Alonso tops second practice for Ferrari

The "House of Maranello" is looking stronger. Hamilton registered the second best time.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

MONTE CARLO, Monaco, May 26, 2011 (AFP) - Fernando Alonso clocked the fastest time for Ferrari during Friday's second free practice for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.

The 29-year-old Spaniard, second quickest in the morning session, set a time of one minute 15.123 seconds at the Monte Carlo street circuit.

The 2005 and 2006 world champion's former British team-mate Lewis Hamilton of McLaren was just 0.1 seconds slower followed by Mercedes driver Nico
Rosberg of Germany.

Britain's 2009 champion Jenson Button was fourth quickest in the second McLaren ahead of Germany's championship leader Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull
and Brazilian Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari.

Seven-time champion German Michael Schumacher clocked the seventh fastest time, over a second slower than his team-mate Rosberg, as Australian Mark
Webber of Red Bull was eighth fastest.

Germans Adrian Sutil of Force India and Nick Heidfeld of Renault were ninth and tenth fastest respectively.

POS	No.	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	TIME	LAPS	GAP		KPH
1	5	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Ferrari	1:15.123	42			160.057
2	3	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	McLaren	1:15.228	33	0.105	0.093	159.834
3	8	Nico Rosberg	GER	Mercedes GP	1:15.321	44	0.198	0.093	159.636
4	4	Jenson Button	GBR	McLaren	1:15.448	38	0.325	0.127	159.368
5	1	Sebastian Vettel	GER	Red Bull	1:15.667	46	0.544	0.219	158.906
6	6	Felipe Massa	BRA	Ferrari	1:15.781	45	0.658	0.114	158.667
7	7	Michael Schumacher	GER	Mercedes GP	1:16.356	33	1.233	0.286	157.472
8	2	Mark Webber	AUS	Red Bull	1:16.642	42	1.519	0.459	156.885
9	14	Adrian Sutil	GER	Force India	1:17.101	46	1.978	0.025	155.951
10	9	Nick Heidfeld	GER	Renault	1:17.126	38	2.003	0.211	155.900
11	10	Vitaly Petrov	RUS	Renault	1:17.337	35	2.214	0.204	155.475
12	17	Sergio Perez	MEX	Sauber	1:17.541	47	2.418	0.029	155.066
13	11	Rubens Barrichello	BRA	Williams	1:17.570	39	2.447	0.011	155.008
14	18	S. BUEMI	SUI	Toro Rosso	1:17.581	32	2.458	0.052	154.986
15	12	Pastor Maldonado	VEN	Williams	1:17.633	49	2.510	0.073	154.882
16	16	Kamui Kobayashi	JPN	Sauber	1:17.706	37	2.583	0.083	154.737
17	19	Jaime Alguersuari	ESP	Toro Rosso	1:17.789	43	2.666	0.477	154.571
18	20	Heikki Kovalainen	FIN	Lotus	1:18.266	50	3.143	0.224	153.629
19	21	Jarno Trulli	ITA	Lotus	1:18.490	39	3.367	0.563	153.191
20	15	Paul di Resta	GBR	Force India	1:19.053	15	3.930	0.132	152.100
21	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	BEL	Virgin	1:19.185	40	4.062	0.153	151.846
22	24	Timo Glock	GER	Virgin	1:19.338	35	4.215	2.728	151.554
23	22	Narain Karthikeyan	IND	Hispania	1:22.066	33	6.943		146.516