Ferrari has made no secret of the fact that it intends to trial a selection of 2012 car parts across the remaining race weekends of this season, although plans to run a new front wing with Fernando Alonso were quite literally washed away on Friday.
“It was quite a difficult Friday, with the weather changing throughout, making it almost impossible to draw any useful conclusions for the rest of the weekend,” said the Spaniard, who won the inaugural Korean Grand Prix one year ago.
“The objective is still to do the best we can and, in this case, to understand as much as possible about the handling of the car at this track. We also had a new front wing to try, but it was definitely very difficult to evaluate it in conditions like these - conditions which were ideal for the McLarens, for example.
“We need more laps to bring the tyres up to temperature and then, when we get there, maybe the tyres are already beginning to go off a bit. We will have to improvise a bit both in qualifying and the race. The entry to the pit lane is much improved compared to last year, but there is still room to do better with the exit.”
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:50.828 | 26 |
| 2. | J. Button | McLaren | 01:50.932 | 19 |
| 3. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 01:52.646 | 30 |
| 4. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 01:52.774 | 25 |
| 5. | M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:53.049 | 27 |
| 6. | J. Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 01:53.402 | 25 |
| 7. | F. Massa | Ferrari | 01:53.707 | 24 |
| 8. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:53.914 | 18 |
| 9. | S. Buemi | Toro Rosso | 01:53.948 | 27 |
| 10. | P. di Resta | Force India | 01:53.957 | 32 |
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