Mark Webber struck a blow against the hopes of rivals that the revised engine mapping rules might hurt Red Bull this weekend by setting the fastest time in Friday morning’s opening practice session by 0.824s.

The Australian lapped his RB7 in 1m 40.403s, comfortably ahead of closest challengers Vitaly Petrov for Renault and Fernando Alonso for Ferrari. The Russian posted 1m 41.227s, the Spaniard 1m 41.239s.

 
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