Home » Sports » Motor Racing
Button fastest in rain-hit Australian GP practise
Source: Agencies |
March 17, 2012, Saturday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
THE McLarens of Britons, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, posted the fastest times as Formula One roared back to business with the first two practise sessions for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix yesterday.
Button edged fellow former world champion Hamilton into second place by 0.245 seconds on the timesheets with a quickest lap of one minute 27.560 seconds in the first session.
A torrential downpour between the two sessions meant the times in second practise were down on the first, with most teams running wet weather tires for all but the last 15 minutes.
"Even though it doesn't mean too much, it's always nice to start the season with the quickest time of the day," Button, who won at Albert Park in 2009 and 2010, said. "The weather didn't help, but it's been the same for everyone. Overall, I think we're quite happy."
Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher had put Mercedes on top for much of the opening session with the quickest of his 17 laps (1.28.235). The 43-year-old German also registered the fastest time in the second session in 1.29.183 ahead of Force India's Nico Hulkenburg.
Red Bull's Mark Webber, who will be looking to better his best finish of fifth in his 11th home grand prix, was fifth fastest with his reigning world champion teammate Sebastian Vettel 11th in the first session and 10th in the second.
Button edged fellow former world champion Hamilton into second place by 0.245 seconds on the timesheets with a quickest lap of one minute 27.560 seconds in the first session.
A torrential downpour between the two sessions meant the times in second practise were down on the first, with most teams running wet weather tires for all but the last 15 minutes.
"Even though it doesn't mean too much, it's always nice to start the season with the quickest time of the day," Button, who won at Albert Park in 2009 and 2010, said. "The weather didn't help, but it's been the same for everyone. Overall, I think we're quite happy."
Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher had put Mercedes on top for much of the opening session with the quickest of his 17 laps (1.28.235). The 43-year-old German also registered the fastest time in the second session in 1.29.183 ahead of Force India's Nico Hulkenburg.
Red Bull's Mark Webber, who will be looking to better his best finish of fifth in his 11th home grand prix, was fifth fastest with his reigning world champion teammate Sebastian Vettel 11th in the first session and 10th in the second.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
