Alonso fastest in front of home crowd
F1 Grand Prix, GP Europe, Valencia Street Circuit
In front of his home crowd, Scuderia Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso clocked the fastest lap time around the urban circuit of Valencia during the second free practice session. The Spaniard was faster than the Red Bull pair Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.
The session was red-flagged with 59 minutes on the clock as Ferrari's Felipe Massa spun and stalled his car in turn 5.
Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:39.283 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Rbr-Renault | 1:39.339 | 0.056 | |
| 3 | 6 | Mark Webber | Rbr-Renault | 1:39.427 | 0.144 | |
| 4 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes Gp | 1:39.650 | 0.367 | |
| 5 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.749 | 0.466 | |
| 6 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:39.880 | 0.597 | |
| 7 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:39.947 | 0.664 | |
| 8 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:40.020 | 0.737 | |
| 9 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.029 | 0.746 | |
| 10 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:40.174 | 0.891 | |
| 11 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes Gp | 1:40.287 | 1.004 | |
| 12 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:40.387 | 1.104 | |
| 13 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:40.618 | 1.335 | |
| 14 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | Bmw Sauber-Ferrari | 1:40.906 | 1.623 | |
| 15 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | Bmw Sauber-Ferrari | 1:40.945 | 1.662 | |
| 16 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | Str-Ferrari | 1:41.115 | 1.832 | |
| 17 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:41.371 | 2.088 | |
| 18 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Str-Ferrari | 1:41.457 | 2.174 | |
| 19 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:42.467 | 3.184 | |
| 20 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:42.993 | 3.710 | |
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:43.811 | 4.528 | |
| 22 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:43.854 | 4.571 | |
| 23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | Hrt-Cosworth | 1:44.095 | 4.812 | |
| 24 | 20 | Karun Chandhok | Hrt-Cosworth | 1:44.566 | 5.283 |
