2009 Abu Dhabi GP: Hamilton fastest in practice 1
Button second fastest, Vettel third.
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 |