2009 Italian GP: Adrian Sutil tops Saturday practice 

Fisichella hits the barriers at Parabolica

Written by David on September 12th, 2009 at 12:12 pmLast Update: September 12th, 2009 at 3:21 pm

Force India’s Adrian Sutil has climbed again on top of the timesheets in the final practice for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix. The German completed 21 laps, the quickest in 1:23.336 beating by 0.068 seconds championship leader Jenson Button (1:23.404).

Third time for BMW’s Nick Heidfeld (1:23.490), ahead of Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello (1:23.575), McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1:23.633) and Heikki Kovalainen (1:23.803), Force India’s Tonio Liuzzi (1:23.849), and Renault’s Fernando Alonso (1:23.915).

12th time only for Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen (1:24.302), followed by Toyota’s Jarno Trulli (1:24.326), Wulliams’ Kazuki Nakajima (1:24.392) and Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi (1:24.572).

Last place for Ferrari’s Giancarlo Fisichella. The Italian went off at the Parabolica and hit the protective tyre barriers at high speed. He got out of the car uninjured but his car’s front-left suspension got heavily damaged. The Ferrari mechanics are currently working against time to repair Fisichella’s car ahead of the Qualifying session.

The drivers will be back at the Autodromo di Monza in less than 2 hours for the qualifying session for Sunday’s race.

2009 Italian Grand Prix, Saturday Practice results:

Pos. No Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:23.336 21
2 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:23.404 0.068 21
3 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:23.490 0.154 18
4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:23.575 0.239 20
5 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.633 0.297 18
6 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.803 0.467 20
7 21 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:23.849 0.513 21
8 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:23.915 0.579 17
9 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:23.959 0.623 21
10 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:23.996 0.660 18
11 8 Romain Grosjean Renault 1:24.197 0.861 15
12 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:24.302 0.966 20
13 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:24.326 0.990 17
14 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:24.392 1.056 20
15 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:24.572 1.236 23
16 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:24.621 1.285 21
17 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:25.154 1.818 13
18 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:25.244 1.908 16
19 11 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:25.791 2.455 10
20 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 1:25.951 2.615 10

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