Friday practice one started with a damp track with many cars staying in the garage. Schumacher set the early pace, but when the track dried out Rosber went faster, then beaten by Hamilton. Paul Di Resta, Bruno Senna, and Vitaly Petrov all sat out the morning session to make way for test drivers, Jules Bianchi, Valteri Bottas, and Giedo Van Der Garde.
Pos.
Driver.
Team.
Time
1
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:37.106
2
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:38.116
3
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:38.316
4
Sergio Perez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:38.584
5
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:38.911
6
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing-Renault
1:38.977
7
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing-Renault
1:39.198
8
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:39.199
9
Daniel Ricciardo
STR-Ferrari
1:39.748
10
Jean-Eric Vergne
STR-Ferrari
1:39.768
11
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:40.056
12
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:40.153
13
Valtteri Bottas
Williams-Renault
1:40.298
14
Nico Hulkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:40.328
15
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:40.540
16
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:41.071
17
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:41.204
18
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:42.330
19
Giedo van der Garde
Caterham-Renault
1:42.521
20
Jules Bianchi
Force India-Mercedes
1:44.118
21
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
1:44.227
22
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:44.500
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
1:47.204
24
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:50.465
When Practice Two arrived the track was dry but cold. The first crash of the weekend was Marussia's Timo Glock who went off the track at turn one. Mercedes' Michael Schumacher set the pace with a time of 1:35.973 followed by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.
Pos.
Driver.
Team.
Time.
1
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:35.973
2
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:36.145
3
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing-Renault
1:36.160
4
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing-Renault
1:36.433
5
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:36.617
6
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:36.711
7
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
1:36.956
8
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
1:36.966
9
Nico Hulkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:37.191
10
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:37.316
11
Sergio Perez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:37.417
12
Daniel Ricciardo
STR-Ferrari
1:37.616
13
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:37.836
14
Jean-Eric Vergne
STR-Ferrari
1:37.930
15
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:37.972
16
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
1:38.178
17
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:38.293
18
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
1:38.783
19
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
1:38.990
20
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
1:39.346
21
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
1:39.651
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
1:40.343
23
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
1:40.753
24
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
1:41.125
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