLaren 1:40.147 +0.813 25
15. F. Massa Ferrari 1:40.244 +0.910 35
16. S. Perez Sauber 1:40.511 +1.177 29
17. V. Petrov Caterham 1:40.963 +1.626 20
18. D. Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:41.121 +1.787 32
19. H. Kovalainen Caterham 1:41.197 +1.863 38
20. J. Vergne Toro Rosso 1:41.263 +1.929 29
21. T. Glock Marussia 1:42.424 +3.090 21
22. C. Pic Marussia 1:42.958 +3.624 30
23. N. Karthikeyan HRT 1:44.201 +4.876 33
24. P. de la Rosa HRT 1:44.260 +4.926 12

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