2009 Abu Dhabi GP: Hamilton fastest in practice 1 

Button second fastest, Vettel third.

Written by David on October 30th, 2009 at 12:47 pmLast Update: October 30th, 2009 at 4:45 pm

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton has clocked the fastest time in the first free pracitce session at the Yas Marina circuit. The Briton completed 18 laps, the fastest in 1:43.939 – 0.096 seconds quicker than 2009 champion Jenson Button (1:44.035).

Third fastest time for Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (1:44.153), fourth for Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello (1:44.207), fifth for BMW’s Nick Heidfeld (1:44.667), sixth for Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi (1:44.687), seventh for Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1:44.688) and eighth for Red Bull’s Mark Webber (1:44.805).

15th time for Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen (1:45.704) ahead of Renault’s Fernando Alonso (1:45.865), Force India’s Tonio Liuzzi (1:46.239), Giancarlo Fisichella (1:46.267), Toyota’s Kamui Kobayashi (1:46.364) and Renault’s Romain Grosjean (1:46.411).

2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 1st free practice results:

Pos. No Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:43.939 18
2 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:44.035 0.096 20
3 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:44.153 0.214 28
4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:44.207 0.268 23
5 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:44.667 0.728 23
6 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:44.687 0.748 32
7 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:44.688 0.749 14
8 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:44.805 0.866 25
9 11 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:44.955 1.016 33
10 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:44.958 1.019 25
11 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:44.988 1.049 22
12 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.123 1.184 20
13 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:45.649 1.710 27
14 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:45.679 1.740 25
15 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:45.704 1.765 27
16 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:45.865 1.926 23
17 21 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:46.239 2.300 22
18 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 1:46.267 2.328 26
19 10 Kamui Kobayashi Toyota 1:46.364 2.425 28
20 8 Romain Grosjean Renault 1:46.411 2.472 27

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