FP1: Hamilton leads first Brazilian practice

Friday 23rd November 2012, 16:47 by TF1T Staff 

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Lewis Hamilton led the opening practice session for the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix - the final race of the season which will decide the championship.

Title challenger Sebastian Vettel was just nine thousandths slower than Hamilton, with the former using 2012-spec tyres and the latter testing Pirelli's new 2013 compound which is softer.

Mark Webber was third to confirm Red Bull's ever competitive pace whilst Fernando Alonso could only manage fifth, behind Jenson Button.

The session was a fairly uneventful apart from a spin from Felipe Massa whilst the HRT duo of Narain Karthikeyan and Pedro de la Rosa were lap limited due to HRT's constrained finances.

FP1 Results for the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix:

#No.DriverTeamTimeGapLaps 
01 04 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:14.131   33
02 01 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:14.140 0.009 35
03 02 M. Webber Red Bull 1:14.198 0.067 34
04 03 J. Button McLaren 1:14.217 0.086 31
05 05 F. Alonso Ferrari 1:14.392 0.261 28
06 06 F. Massa Ferrari 1:14.716 0.585 29
07 10 R. Grosjean Lotus 1:14.719 0.588 33
08 11 P. di Resta Force India 1:14.738 0.607 34
09 18 P. Maldonado Williams 1:15.015 0.884 37
10 12 N. Hulkenberg Force India 1:15.050 0.919 32
11 07 M. Schumacher Mercedes 1:15.114 0.983 36
12 14 K. Kobayashi Sauber 1:15.255 1.124 31
13 15 S. Perez Sauber 1:15.396 1.265 32
14 19 V. Bottas Williams 1:15.413 1.282 23
15 16 D. Ricciardo STR 1:15.587 1.456 35
16 09 K. Räikkönen Lotus 1:15.701 1.570 16
17 17 J. Vergne STR 1:16.048 1.917 35
18 08 N. Rosberg Mercedes 1:16.315 2.184 36
19 20 G. van der Garde Caterham 1:16.460 2.329 32
20 24 T. Glock Marussia 1:16.506 2.375 31
21 21 V. Petrov Caterham 1:16.617 2.486 30
22 25 C. Pic Marussia 1:17.234 3.103 26
23 22 P. de la Rosa HRT 1:17.678 3.547 15
24 23 N. Karthikeyan HRT 1:17.895 3.764 13

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