2009 Singapore GP: Hamilton tops Saturday practice 

Vettel second fastest, Rosberg third.

Written by David on September 26th, 2009 at 2:10 pmLast Update: September 26th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton has climbed on top of the timesheets in the final practice for Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix. The Briton completed 15 laps, the quickest in 1:47.632 beating by 0.277 seconds Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (1:47.909).

Third time for Williams’ Nico Rosberg (1:48.332) ahead of McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen (1:48.420), BMW’s Robert Kubica (1:48.501) and Nick Heidfeld (1:48.526), Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello (1:48.551) and Toyota’s Timo Glock (1:48.673).

12th time for Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen (1:48.864) followed by Red Bull’s Mark Webber (1:48.876), championship leader Jenson Button (1:48.921), Renault’s Fernando Alonso (1:49.032) and Force India’s Tonio Liuzzi (1:49.055).

The drivers will be back at the Singapore street circuit in less than 2 hours for the qualifying session for Sunday’s race.

2009 Singapore Grand Prix, Saturday Practice results:

Pos. No Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:47.632 15
2 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:47.909 0.277 17
3 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:48.332 0.700 18
4 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.420 0.788 14
5 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:48.501 0.869 16
6 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:48.526 0.894 13
7 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:48.551 0.919 16
8 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:48.673 1.041 17
9 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:48.754 1.122 17
10 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:48.757 1.125 12
11 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:48.831 1.199 17
12 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:48.864 1.232 16
13 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:48.876 1.244 15
14 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:48.921 1.289 17
15 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:49.032 1.400 15
16 21 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:49.055 1.423 16
17 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:49.122 1.490 17
18 11 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:49.399 1.767 17
19 8 Romain Grosjean Renault 1:49.641 2.009 16
20 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 1:50.039 2.407 21

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