Formula One News » Australian Grand Prix: Free Practice 1 – Vettel takes first blood Posted on 15/03/2013
Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel sets the pace in first practice for Sunday’s season opening, Australian Grand Prix, 0.078 seconds up on Felipe Massa; Fernando Alonso comes in third ahead of Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber and Kimi Raikkonen; Nico Rosberg ends up seventh with Adrian Sutil, Jenson Button and Romain Grosjean rounding out the top ten…
Australian Grand Prix: Free practice times 1
| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m 27.211s |
| 2. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 27.289s |
| 3. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 27.547s |
| 4. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 27.552s |
| 5. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m 27.668s |
| 6. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m 27.877s |
| 7. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 28.013s |
| 8. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m 28.426s |
| 9. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m 28.440s |
| 10. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m 28.520s |
| 11. | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m 28.597s |
| 12. | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 28.786s |
| 13. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m 28.910s |
| 14. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m 29.443s |
| 15. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1m 29.928s |
| 16. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 30.203s |
| 17. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 30.729s |
| 18. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 30.963s |
| 19. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m 31.263s |
| 20. | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m 32.176s |
| 21. | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1m 32.274s |
| 22. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1m 32.388s |
all times unofficial

