McLaren Mercedes driver Jenson Button has set the fastest time in a rain-affected Friday practice for the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix, taking place this weekend.
Button set his time early in the second of two sessions before showers ensured no other car would beat his benchmark of 1:15.746.
Lotus-Renault driver Romain Grosjean was the second fastest across the two sessions while Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa looked promising in third and fourth respectively.
Australian Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber was down in seventh, but still pipped his world champion teammate across the two sessions.
Fellow Aussie Daniel Ricciardo was 15th and 18th in his first practice sessions at the famous Monte Carlo circuit as an F1 driver.
Qualifying commences at 7pm, Australian Eastern Standard Time.
Practice 2
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.746 | |
| 2 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:16.138 | |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16.602 | |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16.661 | |
| 5 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:16.820 | |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:17.021 | |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:17.148 | |
| 8 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:17.153 | |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:17.293 | |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:17.303 | |
| 11 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:17.375 | |
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:17.395 | |
| 13 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:17.655 | |
| 14 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:17.800 | |
| 15 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:18.251 | |
| 16 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:18.440 | |
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:18.522 | |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:18.808 | |
| 19 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:19.267 | |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:19.309 | |
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:20.029 | |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:20.240 | |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:20.631 | |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:20.886 |
