2009 Spanish GP: Button fastest in first practice
Felipe Massa 9th, Kimi Raikkonen 11th.
Brawn GP’ Jenson Button has showed again great pace by topping the timesheets in the first free practice session for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. Button completed 21 laps, the fastest in 1:21.799 – 0.355 seconds quicker than second fastest Toyota’s Jarno Trulli (1:22.154).
Third and fourth fastest time for the BMW Sauber duo, with Robert Kubica (1:22.221) ahead of team mate Nick Heidfeld (1:22.658). The German was followed by Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima (1:22.659), Nico Rosberg (1:22.667), Renault’s Nelson Piquet jr (1:22.753) and Toyota’s Timo Glock (1:22.828).
9th fastest time for Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:22.855) followed by Rubens Barrichello (1:22.859) and team mate Kimi Raikkonen (1:22.873).
2009 Spanish Grand Prix, 1st free practice results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:21.799 | 21 | |
2 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:22.154 | 0.355 | 30 |
3 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:22.221 | 0.422 | 24 |
4 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:22.658 | 0.859 | 14 |
5 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:22.659 | 0.860 | 24 |
6 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:22.667 | 0.868 | 26 |
7 | 8 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:22.753 | 0.954 | 24 |
8 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:22.828 | 1.029 | 29 |
9 | 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:22.855 | 1.056 | 15 |
10 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:22.859 | 1.060 | 24 |
11 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:22.873 | 1.074 | 20 |
12 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:22.934 | 1.135 | 25 |
13 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:22.959 | 1.160 | 24 |
14 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:23.077 | 1.278 | 21 |
15 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:23.088 | 1.289 | 30 |
16 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:23.089 | 1.290 | 25 |
17 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:23.157 | 1.358 | 18 |
18 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:23.185 | 1.386 | 31 |
19 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:23.522 | 1.723 | 17 |
20 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:23.536 | 1.737 | 19 |