Australia: Complete Practice Times


By Phil Huff
March 27 2009

The 2009 Formula One World Championship has kicked off with the first day of practice at Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix. Both Brawn GP cars made it to the top five, but it was Rosberg in his Williams that led the way overall. Six of the top seven cars run the disputed diffuser. Here's the complete practice times from both sessions.

Pos   Driver Team Engine Best Lap Gap
1   Rosberg
 Williams
 Toyota
 1:26.053
2   Barrichello
 Brawn
 Mercedes
 1:26.157
 0.104
3   Trulli
 Toyota
 Toyota
 1:26.350
 0.297
4   Webber
 Red Bull
 Renault
 1:26.370
 0.317
5   Button
 Brawn
 Mercedes
 1:26.374
 0.321
6   Glock
 Toyota
 Toyota
 1:26.443
 0.390
7   Nakajima
 Williams
 Toyota
 1:26.560
 0.507
8   Vettel
 Red Bull
 Renault
 1:26.740
 0.687
9   Raikkonen
 Ferrari
 Ferrari
 1:26.750
 0.697
10   Sutil
 Force India
 Mercedes
 1:27.040
 0.987
11   Massa
 Ferrari
 Ferrari
 1:27.064
 1.011
12   Alonso
 Renault
 Renault
 1:27.232
 1.179
13   Fisichella
 Force India
 Mercedes
 1:27.282
 1.229
14   Heidfeld
 BMW Sauber
 BMW
 1:27.317
 1.264
15   Kubica
 BMW Sauber
 BMW
 1:27.398
 1.345
16   Kovalainen
 McLaren
 Mercedes
 1:27.453
 1.400
17   Bourdais
 Toro Rosso
 Ferrari
 1:27.479
 1.426
18   Hamilton
 McLaren
 Mercedes
 1:27.813
 1.760
19   Piquet
 Renault
 Renault
 1:27.828
 1.775
20   Buemi
 Toro Rosso
 Ferrari
 1:28.076
 2.023

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