2008 Japanese Grand Prix, 1st free practice: Lewis Hamilton fastest
Written by David on October 10th, 2008 at 7:10 amLast Update: October 10th, 2008 at 7:10 am
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets in the first free practice session for the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix. The Briton completed 23 laps with his best in a time of 1:18.910, 0.153 seconds faster than his main championship rival Felipe Massa (1:19.063). Third time for Heikki Kovalainen (1:19.279), fourth for Kimi Raikkonen (1:19.399), fifth for Fernando Alonso (1:19.473), sixth for Nelson Piquet jr (1:19.743) and seventh for Sebastian Vettel (1:20.121).
2008 Japanese Grand Prix, 1st Free Practice Session Results:
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.910 | 23 | |
2 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:19.063 | 0.153 | 24 |
3 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19.279 | 0.369 | 20 |
4 | 1 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:19.399 | 0.489 | 31 |
5 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:19.473 | 0.563 | 30 |
6 | 6 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:19.743 | 0.833 | 35 |
7 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 1:20.121 | 1.211 | 30 |
8 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:20.160 | 1.250 | 26 |
9 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:20.182 | 1.272 | 34 |
10 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:20.217 | 1.307 | 25 |
11 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:20.288 | 1.378 | 26 |
12 | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:20.350 | 1.440 | 28 |
13 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:20.620 | 1.710 | 24 |
14 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:20.628 | 1.718 | 23 |
15 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:20.657 | 1.747 | 33 |
16 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:20.753 | 1.843 | 32 |
17 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:20.769 | 1.859 | 27 |
18 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:20.823 | 1.913 | 37 |
19 | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:20.905 | 1.995 | 24 |
20 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:21.014 | 2.104 | 28 |