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12 Sep 2009
Final Practice - Sutil stays on top for Force India

Jenson Button momentarily pushed him off the top slot in the final moments of Saturday morning's session in Italy, but Adrian Sutil restored what had been the status quo for most of the hour when his lap of 1m 23.336s put his Force India back at the top of the timesheets.

Button was very encouraged with second place for Brawn in 1m 23.404s, with Nick Heidfeld chasing him hard for BMW Sauber with 1m 23.490s. Rubens Barrichello was also up there for Brawn with 1m 23.575s.

Then came early pacesetter Lewis Hamilton on 1m 23.633s and Heikki Kovalainen on 1m 23.803s for McLaren. Tonio Liuzzi backed Sutil with a respectable 1m 23.849s. Fernando Alonso was Renault's faster driver with 1m 23.915s, with Timo Glock on 1m 23.959s for Toyota and Robert Kubica on 1m 23.996s for BMW Sauber completing the runners under 1m 24s.

Romain Grosjean survived a moment over the grass at Ascari and lapped his Renault in 1m 24.197s for 11th, then came Kimi Raikkonen after a disappointing run for Ferrari with 1m 24.302s. Jarno Trulli's best was 1m 24.326s, which just edged out Kazuki Nakajima in the similarly-engined Williams on 1m 24.392s.

Sebastien Buemi took his Toro Rosso round in 1m 24.572s ahead of Williams' Nico Rosberg on 1m 24.621s. Curiously, the Red Bulls remained near the back with Mark Webber 17th on 1m 25.154s and Sebastian Vettel 18th on 1m 25.244s. Jaime Alguesuari was 19th in the second Toro Rosso on 1m 25.791s.

Right at the back was Giancarlo Fisichella. The Italian lapped in 1m 25.951s before removing the left front wheel from his Ferrari in an understeering crash at the exit to Parabolica.

Results For Saturday Practice :

1 - 20 Adrian Sutil------------- Force India-Mercedes
2 -22 Jenson Button ----------- Brawn-Mercedes
3 - 6 Nick Heidfeld ------------ BMW Sauber
4 - 23 Rubens Barrichello ----- Brawn-Mercedes
5 - 1 Lewis Hamilton ---------- McLaren-Mercedes
6 - 2 Heikki Kovalainen ------- McLaren-Mercedes
7 - 21 Vitantonio Liuzzi -------- Force India-Mercedes
8 - 7 Fernando Alonso --------- Renault
9 - 10 Timo Glock ------------- Toyota
10 - 5 Robert Kubica ---------- BMW Sauber
11 - 8 Romain Grosjean ------- Renault
12 - 4 Kimi Räikkönen -------- Ferrari
13 - 9 Jarno Trulli ------------ Toyota
14 - 17 Kazuki Nakajima ------ Williams-Toyota
15 - 12 Sebastien Buemi ------- STR-Ferrari
16 - 16 Nico Rosberg ---------- Williams-Toyota
17 - 14 Mark Webber --------- RBR-Renault
18 - 15 Sebastian Vettel ------ RBR-Renault
19 - 11 Jaime Alguersuari ----- STR-Ferrari
20 - 3 Giancarlo Fisichella ----- Ferrari

News Taken from : http://www.formula1.com/

12 Sep 2009
Qualifying - Hamilton pips Sutil to Monza pole

For moments it seemed that Force India were about to celebrate a consecutive pole position, following their Belgian success, after Adrian Sutil lapped Monza on Saturday afternoon in 1m 24.261s in Q3. But right at the very end Lewis Hamilton came blazing round for McLaren with 1m 24.066s to snatch the honour away.

Behind them, the KERS cars of Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen lined up third and fourth, the first Finn lapping in 1m 24.523s for McLaren, the second in 1m 24.845s for Ferrari.

Then came the Brawn GPs, with Rubens Barrichello acing Jenson Button, 1m 25.015s to 1m 25.030s. Seventh, with a good fuel load, was Vitantonio Liuzzi in the second Force India (1m 25.043s), ahead of Renault’s Fernando Alonso (1m 25.072s), and the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber (1m 25.180s and 1m 25.314s).

Button had grabbed the fastest time away from Hamilton right at the end of Q2, with Barrichello, Sutil, Liuzzi, Webber, Raikkonen and Alonso in pursuit. Toyota’s Jarno Trulli was the first to fail to make it through to Q3 after a lap of 1m 23.611s, which put him 11th ahead of Renault’s Romain Grosjean (1m 23.728s), BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica (1m 23.866s), Ferrari’s Giancarlo Fisichella (1m 23.901s) and BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld (1m 24.275s). It was not a great session for BMW Sauber, with both cars stopping in Turn One with mechanical problems.

As Raikkonen set the pace from Hamilton, Button, Barrichello, Kovalainen, Vettel, Sutil and Liuzzi (the two Force India separated by 0.002s!), Toyota nearly lost both cars in Q1, Trulli just squeaking into Q2 as team mate Timo Glock became the first faller with 1m 24.036s to the Italian's 1m 24.014s.

The other two Toyota-engined cars also failed, Kazuki Nakajima lapping his Williams in 1m 24.074s to team mate Nico Rosberg’s 1m 24.121s as they took 17th and 18th. And the two Toro Rossos were at the back, in stark contrast to last year. Sebastien Buemi lapped his in 1m 24.220s to Jaime Alguersuari’s 1m 24.951s. The latter's 20th position renders a five-place penalty for a pre-session gearbox penalty largely meaningless.

Overall, the times up the front are so close that it is going to be a terrific race.

Results For Saturday Qualifying :

1 - 1 Lewis Hamilton -------- McLaren-Mercedes
2 - 20 Adrian Sutil ---------- Force India-Mercedes
3 - 4 Kimi Räikkönen ------- Ferrari
4 - 2 Heikki Kovalainen ----- McLaren-Mercedes
5 - 23 Rubens Barrichello --- Brawn-Mercedes
6 - 22 Jenson Button -------- Brawn-Mercedes
7 - 21 Vitantonio Liuzzi ------ Force India-Mercedes
8 - 7 Fernando Alonso ------- Renault
9 - 15 Sebastian Vettel ------ RBR-Renault
10 - 14 Mark Webber ------- RBR-Renault
11 - 9 Jarno Trulli ----------- Toyota
12 - 8 Romain Grosjean ----- Renault
13 - 5 Robert Kubica -------- BMW Sauber
14 - 3 Giancarlo Fisichella --- Ferrari
15 - 6 Nick Heidfeld --------- BMW Sauber
16 - 10 Timo Glock ---------- Toyota
17 - 17 Kazuki Nakajima ----- Williams-Toyota
18 - 16 Nico Rosberg -------- Williams-Toyota
19 - 12 Sebastien Buemi ----- STR-Ferrari
20 - 11 Jaime Alguersuari --- STR-Ferrari

News Taken from : http://www.formula1.com

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