Formula 1: Singapore Grand Prix - First Practice Results

Formula 1: Singapore Grand Prix - First Practice Results

Formula 1: Singapore Grand Prix - First Practice Results


World championship protagonists Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button were the pacesetters in the opening practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix.

The Brazilian led the way, Barrichello lapping the 5.073-km street circuit in a time of one minute 50.179 seconds to edge his Brawn GP team-mate by 0.177 seconds.

Mark Webber, who lies fourth in the drivers’ standings, was third quickest overall with Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel fifth fastest.

Fernando Alonso was fourth quickest for Renault as both driver and team returned to the scene of their tainted victory last year. SkySports

McLaren’s world champion Lewis Hamilton clocked the seventh fastest time.

Kazuki Nakajima rounded out the top 10 with 1m 51.089s ahead of his Williams partner Nico Rosberg on 1m 51.427s, with Adrian Sutil 12th for Force India on 1m 51.544s ahead of early pacesetter Sebastien Buemi on 1m 51.643s for Toro Rosso, Nick Heidfeld on 1m 51.656s in the second BMW Sauber, and the Toyotas of Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli on 1m 52.083s and 1m 52.135s respectively.

Giancarlo Fisichella took 17th in the second Ferrari on 1m 52.390s, ahead of Force India’s Vitantonio Liuzzi on 1m 52.905s, Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari on 1m 53.232s and Grosjean on 1m 53.458s. Auto Racing Daily 

POS	DRIVER	ENTRANT	TIME
1	Rubens Barrichello	Brawn-Mercedes	01:50.2
2	Jenson Button	Brawn-Mercedes	01:50.4
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	01:50.4
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	01:50.6
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	01:50.6
6	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	01:50.7
7	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	01:50.7
8	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	01:50.8
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	01:50.9
10	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	01:51.1
11	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	01:51.4
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	01:51.5
13	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	01:51.6
14	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	01:51.7
15	Timo Glock	Toyota	01:52.1
16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	01:52.1
17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari	01:52.4
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	01:52.9
19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	01:53.2
20	Romain Grosjean	Renault	01:53.5

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