Adrian Sutil of Germany set the fastest time in his Force India in a wet first practice for the German Grand Prix on Friday.
Sutil was more than a second faster than Ferrari's Brazilian driver Felipe Massa in the morning session. Jenson Button of Britain was third in his McLaren, while teammate Lewis Hamilton, the championship leader, skidded off the track and slammed into the tire wall, damaging the rear end of his car.
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher had a poor homecoming in his comeback season and was next to last in his Mercedes, seven seconds behind Sutil.
Sutil's fastest lap on the 4.6-kilometer (2.8-mile) Hockenheimring circuit was 1 minute, 25.701 seconds.
Massa was second in 1:26.850 and Button clocked 1:26.936.
Rubens Barrichello of Brazil was fourth in a Williams.
The Red Bull duo of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, who are trying to close the gap to the leading pair of Hamilton and Button, were about three seconds off the pace. Germany's Vettel was 11th and Webber, the Australian who won the British Grand Prix two weeks ago, was 14th.
Hamilton leads the standings with 145 points, followed by Button on 133, Webber with 128 and Vettel on 121.
Sunday's German GP starts the second half of the F1 season.
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