2010 GERMAN GP: RESULTS FROM FRIDAY FREE PRACTICE

FIRST FREE PRACTICE

Sutil clocked a quickest time of 1m25.701 late in the session to finish over a second ahead of Felipe Massa and Jenson Button in second and third. Lewis Hamilton hit a puddle and over-corrected through the left-handed Turn 3, 70 minutes into the session. This snapped the car right and across the grass. Without purchase, the McLaren did not slow and swiped the wall heavily, damaging three corners of the car and no doubt the new blown diffuser system.

Sebastian Vettel might actually have been fastest had his late-flier not been interrupted by a trundling Lotus and he finished up 11th ahead of an extraordinarily high-up Timo Glock in the Virgin. Mark Webber was 14th,. Fernando Alonso a lowly 19th, while Michael Schumacher wound up 23rd.

Pos  Driver         Team                   Time              Laps
1.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1:25.701            20
2.  Massa          Ferrari                1:26.850  + 1.149   27
3.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:26.936  + 1.235   16
4.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1:26.947  + 1.246   21
5.  Petrov         Renault                1:26.948  + 1.247   21
6.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1:27.448  + 1.747   20
7.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:28.114  + 2.413   31
8.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth      1:28.193  + 2.492   24
9.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:28.300  + 2.599   19
10. de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari         1:28.486  + 2.785   23
11. Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:28.735  + 3.034   21
12. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:28.735  + 3.034   21
13. Kubica         Renault                1:28.903  + 3.202   20
14. Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:29.048  + 3.347   13
15. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:29.280  + 3.579   17
16. Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:29.366  + 3.665   34
17. Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:29.429  + 3.728    8
18. di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        1:29.500  + 3.799   19
19. Alonso         Ferrari                1:29.684  + 3.983   15
20. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:29.690  + 3.989   17
21. Fauzy          Lotus-Cosworth         1:30.938  + 5.237   27
22. Senna          HRT-Cosworth           1:31.720  + 6.019   23
23. Schumacher     Mercedes               1:32.450  + 6.749   13
24. Yamamoto       HRT-Cosworth           1:32.791  + 7.090   26

SECOND FREE PRACTICE

Ferrari made a welcome return to the top of the lap times as teams enjoyed a drier Hockenheim circuit for the second session of free practice for the German Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso took the first steps to making good on his promise to get back in the world championship fight this weekend, by setting the pace in the largely dry second free practice session for the German Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton was one of the day's biggest losers, the championship leader finishing seventh quickest but only managing only a handful of laps after damaging his McLaren in the opening session. And Jenson Button could only manage the 15th fastest time to leave McLaren with much to ponder before Saturday's crucial qualifying session.

Pos  Driver         Team                    Time              Laps
1.  Alonso         Ferrari                 1:16.265            35
2.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:16.294  + 0.029   26
3.  Massa          Ferrari                 1:16.438  + 0.173   37
4.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        1:16.585  + 0.320   40
5.  Rosberg        Mercedes                1:16.827  + 0.562   32
6.  Schumacher     Mercedes                1:16.971  + 0.706   20
7.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:17.004  + 0.739   10
8.  Kubica         Renault                 1:17.009  + 0.744   37
9.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:17.056  + 0.791   37
10. Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth       1:17.204  + 0.939   44
11. Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:17.336  + 1.071   44
12. Petrov         Renault                 1:17.547  + 1.282   35
13. de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari          1:17.573  + 1.308   39
14. Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:17.701  + 1.436   38
15. Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:17.739  + 1.474   36
16. Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes    1:17.871  + 1.606   33
17. Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:18.147  + 1.882   45
18. Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:19.327  + 3.062   48
19. Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         1:19.553  + 3.288   30
20. Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth          1:20.008  + 3.743   34
21. di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth         1:20.106  + 3.841   31
22. Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth          1:20.377  + 4.112   37
23. Senna          HRT-Cosworth            1:21.988  + 5.723   37
24. Yamamoto       HRT-Cosworth            1:23.066  + 6.801   37