The German dominated Practice 2 and finished a tenth of a second ahead of Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello in spite of a late flying lap from the Brazilian.
Third was Toyota’s Jarno Trulli meaning that the top three drivers were all from teams which had protests lodged [and rejected] against their rear diffusers on Thursday.
Far more interesting though is the fact that none of the three world champions in the 2009 field were among the top ten runners with Kimi Raikkonen 11th, Fernando Alonso 12th in his Renault, while Lewis Hamilton could only manage the 18th best time in his McLaren-Mercedes.
POS DRIVER ENTRANT TIME 1 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 01:26.1 2 Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP-Mercedes 01:26.2 3 Jarno Trulli Toyota 01:26.3 4 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 01:26.4 5 Jenson Button Brawn GP-Mercedes 01:26.4 6 Timo Glock Toyota 01:26.4 7 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 01:26.6 8 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 01:26.7 9 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:27.0 10 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:27.1 11 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:27.2 12 Fernando Alonso Renault 01:27.2 13 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 01:27.3 14 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 01:27.3 15 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 01:27.4 16 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:27.5 17 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 01:27.8 18 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:27.8 19 Nelson Piquet Renault 01:27.8 20 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:28.1
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