Young German driver Sebastian Vettel of the Red Bull Racing team set the fastest time this afternoon in Montreal during the second free practice session of the Canadian Grand Prix.
However, Vettel complained about his rear tires that let govery quickly, which may cause a problem if the race is run on dry pavement on Sunday. Another German, Nico Rosberg set the quickest lap early in the session, his Mercedes was shod on Medium tires. Vettel, and then Fernando Alonso beat his time to clinch second and third positions. It was a relatively quiet session, with only minor incidents and little drama, but the issue of the afternoon appeared to be tire wear, with many drivers reporting extreme graining. Lap times went up to six to eight seconds slower during stints on the Super Soft tires as many drivers' rubber started looking extremely unhealthy after a relatively small number of lap. Mark Webber, Vettel’s teammate at Red Bull Racing, was fourth, ahead of Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Adrian Sutil (Force India) and Lewis Hamilton in the fastest McLaren. Jarno Trulli suffered a gearbox problem in his Lotus and spent most of the session in the garage, losing precious time. Second free practice session: 1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 1'16"877 - 32 laps 2 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F10) - 1'16"963 - 35 3 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W01) - 1'17"151 - 34 4 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 1'17"273 - 33 5 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F10) - 1'17"401 - 33 6 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'17"415 - 28 7 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 1'17"522 - 29 8 - Robert Kubica (Renault R30) - 1'17"529 - 36 9 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W01) - 1'17"688 - 34 10 - Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'17"903 - 35 11 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 1'17"961 - 33 12 - Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'18"385 - 27 13 - Nico Hulkenberg (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'18"447 - 41 14 - Vitaly Petrov (Renault R30) - 1'18"582 - 40 15 - Pedro De La Rosa (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 1'18"658 - 34 16 - Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 1'19"142 - 38 17 - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1'19"168 - 32 18 - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1'19"274 - 41 19 - Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T127-Cosworth) - 1'19"969 - 35 20 - Karun Chandhok (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 1'20"879 - 29 21 - Bruno Senna (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 1'21"097 - 31 22 - Jarno Trulli (Lotus T127-Cosworth) - 1'21"346 - 11 23 - Timo Glock (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1'21"488 - 25 24 - Lucas Di Grassi (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1'21"577 - 30 Unofficial timing
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