Barcelona: World Champion Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel clocked the fastest time ahead of archrival Fernando Alonso in the second practice session of the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday.
Alonso was the fastest in the rain-affected first session, but the Spaniard finished .017 seconds behind the German as weather improved at the Circuit de Catalunya in the afternoon. Vettel clocked 1 minute, 22.808 seconds -- considerably faster than the 1:25.252 Alonso managed for Ferrari in the morning run.
Vettel said after the race that afternoon was fairly conclusive. “We have some new parts here but the days of big, big upgrades don’t really happen now with the regulations how they are. This afternoon was fairly conclusive, but this morning wasn’t really much good with the weather. It’s hard to say much about the harder tyre, I think the number of pit stops will be the same here in this race as at the last few,” said Vettel.
Meanwhile Mark Webber, who finished third in the second practice said, “It looks reasonably tight. We couldn’t have got more out of it today really, the weather made things a bit tricky, but it was a pretty good day overall. We had a few things to test this morning which we had to move to the afternoon when the weather was better – but it was okay. We still have work to do tonight. It’s a nice grand prix to come to – one of the most popular of the year.”
By ISN