2008 Canadian GP, Nico Rosberg fastest in final free practice
Williams’ Nico Rosberg has clocked the fastest lap time (1:16.555) in the final free practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen finished second with a best time of 1:16.589 and was followed by Lewis Hamilton (1:16.725), Felipe Massa (1:16.787), Kazuki Nakajima (1:16.898), Jarno Trulli (1:16.946), Heikki Kovalainen (1:16.952) and Nelson Piquet jr. (1:17.060).
The session was red flagged 15 minutes before the end following Sebastian Vettel’s crash. The young German lost control of the STR3 at Turn 9 and hit the wall with the right side.
The drivers will be back on track in two hours for the Qualifying session.
2008 Canadian Grand Prix, Saturday Practice results:
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Gap | Laps |
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1 | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:16.555 | 16 | |
2 | 1 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:16.589 | 0.034 | 22 |
3 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.725 | 0.170 | 17 |
4 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16.787 | 0.232 | 19 |
5 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:16.898 | 0.343 | 16 |
6 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:16.946 | 0.391 | 20 |
7 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.952 | 0.397 | 16 |
8 | 6 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:17.060 | 0.505 | 19 |
9 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:17.062 | 0.507 | 16 |
10 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 1:17.085 | 0.530 | 16 |
11 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:17.109 | 0.554 | 17 |
12 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:17.282 | 0.727 | 17 |
13 | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:17.322 | 0.767 | 20 |
14 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:17.557 | 1.002 | 19 |
15 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:17.557 | 1.002 | 20 |
16 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:17.608 | 1.053 | 24 |
17 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:17.683 | 1.128 | 16 |
18 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:17.766 | 1.211 | 17 |
19 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:18.178 | 1.623 | 19 |
20 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:18.424 | 1.869 | 21 |