Spanish Grand Prix 2012: Fernando Alonso sets fastest time as new-look Ferrari gives team hope The 24 year-old German finished 0.378secs adrift, but these are very early days in the course of the weekend as a whole, with a clearer picture available in qualifying tomorrow. Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi was third on the timesheet, nearly half a second adrift, followed by McLaren's Jenson Button, the car running with its new higher nose as the Woking team seek their own performance boost, with Lewis Hamilton eighth, 0.822secs down. Sandwiched in between the British duo were Williams tester Valtteri Bottas, seven-times champion Michael Schumacher in his Mercedes and Lotus' Romain Grosjean. Overall the top 12 were covered by a second, with Red Bull's Mark Webber down in 13th, 1.109secs off the pace, with Mercedes' Nico Rosberg 14th a further fraction down. F1 debutants in Alexander Rossi and Dani Clos, the reserves for Caterham and HRT respectively, were down in 21st and 24th. Spaniard Clos finished seven seconds behind Alonso, but more importantly 2.5secs behind team-mate Pedro de la Rosa who was 23rd, proving he still has a lot to learn. Fastest times in Barcelona: 1. Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari 1:24.430, 2. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull) 1:24.808, 3. Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Sauber 1:24.912, 4. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren Mercedes) 1:24.996, 5. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams 1:25.120, 6. Michael Schumacher (GER/Mercedes AMG 1:25.187, 7. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus) 1:25.217, 8. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/McLaren Mercedes) 1:25.252, 9. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Lotus) 1:25.285, 10. Nico Huelkenberg (GER/Force India-Mercedes) 1:25.339, 11. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/Toro Rosso 1:25.367, 12. Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari) 1:25.433, 13. Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull) 1:25.539, 14. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes AMG 1:25.607, 15. Sergio Perez (MEX/Sauber) 1:25.918, 16. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Toro Rosso 1:26.226, 17. Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Williams) 1:26.297, 18. Jules Bianchi (FRA/Force India-Mercedes) 1:26.630, 19. Vitaly Petrov (RUS/Caterham) 1:27.475, 20. Timo Glock (GER/Marussia) 1:28.267, 21. Alexander Rossi (USA/Caterham) 1:28.448, 22. Charles Pic (FRA/Marussia) 1:28.633, 23. Pedro de la Rosa (ESP/HRT) 1:29.107, 24.