McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the first free practice session for the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix, at the Circuit of the Americas (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Updated: Friday, 16 Nov 2012, 1:48 PM CST
Published : Friday, 16 Nov 2012, 1:48 PM CST
AUSTIN (AP/KXAN) - Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel posted the fastest lap in the first practice session at the U.S. Grand Prix, finishing in 1 minute, 38.125 seconds on the new Circuit of the Americas track.
Lewis Hamilton of McLaren was second with 1:39.543 and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was third at 1:40.337. Friday's practice runs were the first time any of the drivers had driven on the new $400 million track.
Vettel leads Alonso by 10 points with two races left on the schedule and is trying to become just the third driver to win three in a row.
Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner said the course was very close to what the drivers practiced on their simulators and it didn't produce any surprises the first time around.
Results:
Position-Number-Driver-Team-Time Retired-Gap-Laps
1 -- 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.125 30
2 -- 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.543 1.418 28
3 -- 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:40.337 2.212 29
4 -- 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.528 2.403 29
5 -- 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:40.650 2.525 30
6 -- 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:40.966 2.841 26
7 -- 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:41.023 2.898 29
8 -- 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.036 2.911 28
9 -- 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:41.159 3.034 32
10 -- 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.473 3.348 29
11 -- 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:41.783 3.658 29
12 -- 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:41.825 3.700 28
13 -- 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:41.833 3.708 29
14 -- 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:41.880 3.755 23
15 -- 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:41.998 3.873 27
16 -- 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:42.539 4.414 30
17 -- 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:42.588 4.463 25
18 -- 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:43.288 5.163 23
19 -- 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:43.443 5.318 28
20 -- 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:43.522 5.397 23
21 -- 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:44.464 6.339 24
22 -- 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:44.548 6.423 29
23 -- 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:46.917 8.792 13
24 -- 23 Qing Hua Ma HRT-Cosworth 1:48.559 10.434 19
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