2009 Monaco GP: Rosberg goes fastest in practice 2 

Hamilton 2nd, Barrichello 2rd.

Written by David on May 21st, 2009 at 5:30 pmLast Update: May 21st, 2009 at 5:30 pm

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

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