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McLaren duo fastest in final practice in Korea

Webber 3rd, Vettel only 9th

By Franck Drui

15 October 2011 - 05:48

This morning, the Yeongam circuit staged the final hour of free practice for the Korean Grand Prix, the first session to be run entirely in the dry.

Quickest was the McLaren duo of Jenson Button (1.36.910) and Lewis Hamilton (1.37.199) ahead of Mark Webber (1.37.723) in the Red Bull.

In the first of the 150º Italias, Fernando Alonso was fourth in a time of 1.38.029, just ahead of Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa who did a 1.38.434.

The dry conditions made for a very busy session as the drivers evaluated both the Soft and Supersoft Pirelli tyres, with an eye on qualifying and the race.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
01	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	1.36.910		18
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	1.37.199	+0.289	18
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull Renault	1.37.723	+0.813	23
04	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1.38.029	+1.119	21
05	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1.38.434	+1.524	18
06	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	1.39.559	+2.649	23
07	Vitaly Petrov	Lotus Renault GP	1.39.612	+2.702	20
08	Adrian Sutil	Force India Mercedes	1.39.660	+2.750	22
09	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Renault	1.39.695	+2.785	22
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	1.39.743	+2.833	25
11	Paul di Resta	Force India Mercedes	1.39.847	+2.937	22
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso Ferrari	1.39.851	+2.941	20
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso Ferrari	1.39.964	+3.054	21
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber Ferrari	1.40.005	+3.095	17
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber Ferrari	1.40.030	+3.120	18
16	Bruno Senna	Lotus Renault GP	1.40.451	+3.541	19
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams Cosworth	1.40.529	+3.619	20
18	Rubens Barrichello	Williams Cosworth	1.40.711	+3.801	22
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Team Lotus Renault	1.41.909	+4.999	18
20	Jarno Trulli	Team Lotus Renault	1.41.945	+5.035	13
21	Timo Glock	Marussia Virgin Racing Cosworth	1.43.275	+6.365	19
22	Jérôme d’Ambrosio	Marussia Virgin Racing Cosworth	1.44.377	+7.467	16
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT F1 Cosworth	1.44.421	+7.511	22
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT F1 Cosworth	1.45.143	+8.233	11