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Lewis Hamilton leads McLaren practice one-two at the Korean Grand Prix.

15 October,2011 07:00 pm

Lewis Hamilton put his troubles to one side and led team mate Jenson Button in a McLaren one-two in a wet practice for the team’s 700th Formula One race at the Korean Grand Prix. The 2008 world champion, who has been questioning his performances after five straight races without a podium finish, lapped a wet Yeongam circuit with a best time of one minute 50.828 seconds in the afternoon.Button, winner of the previous race in Japan and chasing his sixth successive appearance on the podium, was 0.104 slower in the second 90-minute session. Mercedes Michael Schumacher lived up to his fame as a master of wet conditions with the fastest time of 2:02.784 in the opening session.Red Bull’s newly crowned double world champion Sebastian Vettel, back on track for the first time since he clinched the title in Japan, was second and third respectively in the sessions.Hamilton’s time will have boosted his spirits after Button was quicker in all three practice sessions in Japan. The Briton told reporters earlier that he felt he had fallen off quite a steep cliff since he last won in Germany in July.