Mark Webber made the most of a drying track to set the pace in Friday's second practice at Spa, topping Fernando Alonso.
The session began on a rather wet track with drivers lapping in the 2:10s. However, as the dry line began to form, more set times, times tumbled and the P1 slot swapped hands several times.
Webber, though, was the man who finished on top with a 1:50.321 with Alonso 0.140s off the pace. Third place went to Jenson Button, who was almost half a second down on the Aussie.
Report: It was a damp start to the session as Kamui Kobayashi got proceedings underway followed out of the pits by HRT's Daniel Ricciardo. The Sauber driver also posted the first time of the afternoon, a 2:16.279 before he was overhauled by Mark Webber, who was five seconds up. The Aussie continued lapping, lowering the benchmark to a 2:10.524. Fernando Alonso slotted in to second place with early morning pace-setter Michael Schumacher taking fourth.
Bruno Senna ventured out in his repaired Renault, taking third place before improving to second, 1.207s behind Webber. Vitaly Petrov went third. Sebastian Vettel was the next to lead the way as the track continued to dry out, posting a 2:06.398. Jaime Alguersuari followed him up the order and into second place.
Alonso was the next to hit the front before Jenson Button took over. Schumacher moved up to second. Webber and Nico Rosberg both overhauled Button, Alonso returned to the front with a 1:53.924 and Schumacher second as the drivers made their way around the track on the ever-drying line. Rosberg lowered the benchmark with Lewis Hamilton taking second and then Vettel the P1 slot as forecasts warned of more rain in 10 minutes. And then it was Alonso and then Webber who hit the front. And the rain came and the drivers headed back into their garages.
Timo Glock was the first brave soul to venture out on the very wet track and soon found himself slipig, sliding and ultimately going backwards. The final ten minutes saw others also attempt to make their way around the track with Webber runs off the track, Rosberg aquaplaned, Senna ran off the track and Maldonado tip-toed around.
Times
01. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m50.321 22 laps
02. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m50.461 + 0.140 18 laps
03. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m50.770 + 0.449 9 laps
04. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m50.838 + 0.517 9 laps
05. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m51.218 + 0.897 14 laps
06. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m51.242 + 0.921 22 laps
07. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m51.655 + 1.334 20 laps
08. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m51.725 + 1.404 17 laps
09. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m51.751 + 1.430 8 laps
10. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m51.790 + 1.469 13 laps
11. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m51.922 + 1.601 22 laps
12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m52.750 + 2.429 20 laps
13. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m52.780 + 2.459 25 laps
14. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m52.911 + 2.590 24 laps
15. Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m53.009 + 2.688 24 laps
16. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m53.156 + 2.835 17 laps
17. Bruno Senna Renault 1m53.835 + 3.514 20 laps
18. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m55.051 + 4.730 20 laps
19. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m55.494 + 5.173 22 laps
20. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m56.202 + 5.881 15 laps
21. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m56.816 + 6.495 20 laps
22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m57.450 + 7.129 19 laps
23. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m57.612 + 7.291 24 laps
24. Vitaly Petrov Renault 2m02.234 + 11.913 12 laps
