Paul di Resta was presented with a tough challenge of learning the Korea International Circuit in mixed conditions on Friday, with first practice at Yeongam being staged in heavy rain and a damp surface remaining in the afternoon.
“Today was my first experience of the circuit, so I just had to make the best of things in the wet conditions,” said the Scot. “It’s not the ideal way to learn a circuit, but the team allowed me to do as many laps as possible and I gradually built up my confidence.
“The track was really wet in the morning and there was a bit of aquaplaning, especially through Turns 7 and 8 where the car was moving around a lot. The car felt okay running on the Intermediates in the afternoon and there was a dry line appearing in the last 30 minutes, but the surface still felt very greasy.
“Like a few of the cars we went out on the Super Softs (Slicks) right at the end of the day, but it was very difficult to keep the temperature in the tyres and you couldn’t learn much. The weather looks set to improve tomorrow, so we’ve plenty of work to do in final practice to get on top of the dry tyres and be fully up to speed for qualifying.”
In order to give di Resta and Adrian Sutil as much track time as possible, Force India elected not to run reserve driver Nico Hülkenberg in the car today.
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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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