McLaren driver Jenson Button topped the timesheets in the second free practice session for the Istanbul grand prix this afternoon.

Nico Rosberg was a close second in his Mercedes, followed by Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and Michael Schumacher (Mercedes).

The session was held on a dry track. Champion Sebastian Vettel did not take part in the session after heavily damaging his car in a crash in the wet first free practice.

Fernando Alonso suffered a technical problem which cost him time in FP2.

Second session

1. Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren 1:26.456, 2. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes GP 1:26.521, 3. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 1:27.033, 4. Michael Schumacher (GER) Mercedes GP 1:27.063, 5. Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1:27.149, 6. Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1:27.340, 7. Vitaly Petrov (RUS) Lotus-Renault 1:27.517, 8. Paul di Resta (SCO) Force India 1:27.725, 9. Sergio Perez (MEX) Sauber 1:27.844, 10. Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India 1:28.052, 11. Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1:28.069, 12. Sebastien Buemi (SWI) Toro Rosso 1:28.153, 13. Nick Heidfeld (GER) Lotus-Renault 1:28.475, 14. Jaime Alguersuari (ESP) Toro Rosso 1:28.765, 15. Pastor Maldonado (VEN) Williams F1 1:28.828, 16. Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Williams F1 1:28.946, 17. Jarno Trulli (ITA) Lotus 1:29.409, 18. Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) Sauber 1:29.637, 19. Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) Lotus 1:30.281, 20. Jérôme d'Ambrosio (BEL) Virgin Racing 1:31.035, 21. Timo Glock (GER) Virgin Racing 1:31.221, 22. Narain Karthikeyan (IND) Hispania 1:31.320, 23. Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA) Hispania 1:31.989, 24. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull

First session

1. Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1:38.670, 2. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes GP 1:40.072, 3. Michael Schumacher (GER) Mercedes GP 1:40.132, 4. Nick Heidfeld (GER) Lotus-Renault 1:40.338, 5. Vitaly Petrov (RUS) Lotus-Renault 1:40.401, 6. Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) Sauber 1:40.421, 7. Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1:40.697, 9. Sebastien Buemi (SWI) Toro Rosso 1:41.178, 10. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Force India 1:41.347, 11. Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1:42.564, 12. Pastor Maldonado (VEN) Williams F1 1:42.597, 13. Paul di Resta (SCO) Force India 1:43.525, 14. Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Williams F1 1:43.913, 15. Jarno Trulli (ITA) Lotus 1:43.986, 16. Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA) Hispania 1:44.787, 17. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1:44.954, 18. Timo Glock (GER) Virgin Racing 1:45.183, 19. Jerome d'Ambrosio (BEL) Virgin Racing 1:45.237, 20. Narain Karthikeyan (IND) Hispania 1:48.461, 21. Sergio Perez (MEX) Sauber 1:55.791, 22. Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren 2:00.666, 23. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren , 24. Heikki Kovalainen (FIN)

 























 

 

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