Celebrate 20 Years in F1, Schumacher Leads Free Practice I

Spa-Francorchamps - Mercedes Driver Michael Schumacher started the celebration of 20 year career in Formula One with the sweet. He managed to record the fastest time in first free practice with 1 minute 54, 355 sec.

Meanwhile, teammate Schumacher, Nico Rosberg followed in second with a gap of 0.474 seconds. Rosberg himself devouring 15 laps while Schumacher through 13 laps at Spa Francorchamps circuit.

However, the successful duo of Mercedes in free practice does not guarantee they will master the qualifying and race because the conditions of the current trend itself dry. Erratic weather conditions at the Spa could have an effect on the outcome of the race.

It is not possible in the second free practice, it will rain soaked the track so that the settings automatically change your own car.

In addition, the last Renault driver Bruno Senna is still yet to show performances after he replaced Nick Heidfeld. The Brazilian driver was only able to record time of 2 minutes 14.340 seconds, or is at number 23.

This surprising result also accepted Red Bull's Mark Webber who finished 16th in first free practice with a record time of 2 minutes 9.792 seconds.





Pos Driver Team / Car Time Gap Laps
1. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m54.355s 13 2. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m54.829s + 0.474s 15 3. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes + 8.385s 2m02.740s 8 4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 9.397s 2m03.752s 10 5. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 9.946s 2m04.301s 7 6. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 2m04.663s 10.308s 18 + 7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 2m04.728s 10.373s 10 + 8. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 2m05.391s 11.036s 12 9. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2m06.583s 12.228s 16 + 10. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 2m06.886s 12.531s 15 + 11. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 2m07.055s 12.700s 12 + 12. Sergio Perez-Sauber Ferrari 2m07.481s 13.126s 15 + 13. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 2m08.233s 13.878s 14 + 14. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2m08.239s 13.884s 14 + 15. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 2m08.918s 14.563s 10 16. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault + 15.437s 2m09.792s 8 17. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 2m12.278s 17.923s 13 18. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 2m12.389s 18.034s 10 19. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 2m12.772s 18.417s 13 20. Paul in Resta Force India-Mercedes 2m13.058s 18.703s 8 + 21. Karun Chandhok + Lotus-Renault 2m13.090s 18.735s 11 22. Vitaly Petrov Renault 2m13.601s 19.246s 10 + 23. Bruno Senna Renault 2m14.340s 19.985s 7 + 24. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth + 2m14.933s 20.578s 11

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