2008 Singapore Grand Prix: Alonso tops final free practice
In the third and final free practice session for Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix, Renault’s Fernando Alonso clocked again the fastest time. The Spaniard was able to clock a 1:44.506, 0.613 seconds faster than his former teammate at McLaren Mercedes Lewis Hamilton (1:45.119). The Briton was closely followed by Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:45.246), Renault’s Nelson Piquet jr (1:45.249), Williams’ Nico Rosberg (1:45.386), Honda’s Jenson Button (1:45.409) and BMW’s Robert Kubica (1:45.425).
Only 17th place for reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen who after having locked up his wheels and gone off-track at Turn 7, had to end his session 15 minutes earlier.
The drivers will be back on track in about an hour and a half for the Qualifying session.
2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Saturday Practice results:
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Gap | Laps |
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1 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:44.506 | 19 | |
2 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:45.119 | 0.613 | 13 |
3 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:45.246 | 0.740 | 16 |
4 | 6 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:45.249 | 0.743 | 18 |
5 | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:45.386 | 0.880 | 17 |
6 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:45.409 | 0.903 | 20 |
7 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:45.425 | 0.919 | 17 |
8 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:45.450 | 0.944 | 21 |
9 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 1:45.477 | 0.971 | 19 |
10 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:45.599 | 1.093 | 18 |
11 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:45.689 | 1.183 | 19 |
12 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:45.982 | 1.476 | 18 |
13 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:45.982 | 1.476 | 13 |
14 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:46.073 | 1.567 | 21 |
15 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:46.180 | 1.674 | 23 |
16 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:46.221 | 1.715 | 19 |
17 | 1 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:46.482 | 1.976 | 10 |
18 | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:46.794 | 2.288 | 6 |
19 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:47.166 | 2.660 | 14 |
20 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:47.727 | 3.221 | 19 |