2009 Monaco GP: Rosberg goes fastest in practice 2
Hamilton 2nd, Barrichello 2rd.
Williams’ Nico Rosberg has topped the timesheets in the second free practice for the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix. The German completed 45 laps, the fastest in 1:15.243.
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton ended the session second fastest with a best time of 1:15.445. The Briton was followed by Brawn GP duo, with morning pacesetter Rubens Barrichello (1:15.590) beating team-mate Jenson Button (1:.15.774).
Fifth time in the session for Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:15.832), followed by Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (1:847), McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen (1:15.984), team-mate Kimi Raikkonen (1:15.985) and Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima (1:16.260).
Last place with no time set for BMW’s Robert Kubica who had an engine failure just before his first flying lap.
2009 Monaco Grand Prix, 2nd free practice results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:15.243 | 45 | |
2 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.445 | 0.202 | 35 |
3 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:15.590 | 0.347 | 41 |
4 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:15.774 | 0.531 | 36 |
5 | 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.832 | 0.589 | 42 |
6 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:15.847 | 0.604 | 33 |
7 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.984 | 0.741 | 45 |
8 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:15.985 | 0.742 | 43 |
9 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:16.260 | 1.017 | 43 |
10 | 8 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:16.286 | 1.043 | 43 |
11 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:16.552 | 1.309 | 39 |
12 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:16.579 | 1.336 | 27 |
13 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:16.675 | 1.432 | 38 |
14 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:16.915 | 1.672 | 43 |
15 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:16.983 | 1.740 | 48 |
16 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:17.052 | 1.809 | 48 |
17 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:17.109 | 1.866 | 40 |
18 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:17.207 | 1.964 | 45 |
19 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:17.504 | 2.261 | 45 |
20 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | no time | 2 |