Alonso fastest in F1 practice sessions

Alonso marked Formula One’s 60th anniversary by topping both sessions, with the Ferrari driver’s afternoon lap of 1 minute, 14.904 around the Mediterranean principality the quickest of the 24 cars. Schumacher’s Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg was just over one-tenth of a second off the pace for second ahead of weekend favorite Sebastian Vettel of Red [...]

McLaren fastest in Turkish Grand Prix practice

ritain’s Lewis Hamilton and Formula One champion Jenson Button led a McLaren one-two at the top of the timesheets in first free practice for the Turkish Grand Prix today. Hamilton, the 2008 champion, was nearly a second quicker than his compatriot with a best lap of one minute 28.653 seconds around the undulating anti-clockwise Istanbul [...]