2009 Australian Grand Prix: Nico Rosberg tops final free practice 

Written by David on March 28th, 2009 at 6:16 amLast Update: March 28th, 2009 at 6:36 am

During the third and final practice for Sunday’s 2009 Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park circuit, Williams’ Nico Rosberg has topped again the timesheets. The German clocked a best time of 1:25.808, 0.003 seconds faster than Toyota’s Jarno Trulli (1:25.811) who was followed by Brawn GP’s Jenson Button (1:25.981).

Fourth time for Felipe Massa (1:26.020), fifth for Kazuki Nakajima (1:26.078), sixth for Rubens Barrichello (1:26.348), seventh for Mark Webber (1:26.355) and eighth for Timo Glock (1:26.410).

Last place for Kimi Raikkonen who managed to complete only 5 laps before a hydraulic failure forced him to end earlier the practice.

The drivers will be back on track in about an hour and a half for the first Qualifying session of the season.

2009 Australian Grand Prix, Saturday Practice results:

Pos. No Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:25.808 21
2 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:25.811 0.003 19
3 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:25.981 0.173 20
4 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.020 0.212 17
5 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:26.078 0.270 18
6 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:26.348 0.540 19
7 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:26.355 0.547 16
8 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:26.410 0.602 25
9 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:26.514 0.706 18
10 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:26.555 0.747 19
11 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.652 0.844 13
12 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.714 0.906 18
13 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:27.009 1.201 12
14 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:27.062 1.254 12
15 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:27.152 1.344 16
16 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:27.192 1.384 17
17 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:27.357 1.549 18
18 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:27.492 1.684 20
19 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:27.739 1.931 22
20 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:28.801 2.993 5

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