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FP1: Vettel takes first Austin practice P1

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Sebastian Vettel took the honour of topping the first session on the new Circuit of the Americas as Formula One returns to US soil for the first time since 2007.

The Red Bull driver was a dominant 1.4 seconds quicker than second place man Lewis Hamilton who had topped the session until the closing minutes.

Hamilton and Fernando Alonso traded fastest laps at the top before the McLaren driver went half a second quicker – a lap that looked comfortable for the lead before Vettel’s late 1:38.125 stole the show.

Jenson Button and Mark Webber completed the top five fastest cars.

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Seventh placed man Nico Hulkenberg became the first man to spin on the new circuit as the blind turn one caught out the German. He wasn’t the only one to make a mistake as almost all the drivers left the circuit at some point in an effort to learn where the limit is.

Turn 11 turned out to be another tricky corner, with Hamilton and Massa among others getting caught out.

Marussia’s Charles Pic was best of the rest as he beat Caterham’s Heikki Kovalainen to 18th.

FP1 Results for the 2012 United States Grand Prix:

# No. Driver Team Time Gap Laps 
01 01 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:38.125   30
02 04 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:39.543 1.418 28
03 05 F. Alonso Ferrari 1:40.337 2.212 29
04 03 J. Button McLaren 1:40.528 2.403 29
05 02 M. Webber Red Bull 1:40.650 2.525 30
06 06 F. Massa Ferrari 1:40.966 2.841 26
07 12 N. Hulkenberg Force India 1:41.023 2.898 29
08 14 K. Kobayashi Sauber 1:41.036 2.911 28
09 08 N. Rosberg Mercedes 1:41.159 3.034 32
10 15 S. Perez Sauber 1:41.473 3.348 29
11 11 P. di Resta Force India 1:41.783 3.658 29
12 16 D. Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:41.825 3.700 28
13 17 J. Vergne Toro Rosso 1:41.833 3.708 29
14 09 K. Räikkönen Lotus 1:41.880 3.755 23
15 10 R. Grosjean Lotus 1:41.998 3.873 27
16 18 P. Maldonado Williams 1:42.539 4.414 30
17 07 M. Schumacher Mercedes 1:42.588 4.463 25
18 25 C. Pic Marussia 1:43.288 5.163 23
19 20 H. Kovalainen Caterham 1:43.443 5.318 28
20 21 V. Petrov Caterham 1:43.522 5.397 23
21 24 T. Glock Marussia 1:44.464 6.339 24
22 19 B. Senna Williams 1:44.548 6.423 29
23 22 P. de la Rosa HRT 1:46.917 8.792 13
24 23 Q. Hua Ma HRT 1:48.559 10.434 19
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