Jenson Button Scored Fastest Time in Turkey P2

McLaren Mercedes managed to finish the Friday action at Istanbul Park with a double-win performance, as reigning champion Jenson Button scored the best time of the day halfway through the second practice, ahead of Red Bull duo Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.

Both Button and teammate Lewis Hamilton started off the P2 action in a dominant fashion, setting the two fastest times of the session after a few runs. As compared to P1 however, Red Bull also entered the battle for 1st place, shortly after Button stopped the time at 1:28.280 (on soft tires). Sebastian Vettel was the first one to separate Button and Hamilton by setting a 2nd fastest time, after which Mark Webber made one more effort and got himself into the runner-up spot with almost 10 minutes to go.

Nevertheless, the day was not all smiles for the guys at Red Bull Racing, as Webber's RB6 car came to a halt some 5 minutes to the chequered flag (with smoke coming up from its rear). The Australian driver quickly pushed his car away from the track and moved slowly to the garage walking. Additionally, Vettel did not experience a perfect first day with Randy Mary either, as the German complained about poor water pressure in the last few minutes of the session.

With everyone using soft tires in the second part of the session and the rubber already settling inside the Istanbul track, the time gaps between the frontrunners were much closer. Hamilton had to settle for the 4th place – a perfect McLaren/Red Bull sandwich – while followed by Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.

Mercedes GP duo Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher scored the 6th and 7th quickest lap times, while followed by Renault duo Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov. Finally, the Top 10 was completed by Ferrari-an and 3-time Turkish GP winner Felipe Massa, who was the victim of a partial slide in Turn 8, ruining his tires in the process.

Here are the complete lap times of P2 in the Turkish Grand Prix:

01. Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes)                    1:28.280
02. Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault)                         1:28.378
03. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault)                     1:28.590
04. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)                   1:28.672
05. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)                                    1:28.725
06. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)                                     1:28.914
07. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes)                         1:28.974
08. Robert Kubica (Renault)                                       1:29.225
09. Vitaly Petrov (Renault)                                          1:29.501
10. Felipe Massa (Ferrari)                                           1:29.620
11. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes)                      1:29.629
12. Nico Hulkenberg (Williams-Cosworth)                   1:29.987
13. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari)                        1:30.053
14. Pedro de la Rosa (Sauber-Ferrari)                        1:30.176
15. Sebastien Buemi Toro (Rosso-Ferrari)                  1:30.386
16. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force (India-Mercedes)              1:30.627
17. Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth)               1:30.766
18. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso-Ferrari)                 1:30.933
19. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Cosworth)                      1:31.610
20. Lucas di Grassi (Virgin-Cosworth)                          1:33.013
21. Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Cosworth)                                 1:33.081
22. Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth)                                1:33.312
23. Bruno Senna (HRT-Cosworth)                               1:33.420
24. Karun Chandhok (HRT-Cosworth)                         1:33.740