Jenson Button tops first Canada practice
Michael Schumacher second fastest, Hamilton third.
Reigning world champion Jenson Button has clocked the fastest time in the first free practice session for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit.
The Briton completed 23 laps, the fastest in 1:18.127 – 0.158 seconds quicker than Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher (1:18.285).
Third fastest time in the session for McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1:18.352), fourth for Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg (1:18.356), fifth for Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (1:18.549), sixth for Renault’s Robert Kubica (1:18.662), seventh for Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso (1:18.726) and eighth for Force India’s Tonio Liuzzi (1:19.097).
Ninth time for Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg (1:19.282) ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello (1:19.313), Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1:19.373), Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:19.511), Renault’s Vitaly Petrov (1:19.549) and Red Bull’s Mark Webber (1:19.609).
2010 Canadian Grand Prix, first free practice 1 results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.127 | 23 | |
2 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:18.285 | 0.158 | 19 |
3 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.352 | 0.225 | 19 |
4 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:18.356 | 0.229 | 23 |
5 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:18.549 | 0.422 | 27 |
6 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:18.662 | 0.535 | 19 |
7 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:18.726 | 0.599 | 21 |
8 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:19.097 | 0.970 | 25 |
9 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:19.282 | 1.155 | 31 |
10 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:19.313 | 1.186 | 19 |
11 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:19.373 | 1.246 | 12 |
12 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:19.511 | 1.384 | 21 |
13 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:19.549 | 1.422 | 24 |
14 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:19.609 | 1.482 | 26 |
15 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:20.186 | 2.059 | 33 |
16 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:20.320 | 2.193 | 27 |
17 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:20.584 | 2.457 | 21 |
18 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:20.823 | 2.696 | 28 |
19 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:21.869 | 3.742 | 24 |
20 | 20 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 1:21.977 | 3.850 | 27 |
21 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:22.543 | 4.416 | 12 |
22 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:22.701 | 4.574 | 28 |
23 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:22.713 | 4.586 | 20 |
24 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | No time | 4 |
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