Karun Chandhok made a return to the cockpit of the Team Lotus car on Friday, with the Nürburgring marking the Indian’s first Formula 1 race since Silverstone last year for HRT. His day featured one off-track excursion, exiting Turn 2, although the biggest surprises came under braking.
“That was good day of learning,” Chandhok reported. “The main area I’ve been looking at is the brakes – we use a different material here to my previous team, so I think that’s why I’ve maybe ended up with quite a lot of square tyres today!
“I had a few moments under braking and a couple of lock-ups, but that’s what today was about – getting used to the tyres and the brakes and easing myself into a place where I can start to push.
“Over the day I improved my time from this morning by over 1.5 seconds, so I’m pleased with that, and now I’ll work with the engineers to find more time and keep pushing forwards tomorrow.”
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:31.711 | 34 |
| 2. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 01:31.879 | 38 |
| 3. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 01:32.084 | 28 |
| 4. | F. Massa | Ferrari | 01:32.354 | 36 |
| 5. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | 01:32.411 | 31 |
| 6. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:32.557 | 32 |
| 7. | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:32.724 | 28 |
| 8. | N. Heidfeld | Lotus Renault | 01:33.098 | 17 |
| 9. | V. Petrov | Lotus Renault | 01:33.138 | 22 |
| 10. | A. Sutil | Force India | 01:33.211 | 34 |
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