2009 Malaysian GP, 1st free practice: Nico Rosberg on top 

Written by David on April 03rd, 2009 at 7:58 amLast Update: April 03rd, 2009 at 7:58 am

Williams’ Nico Rosberg, just as he did at the Australian Grand Prix last week, has topped the timesheets in the first free practice session of the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix. Rosberg completed 27 laps with his fastest in 1:36.260, 0.045 seconds faster than teammate Kazuki Nakajima (1:26.305) and the Brawn GP duo with Jenson Button third (1:36.430) and Rubens Barrichello fourth (1:36.487).

Fifth and sixth fastest time for Scuderia Ferrari drivers Felipe Massa (1:36.561) and Kimi Raikkonen (1:36.646) ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1:36.699), Red Bull’s Mark Webber (1:36.703), Sebastian Vettel (1:36.747) and Toyota’s Timo Glock (1:36.980).

2009 Malaysian Grand Prix, 1st free practice results:

Pos. No Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:36.260 27
2 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:36.305 0.045 25
3 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:36.430 0.170 20
4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:36.487 0.227 22
5 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.561 0.301 21
6 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:36.646 0.386 18
7 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.699 0.439 16
8 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:36.703 0.443 23
9 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:36.747 0.487 25
10 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:36.980 0.720 27
11 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.982 0.722 26
12 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:37.025 0.765 20
13 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:37.039 0.779 18
14 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:37.199 0.939 20
15 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:37.241 0.981 18
16 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:37.395 1.135 12
17 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:37.634 1.374 22
18 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:37.640 1.380 17
19 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:38.022 1.762 19
20 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.483 2.223 7

2 Comments

  1. stan says:

    So has that steward’s hate for Lewis come back into a promising 2009 GP. I have never seen any sport where a referee is influenced on a decision by a player like our beloved stewards did in Australia, maybe this just shows how their penalties against Lewis in the past couple of seasons where decided on (through other teams unverified evidence). Please let the race happen and finish on the track. I am so put off that I’m thinking of selling my Silverstone ticket, if the stewards will let me. I just wanted to watch a clean race.

    • Sami says:

      Little Lewis shouldn’t have lied, even if “someone” within the team suggested him to do so…I guess that’s the difference between a true champ and a wannabe.

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