Hamilton leads Brazil practice
11/25/2011 08:01:09 PM
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has outpaced his rivals to set the fastest time during second practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix on Friday.
The Brit topped the timesheets for the majority of the session at Interlagos, with his time of one minute 13.392 seconds the quickest of his impressive 35-lap stint.
He held off Red Bull rivals Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber - who were second and third respectively - and the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso.
Hamilton led the session from the 11th minute to the 49th before drivers began switching to the softer tyres.
Mercedes' Michael Schumacher topped Hamilton with a lap of 1:13.723, but when the 2008 world champion returned on the same tyres, he set a time that would remain the quickest of the session.
World champion Vettel clinched second, 0.167 seconds behind Hamilton, while Webber settled for third having gone quickest during first practice.
Schumacher was fifth-fastest, ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa and McLaren's Jenson Button.
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg and Force India duo Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta made up the top 10.Sauber's Sergio Perez, who was 13th, suffered a gearbox failure late in the session.