2010 Chinese GP – Friday Practice

Sebastien Buemi 2010 Chinese GP

Sebastien Buemi

Jenson Button posted the fastest time in the first practice session for the Chinese GP ahead of Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel. Worry for Ferrari as the team suffered yet another engine failure (Fernando Alonso). The major talking point however will be the massive and scary crash of Sebastien Buemi. Both his front wheels came off his car at the same moment under braking at the end of the long back straight. No one was hurt …


Buemi wheels China

Both front wheels flying off Buemi's car ...

2010 Chinese GP Friday Practice 1 times:

1. Button – McLaren – 1:36.677
2. Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:36.748 +0.071
3. Hamilton – McLaren – 1:36.775 +0.098
4. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:37.509 +0.832
5. Kubica – Renault – 1:37.601 +0.924
6. Petrov – Renault – 1:37.716 +1.039
7. Schumacher – Mercedes – 1:37.745 +1.068
8. Webber – Red Bull – 1:37.980 +1.303
9. Sutil – Force India – 1:38.008 +1.331
10. Massa – Ferrari – 1:38.098 +1.421
11. Alguersuari – Toro Rosso – 1:38.161 +1.484
12. Kobayashi – Sauber – 1:38.375 +1.698
13. de la Rosa – Sauber – 1:38.421 +1.744
14. Hulkenberg – Williams – 1:38.569 +1.892
15. di Resta – Force India – 1:38.618 +1.941
16. Barrichello – Williams – 1:38.678 +2.001
17. Buemi – Toro Rosso – 1:39.939 +3.262
18. Trulli – Lotus – 1:41.531 +4.854
19. Kovalainen – Lotus – 1:41.779 +5.102
20. Glock – Virgin – 1:41.830 +5.153
21. di Grassi – Virgin – 1:42.181 +5.504
22. Senna – HRT – 1:43.875 +7.198
23. Chandhok – HRT – 1:43.949 +7.272
24. Alonso – Ferrari – no time

There were no big dramas in the second session. Sebastien Buemi however did not make it on the track following the destruction of his car in FP1…

2010 Chinese GP Friday Practice 2 times:

1. Hamilton – McLaren – 1:35.217
2. Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:35.465 + 0.248
3. Button – McLaren – 1:35.593 + 0.376
4. Schumacher – Mercedes – 1:35.602 + 0.385
5. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:35.791 + 0.574
6. Webber – Red Bull – 1:35.995 + 0.778
7. Sutil – Force India – 1:36.254 + 1.037
8. Alguersuari – Toro Rosso – 1:36.377 + 1.160
9. Kubica – Renault – 1:36.389 + 1.172
10. Alonso – Ferrari – 1:36.604 + 1.387
11. Massa – Ferrari – 1:36.944 + 1.727
12. Petrov – Renault – 1:36.986 + 1.769
13. de la Rosa – Sauber – 1:37.421 + 2.204
14. Kobayashi – Sauber – 1:37.431 + 2.214
15. Barrichello – Williams – 1:37.657 + 2.440
16. Liuzzi – Force India – 1:37.804 + 2.587
17. Hulkenberg – Williams – 1:37.867 + 2.650
18. Trulli – Lotus – 1:39.624 + 4.407
19. Kovalainen – Lotus – 1:39.947 + 4.730
20. Glock – Virgin – 1:40.233 + 5.016
21. Chandhok – HRT – 1:41.008 + 5.791
22. di Grassi – Virgin – 1:41.107 + 5.890
23. Senna – HRT – 1:41.345 + 6.128
24. Buemi – Toro Rosso – no time

2011 Teams and Drivers

Red Bull
1. Sebastian VETTEL
2 Mark WEBBER
McLaren
3. Jenson BUTTON
4. Lewis HAMILTON
Ferrari
5. Fernando ALONSO
6. Felipe MASSA
Mercedes GP
7. Michael SCHUMACHER
8. Nico ROSBERG
Renault
9. Robert KUBICA
10. Vitaly PETROV
Williams
11. Rubens BARRICHELLO
12. Pastor MALDONADO
Force India
14. Adrian SUTIL
15. Paul di RESTA
Sauber
16. Kamui KOBAYASHI
17. Sergio PEREZ MENDOZA
Toro Rosso
18. Jaime ALGUERSUARI
19. Sebastien BUEMI
Team Lotus
20. Jarno TRULLI
21. Heikki KOVALAINEN
HRT
22. Narain KARTHIKEYAN
23. Vitantonio LIUZZI
Virgin
24. Timo GLOCK
25. Jerome D'AMBROSIO

2011 F1 Calendar

27 March - Australia
10 April - Malaysia
17 April - China*
08 May - Turkey
22 May - Spain
29 May - Monaco
12 June - Canada
26 June - Europe (Valencia)
10 July - Great Britain
24 July - Germany (Nurburgring)
31 July - Hungary
28 August - Belgium
11 September - Italy
25 September - Singapore
09 October - Japan
16 October - Korea
30 October - India*
13 November - Abu Dhabi
27 November - Brazil

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