2009 Australian Grand Prix: Nico Rosberg tops final free practice
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 |
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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 |