Vettel sets new track record at Canadian GP
Posted June 11, 2011 12:15 pm.
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — Formula One points leader Sebastian Vettel has broken the track speed record while setting the fastest time in morning practice at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Vettel’s best lap in his Red Bull car at the 4.361-kilometre road course of one minute 13.622 seconds bettered the record for the track’s current configuration of 1:13.622 set in 2004 by Rubens Barrichello, then with Ferrari.
It was the final practice before qualifying later in the day.
Fernando Alonso was second-fastest in 1:13.701 in a Ferrari and Nico Rosberg was third at 1:13.919 for Mercedes GP. Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari was fourth in 1:13.956 followed by the two McLaren Mercedes — Jenson Button in 1:13.335 and Lewis Hamilton in 1:14.469.
Pedro de la Rosa, filling in for Sauber driver Sergio Perez who is recovering from a crash in Monaco two weeks ago, put his car into a wall between Turns 3 and 4 at the end of the one-hour session but walked away unhurt.
Red Bull’s Mark Webber did not take part in the practice for reasons not immediately known.
