2009 Chinese GP, 2nd free practice: Button on top 

Written by David on April 17th, 2009 at 9:41 amLast Update: April 18th, 2009 at 9:29 am

During the 2nd free practice for the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix, Brawn GP’s Jenson Button clocked the fastest time. The Briton completed 35 laps, the fastest in 1:35.679 and was followed by Williams’ Nico Rosberg (1:35.704) and team-mate Rubens Barrichello (1:35.881).

Fourth and fifth time for Red Bull Racing duo with Mark Webber (1:36.105) ahead of Sebastian Vettel (1:36.167). The young German was followed by Toyota’s Jarno Trulli (1:36.217), Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima (1:36.377), Timo Glock (1:36.548) and McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen (1:36.674).

12th, 13th and 14th place respectively for Felipe Massa (1:36.847), Lewis Hamilton (1:36.941) and Kimi Raikkonen (1:37.054).

2009 Chinese Grand Prix, 2nd free practice results:

Pos. No Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:35.679 35
2 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:35.704 0.025 36
3 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:35.881 0.202 35
4 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:36.105 0.426 32
5 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:36.167 0.488 22
6 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.217 0.538 42
7 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:36.377 0.698 32
8 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:36.548 0.869 40
9 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.674 0.995 34
10 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:36.800 1.121 34
11 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:36.829 1.150 30
12 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.847 1.168 34
13 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.941 1.262 28
14 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:37.054 1.375 33
15 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:37.219 1.540 34
16 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:37.273 1.594 36
17 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:37.491 1.812 34
18 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:37.544 1.865 28
19 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:37.638 1.959 28
20 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:37.750 2.071 31

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