FP1: Button leads a McLaren 1-2 on Friday

Friday 20th July 2012, 11:40 by TF1T Staff 

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McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton led the way on Friday morning in Hockenheim for first practice for the German Grand Prix.

The duo were running the newly revised MP4-27 which features a raft of updates, the largest and most significant are the undercut sidepods.

Button's best lap, a 1:16.595, put him almost half a second ahead of team-mate Hamilton, whilst Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Sergio Perez were all within a second.

Lotus also ran some visual upgrades with ducts either side of the roll-hoop and their own version of Mercedes super-DRS system - though limited running due to rain rendered much of the on-track action inconclusive.

The weather also caught out a few drivers, with many running wide before Valtteri Bottas hit the barrier is Bruno Senna's Williams at the end of the session.

2012 German GP FP1 Results:

#DriverTeamTimeGapLaps 
01. J. Button McLaren 1:16.595   27
02. L. Hamilton McLaren 1:17.093 +0.498 22
03. F. Alonso Ferrari 1:17.370 +0.775 21
04. M. Schumacher Mercedes 1:17.382 +0.787 20
05. S. Perez Sauber 1:17.413 +0.818 28
06. N. Hulkenberg Force India 1:17.599 +1.004 17
07. N. Rosberg Mercedes 1:17.915 +1.320 27
08. F. Massa Ferrari 1:17.995 +1.400 22
09. P. Maldonado Williams 1:18.020 +1.425 20
10. R. Grosjean Lotus 1:18.130 +1.535 21
11. K. Kobayashi Sauber 1:18.226 +1.631 22
12. S. Vettel Red Bull 1:18.339 +1.744 21
13. V. Bottas Williams 1:18.422 +1.827 28
14. D. Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:18.709 +2.114 30
15. K. Raikkonen Lotus 1:18.831 +2.236 14
16. J. Bianchi Force India 1:18.972 +2.377 21
17. J. Vergne Toro Rosso 1:19.039 +2.444 34
18. V. Petrov Caterham 1:19.674 +3.079 24
19. H. Kovalainen Caterham 1:19.963 +3.368 24
20. M. Webber Red Bull 1:20.122 +3.527 27
21. C. Pic Marussia 1:20.169 +3.574 20
22. T. Glock Marussia 1:20.539 +3.944 18
23. P. de la Rosa HRT 1:21.138 +4.543 23
24. D. Clos HRT 1:21.740 +5.145 27

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