2008 Brazilian Grand Prix: Fernando Alonso tops final free practice
During the third and final practice for Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos circuit, Renault’s Fernando Alonso has topped again the timesheets. Alonso clocked a best time of 1:12.141, 0.071 seconds faster than McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1:12.212) who was followed by his teammate Heikki Kovalainen (1:12.225). Fourth time for Felipe Massa (1:12.312), fith for Sebastian Vettel (1:12.389), sixth for Nick Heidfeld (1:12.402) and seventh for Sebastien Bourdais (1:12.426).
The drivers will be back on track in less than half an hour for the last Qualifying session of the season.
2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Saturday Practice results:
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Gap | Laps |
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1 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:12.141 | 19 | |
2 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.212 | 0.071 | 18 |
3 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.225 | 0.084 | 18 |
4 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:12.312 | 0.171 | 17 |
5 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 1:12.389 | 0.248 | 19 |
6 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:12.402 | 0.261 | 19 |
7 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:12.426 | 0.285 | 18 |
8 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:12.453 | 0.312 | 18 |
9 | 6 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:12.457 | 0.316 | 24 |
10 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:12.457 | 0.316 | 19 |
11 | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:12.625 | 0.484 | 16 |
12 | 1 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:12.698 | 0.557 | 18 |
13 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:12.712 | 0.571 | 22 |
14 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:12.971 | 0.830 | 22 |
15 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:13.054 | 0.913 | 19 |
16 | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:13.058 | 0.917 | 22 |
17 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:13.135 | 0.994 | 24 |
18 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:13.278 | 1.137 | 23 |
19 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:13.460 | 1.319 | 22 |
20 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:13.680 | 1.539 | 22 |