2009 Italian GP: Adrian Sutil tops Saturday practice
Fisichella hits the barriers at Parabolica
Force India’s Adrian Sutil has climbed again on top of the timesheets in the final practice for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix. The German completed 21 laps, the quickest in 1:23.336 beating by 0.068 seconds championship leader Jenson Button (1:23.404).
Third time for BMW’s Nick Heidfeld (1:23.490), ahead of Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello (1:23.575), McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1:23.633) and Heikki Kovalainen (1:23.803), Force India’s Tonio Liuzzi (1:23.849), and Renault’s Fernando Alonso (1:23.915).
12th time only for Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen (1:24.302), followed by Toyota’s Jarno Trulli (1:24.326), Wulliams’ Kazuki Nakajima (1:24.392) and Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi (1:24.572).
Last place for Ferrari’s Giancarlo Fisichella. The Italian went off at the Parabolica and hit the protective tyre barriers at high speed. He got out of the car uninjured but his car’s front-left suspension got heavily damaged. The Ferrari mechanics are currently working against time to repair Fisichella’s car ahead of the Qualifying session.
The drivers will be back at the Autodromo di Monza in less than 2 hours for the qualifying session for Sunday’s race.
2009 Italian Grand Prix, Saturday Practice results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
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1 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:23.336 | 21 | |
2 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:23.404 | 0.068 | 21 |
3 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:23.490 | 0.154 | 18 |
4 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:23.575 | 0.239 | 20 |
5 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:23.633 | 0.297 | 18 |
6 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:23.803 | 0.467 | 20 |
7 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:23.849 | 0.513 | 21 |
8 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:23.915 | 0.579 | 17 |
9 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:23.959 | 0.623 | 21 |
10 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:23.996 | 0.660 | 18 |
11 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:24.197 | 0.861 | 15 |
12 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:24.302 | 0.966 | 20 |
13 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:24.326 | 0.990 | 17 |
14 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:24.392 | 1.056 | 20 |
15 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:24.572 | 1.236 | 23 |
16 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:24.621 | 1.285 | 21 |
17 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:25.154 | 1.818 | 13 |
18 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:25.244 | 1.908 | 16 |
19 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:25.791 | 2.455 | 10 |
20 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:25.951 | 2.615 | 10 |