Alonso heads opening practice

Champion Fernando Alonso headed the first practice session at Indianapolis today just under half a second ahead of BMW's Nick Heidfeld and a second faster than the nearest Ferrari.McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton came in third while BMW's stand-in...

Champion Fernando Alonso headed the first practice session at Indianapolis today just under half a second ahead of BMW's Nick Heidfeld and a second faster than the nearest Ferrari.

McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton came in third while BMW's stand-in Sebastian Vettel gave a good account of himself coming in fourth ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, Nico Rosberg (Williams) and Felipe Massa (Ferrari).

Alonso set a best time of 1:11.925 followed by Heidfeld on 1:12.391, Hamilton, 1:12.628, Vettel, 1:12.869 and Raikkonen 1:12.966, Rosberg, 1:13.030 and Massa 1.13.040.

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