Hamilton tops first Malaysian practice
Rosberg second quickest, Button third
2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has clocked the fastest time in the first free practice for Sunday’s 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix. The Briton completed 19 laps, the fastest in 1:34.921 – 0.185 seconds quicker than Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg (1:35.106).
Third fastest time for McLaren’s Jenson Button (1:35.207), fourth for Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher (1:35.225), fifth for Renault’s Robert Kubica (1:35.402), sixth for Red Bull’s Mark Webber (1:35.479), seventh for Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1:35.955) and eighth for Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso (1:35.959).
Ninth time for Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (1:36.043) ahead of Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi (1:36.100), Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:36.451), Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi (1:36.503), Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari (1:36.645), Renault’s Vitaly Petrov (1:36.712) and Force India’s Paul di Resta (1:36.891).
2010 Malaysian Grand Prix, 1st free practice results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.921 | 19 | |
2 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:35.106 | 0.185 | 19 |
3 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.207 | 0.286 | 25 |
4 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:35.225 | 0.304 | 14 |
5 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:35.402 | 0.481 | 22 |
6 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:35.479 | 0.558 | 22 |
7 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:35.955 | 1.034 | 20 |
8 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35.959 | 1.038 | 20 |
9 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:36.043 | 1.122 | 19 |
10 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:36.100 | 1.179 | 20 |
11 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.451 | 1.530 | 22 |
12 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:36.503 | 1.582 | 28 |
13 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:36.645 | 1.724 | 18 |
14 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:36.712 | 1.791 | 9 |
15 | 0 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:36.891 | 1.970 | 25 |
16 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:36.899 | 1.978 | 24 |
17 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:37.802 | 2.881 | 27 |
18 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:38.278 | 3.357 | 18 |
19 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:39.460 | 4.539 | 21 |
20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:39.755 | 4.834 | 17 |
21 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:40.159 | 5.238 | 25 |
22 | 0 | Fairuz Fauzy | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:40.721 | 5.800 | 19 |
23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:41.832 | 6.911 | 27 |
24 | 20 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 1:41.966 | 7.045 | 24 |
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