2009 - 16 - BRA - Practice 1
Brian Lawrence
First Practice - Friday 16 October 2009 - 10:00-11:30
## Driver Team Time Lps Gap %Gap Km/hr mph
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14 M Webber Red Bull-Renault 1'12.463 29 0.000 0.000 214.073 133.019
23 R Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1'12.874 32 0.411 0.567 212.866 132.269
15 S Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1'12.932 27 0.469 0.647 212.697 132.164
2 H Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1'12.989 25 0.526 0.726 212.531 132.060
1 L Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1'13.048 25 0.585 0.807 212.359 131.954
17 K Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1'13.067 21 0.604 0.834 212.304 131.919
22 J Button Brawn-Mercedes 1'13.141 29 0.678 0.936 212.089 131.786
16 N Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1'13.147 23 0.684 0.944 212.072 131.775
20 A Sutil F India-Mercedes 1'13.232 23 0.769 1.061 211.825 131.622
4 K R�ikk�nen Ferrari 1'13.321 24 0.858 1.184 211.568 131.462
9 J Trulli Toyota 1'13.326 26 0.863 1.191 211.554 131.453
6 N Heidfeld BMW Sauber-BMW 1'13.464 24 1.001 1.381 211.156 131.207
12 S Buemi T Rosso-Ferrari 1'13.503 24 1.040 1.435 211.044 131.137
5 R Kubica BMW Sauber-BMW 1'13.563 24 1.100 1.518 210.872 131.030
3 G Fisichella Ferrari 1'13.619 23 1.156 1.595 210.712 130.930
7 F Alonso Renault 1'13.787 28 1.324 1.827 210.232 130.632
21 V Liuzzi F India-Mercedes 1'13.829 26 1.366 1.885 210.113 130.558
10 K Kobayashi Toyota 1'14.029 27 1.566 2.161 209.545 130.205
11 J Alguersuari T Rosso-Ferrari 1'14.040 38 1.577 2.176 209.514 130.186
8 R Grosjean Renault 1'14.173 23 1.710 2.360 209.138 129.952
Weather: Air temp 19, Track temp 21, Humidity 87%, Wind 3.9 mps, Dry/wet/dry
Best in 2008 (P1): 1'12.305 Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
Notes: Toyota's reserve driver, Kamui Kobayashi, replaces Timo Glock, who has a
cracked vertebrae as a result of his Q2 accident at Suzuka. A session of several
parts. For the first 15m only the two Toro Rosso drivers were on track, swapping
fastest laps, then several others came out, with R�ikk�nen, Webber and Hamilton
taking turns to go quickest. By the time half an hour had elapsed 19 of the 20
drivers had set times, an unusual amount of early activity - Romain Grosjean
was the missing man, but he soon joined in, only for the slight drizzle to get
worse and cause a break of about 10m. Jaime Alguersuari did one lap on
intermediate tyres, but then Kovalainen tried slicks and soon everyone else
tried a few laps. Just as it seemed that the action was in full swing Grosjean
caused another break when he demolished a polystyrene marker board. A 10m red-
flag interlude ensued before a hectic 20m under sunny skies and warmer temps.
Most teams switched to the Super-Soft rubber, with Mark Webber heading the
times, a position he improved and held until the end.
Quite a few off-track excursions, partly down to the damp track - Buemi was the
only driver to damage his car, which was recovered under yellow flags.
Note: Practice 2 is at an inconvenient time, so I probably won't post those times.
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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
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