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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:
# Driver Team Time Gap Laps 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 iPad owner? Grab our free Newsstand app now and access our live news feed and grab a copy of The F1 Times Magazine with tons of exclusive content just for you.
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