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SUZUKA, Japan -- Red Bull driver Mark Webber set the fastest time in Fridays practice for the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix, edging McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton and teammate Sebastian Vettel. Webber was ahead of the Mercedes-bound Hamilton by 0.214 seconds in the afternoon practice at the Suzuka circuit. Vettel was third, a further one-tenth back. "The car ran well and we tested both tires," Webber said. "We have areas where we can improve, mostly with the balance, so we have some work to do." Hamilton, who won the Japanese GP in 2007 when the event was staged at Fuji Speedway but has never taken top honours at the Suzuka circuit, said he expects a tough challenge from the Red Bulls on the weekend. "It looks very close between ourselves and Red Bull," he said. Michael Schumacher -- who announced on Thursday that he will retire at seasons end -- was 10th in practice. The Mercedes driver spun off the track at the Spoon Curve, slamming into a bank of tires. He walked away from the incident and appeared unhurt. Force India driver Paul di Resta also lost control of his car at the same curve and was unable to continue. Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg was forth, ahead of championship leader Fernando Alonso of Ferrari. Lotus Romain Grosjean was sixth and moved in front of 2011 Japanese GP winner Jenson Button, who led much of the afternoon session but couldnt stay ahead. Williams driver Bruno Senna and Ferraris Felipe Massa were eighth and ninth respectively. Lotus Kimi Raikkonen, who is third in the standings and maintains title hopes despite not having won a race in his comeback season, had a KERS problem and finished 14th. Vettel trails Alonso by 29 points in the standings and is aiming to make up more ground in Sundays 53-lap race. The German driver won the previous race in Singapore and has traditionally done well in Japan -- winning here in 2009 and 2010. Alonso hasnt won since the German GP in July and his series lead has been cut with six races to go. Webber has won twice this year -- at Monaco and Silverstone -- and is fifth in the standings. Authentic Peterson Jersey . Napoli has been bothered by the injury for about a month, and manager Ron Washington had hoped extra rest would help his slumping catcher. Napoli rested for three days earlier this week before he went 0 for 4 with a pair of strikeouts in a 6-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Friday night. Peterson Womens Jersey . The receiver is one of five players and two builders who will be inducted at a ceremony in Winnipeg in November. "I always tell people thats the one thing I miss about football," he said Tuesday at the old Bomber stadium where the team will be playing one final season. http://www.azulvirtual.org/new.html . Josh Smith scored 10 of his team-high 23 points in the third quarter to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 95-86 victory over the Hornets on Tuesday night.MUNICH, Germany -- Colombian qualifier Robert Farah upset defending champion Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-2 in the opening round of the BMW Open on Tuesday. The seventh-seeded Russian, who also won the tournament in 2004, dropped serve four times. Sixth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, the 2010 champion, edged out Philipp Petzschner of Germany 7-5, 7-5, and eighth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus outlasted Tobias Kamke of Germmany 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 for his first clay-court win of the season.dddddddddddd Baghdatis broke serve four times and saved six of eight break points to advance in a tournament he has twice been a semifinalist. Also advancing were Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, Ernests Gulbis of Latvia, Dustin Brown and Matthias Bachinger of Germany, Potito Starace of Italy, Tommy Haas of Germany and Marinko Matosevic of Australia. ' ' '