2009 British GP: Vettel goes fastest in first practice
Button third, Barrichello fourth.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has clocked the fastest time in the first free practice session for Sunday’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The German completed 20 laps, the fastest in 1:19.400 – 0.282 seconds quicker than his team-mate Mark Webber (1:19.682).
Third and fourth fastest time for the Brawn GP duo, with Jenson Button (1:20.227) ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello (1:20.242). The Brazilian was followed by Renault’s Fernando Alonso (1:20.458), Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:20.471), Toyota’s Jarno Trulli (1:20.585), McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1:20.650) and Williams’ Nico Rosberg (1:20.815).
10th and 11th time for the two Force Indias with Giancarlo Fisichella (1:20.838) ahead of Adrian Sutil (1:20.913).
2009 British Grand Prix, 1st free practice results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
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1 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:19.400 | 20 | |
2 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:19.682 | 0.282 | 19 |
3 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:20.227 | 0.827 | 20 |
4 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:20.242 | 0.842 | 29 |
5 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:20.458 | 1.058 | 26 |
6 | 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:20.471 | 1.071 | 23 |
7 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:20.585 | 1.185 | 32 |
8 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.650 | 1.250 | 26 |
9 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:20.815 | 1.415 | 32 |
10 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:20.838 | 1.438 | 25 |
11 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:20.913 | 1.513 | 22 |
12 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:21.029 | 1.629 | 22 |
13 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:21.103 | 1.703 | 24 |
14 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:21.179 | 1.779 | 27 |
15 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:21.384 | 1.984 | 23 |
16 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:21.386 | 1.986 | 32 |
17 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:21.489 | 2.089 | 26 |
18 | 8 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:21.525 | 2.125 | 30 |
19 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:21.590 | 2.190 | 37 |
20 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:21.801 | 2.401 | 16 |