Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets at Hockenheim in Friday’s only dry practice session.
The double-world champion set a best time of 1:16.265 in the driest part of the session, just three hundredths faster than Red Bull’s Sebastien Vettel, who split the two Ferraris ahead of Felipe Massa in third.
The second Red Bull-Renault of Mark Webber was fourth with Mercedes duo Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher in fifth and sixth at their and the team’s home race.
Lewis Hamilton was a spectacular seventh quickest for McLaren despite missing 74 minutes of the session as his team repaired damage caused when the Englishman crashed heavily in the wet Free Practice 1.
Renault’s Robert Kubica and Williams twins Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg rounded out the top ten. The second McLaren of Jenson Button was down in 15th.
In the morning’s wet session, Force India’s Adrian Sutil posted the quickest time ahead of Massa, Button and Barrichello, while Renault’s Vitaly Petrov was fifth.
Free Practice 1
1 Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes, 1:25.701 (20 laps)
2 Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:26.850 (27)
3 Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:26.936 (16)
4 Rubens Barrichello, Williams-Cosworth, 1:26.947 (21)
5 Vitaly Petrov, Renault, 1:26.948 (21)
6 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:27.448 (21)
7 Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari, 1:28.114 (31)
8 Nico Hulkenberg, Williams-Cosworth, 1:28.193 (24)
9 Vitantonio Luizzi, Force India-Mercedes, 1:28.300 (19)
10 Pedro de la Rosa, Sauber-Ferrari, 1:28.486 (23)
11 Sebastien Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, 1:28.735 (21)
12 Timo Glock, Virgin-Cosworth, 1:28.735 (21)
13 Robert Kubica, Renault, 1:28.903 (20)
14 Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault, 1:29.048 (13)
15 Jarno Trulli, Lotus-Cosworth, 1:29.280 (17)
16 Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari, 1:29.366 (34)
17 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:29.429 (8)
18 Lucas di Grassi, Virgin-Cosworth, 1:29.500 (19)
19 Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:29.684 (15)
20 Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:29.690 (17)
21 Fairuz Fauzy, Lotus-Cosworth, 1:30.938 (27)
22 Bruno Senna, HRT-Cosworth, 1:31,720 (23)
23 Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, 1:32.450 (13)
24 Sakon Yamamoto, HRT-Cosworth, 1:32.791 (26)
Free Practice 2
1 Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:16.265 (35 laps)
2 Sebastien Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, 1:16.294 (26)
3 Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:16.438 (37)
4 Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault, 1:16.585 (40)
5 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:16.827 (32)
6 Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, 1:16.971 (20)
7 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:17.004 (10)
8 Robert Kubica, Renault, 1:17.009 (37)
9 Rubens Barrichello, Williams-Cosworth, 1:17.056 (37)
10 Nico Hulkenberg, Williams-Cosworth, 1:17.204 (44)
11 Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:17.336 (44)
12 Vitaly Petrov, Renault, 1:17.547 (35)
13 Pedro de la Rosa, Sauber-Ferrari, 1:17.547 (39)
14 Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes, 1:17.701 (38)
15 Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:17.739 (36)
16 Vitantonio Luizzi, Force India-Mercedes, 1:17.871 (33)
17 Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso-Ferrari, 1:18.147 (45)
18 Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso-Ferrari, 1:19.327 (48)
19 Timo Glock, Virgin-Cosworth, 1:19.553 (30)
20 Jarno Trulli, Lotus-Cosworth, 1:20.008 (34)
21 Lucas di Grassi, Virgin-Cosworth, 1:20.106 (31)
22 Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus-Cosworth, 1:20.377 (37)
23 Bruno Senna, HRT-Cosworth, 1:21.988 (37)
24 Sakon Yamamoto, HRT-Cosworth, 1:23.066 (37)
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Andy Wilkinson
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