Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has secured the fastest time in the second practice of the Indian Grand Prix following his impressive drive in the opening session of the day.

The reigning champion heads into Sunday's race in fine form after whipping round the track in 1:27.619 in the first session of the day and then topping the second practice in 1:26.221.

The German driver's teammate Mark Webber finished a point of a second behind Vettel's time, while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg completed the third and fourth best times respectively.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton clocked a time of 1:27.131s, while his teammate Jenson Button finished just below the driver in the standings with a time of 1:27.182s.

Indian Grand Prix second practice standings

1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2. Mark Webber (Red Bull)
3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
4. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
5. Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus)
6. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
7. Jenson Button (McLaren)
8. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)
9. Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
10. Bruno Senna (Williams)
11. Paul di Resta (Force India)
12. Sergio Perez (Sauber)
13. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes)
14. Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso)
15. Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
16. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber)
17. Pastor Maldonado (Williams)
18. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)
19. Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham)
20. Vitaly Petrov (Caterham)
21. Pedro de la Rosa (HRT)
22. Timo Glock (Marussia)
23. Narain Karthikeyan (HRT)
24. Charles Pic (Marussia)