1. A. Sutil, Force India, 1:25.701 (20 laps)
2. F. Massa, Ferrari, 1:26.850 (27 laps)
3. J. Button, McLaren, 1:26.936 (16 laps)
9. V. Liuzzi, Force India, 1:28.300 (19 laps)

1. F. Alonso, Ferrari, 1:16.265 (35 laps)
2. S. Vettel, Red Bull, 1:16.294 (26 laps)
3. F. Massa, Ferrari, 1:16.438 (37 laps)
16. V. Liuzzi, Force India, 1:17.871 (33 laps)

Tonio’s German Grand Prix weekend got off to a positive start in today’s practice sessions at Hockenheim, when he captured the ninth quickest time in FP1 on a soaking wet track.

With the rain easing for the second session, the focus switched to evaluating the dry tyre options available. Tonio completed long runs however with periodic light rain over the 90 minutes, he just missed the window to set the optimum lap times. Nevertheless he completed his programme to establish a strong baseline set-up for the weekend.

Tonio said: “It was not an easy day because of the weather: in the morning it was raining and then in the afternoon the track started wet but got drier all the time. I think the pace we’ve shown here is quite positive and overall we are in good shape at this point in the weekend. In the morning we still had some problems going into the corners and then on the straights so I couldn’t quite get a clear run. In the afternoon though we had a good session and we understood a few areas for tomorrow, working very closely with Bridgestone to get the most out of the tyres.”