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Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of anyone on Friday ahead of his Red Bull team mate Mark Webber at the Circuit of the Americas.

Sebastian Vettel heads Red Bull 1-2 in an uninterrupted second Friday practice session at the Circuit of the Americas.

Lewis Hamilton completes sweep of Friday practice sessions in Korea, as Mercedes proves a match for Red Bull.

Red Bull redresses the balance as Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber claim a 1-2 in Friday practice at the Italian Grand Prix.

"What I can say for Mercedes is that we don't have a number one or number two driver" - Nico Rosberg

It wasn't the reassuring first day in Shanghai that Sergio Perez was looking for in his first Chinese GP with his new team McLaren.

On the eve of his full F1 weekend debut, Max Chilton insists that it will not be family money bankrolling a place on the grid in 2013.

Sebastian Vettel paces both Friday practice sessions in India, as Red Bull again appears to be the team to beat.

Lewis Hamilton posts the fastest day one time in Hungary, but rain disrupts the second half of P2

Pastor Maldonado again displayed his street-racing prowess by topping the times in opening practice for the European GP.

Jenson Button insists that he can recover from the setbacks of day one in Canada, when his track time was seriously curtailed by mechanical gremlins.

Jenson Button claims both Friday sessions at Suzuka - but does McLaren have Red Bull-beating race pace?

Jean-Eric Vergne has been linked to possible Friday morning F1 outings with Toro Rosso at the final rounds of 2011.

Team Lotus will create a new first for F1 when it fields two reserve drivers in the opening free practice session at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Mark Webber sweeps Friday sessions at Sepang, as McLaren again provides closest competition to Red Bull.

1. Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 1m 28.841s 2. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault-Renault 1m 28.847s 3. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 1m 29.056s 4. Kazuki Nakajima Japan Williams-Toyota 1m 29.091s

1. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 35.707s 2. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 35.832s 3. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 35.954s 4. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 1m 36.015s

Urmo Aava got off to a fabulous start on the rain-lashed Rally Ireland this morning and heads the pack following the opening loop.

Team personnel: Ross Brawn (Ferrari), Flavio Briatore (Renault), Ron Dennis (McLaren), Patrick Head (Williams) Questions from the floor