Friday 23rd August: Spa Free Practice 1 & 2 Results

First free practice results - 2013 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	01:55.198	11
2.	Paul di Resta	Force India	01:55.224	10
3.	Adrian Sutil	Force India	01:55.373	11
4.	Sergio Perez	McLaren	01:55.518	14
5.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	01:55.614	10
6.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	01:55.636	14
7.	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	01:55.954	18
8.	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	01:56.110	11
9.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	01:56.770	14
10.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	01:56.858	18
11.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	01:56.863	10
12.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	01:57.081	14
13.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	01:57.084	17
14.	Jenson Button	McLaren	01:57.281	14
15.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	01:57.358	10
16.	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	01:57.821	16
17.	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	01:57.887	16
18.	Max Chilton	Marussia	01:58.600	14
19.	Mark Webber	Red Bull	01:58.929	12
20.	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	01:59.209	12
21.	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	01:59.441	11
22.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	02:03.176	15

Fernando Alonso headed a largely inconclusive first practice session, after early unexpected morning rain left Spa-Francorchamps slick and slippery for the whole 90 minutes. Many drivers set their times and then decided to await circuit improvements that didn't come.

Second free practice results - 2013 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	01:49.331	22
2.	Mark Webber	Red Bull	01:49.390	34
3.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	01:50.149	34
4.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	01:50.164	27
5.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	01:50.253	28
6.	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	01:50.318	33
7.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	01:50.510	21
8.	Sergio Perez	McLaren	01:50.536	27
9.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	01:50.601	33
10.	Paul di Resta	Force India	01:50.611	27
11.	Adrian Sutil	Force India	01:50.629	30
12.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	01:50.751	27
13.	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber	01:50.972	33
14.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	01:50.991	28
15.	Jenson Button	McLaren	01:51.195	28
16.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	01:51.447	26
17.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	01:51.568	28
18.	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	01:51.644	26
19.	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	01:53.157	21
20.	Charles Pic	Caterham	01:53.251	29
21.	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	01:53.482	28
22.	Max Chilton	Marussia	01:54.418	12

Red Bull took firm control of things during the second practice session at a dry Spa-Francorchamps on Friday afternoon, until fastest man Sebastian Vettel was brought to a halt by a deflated right rear medium-compound tyre. Pirelli suspect that it was a puncture, the cause of which is currently being investigated.