Results: Practice 1, Hamilton opens weekend on top
Lewis Hamilton managed to move to the top of the time sheets in the first free practice at the Monza circuit. The Brit was almost a full second faster than his teammate Jenson Button. Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber followed the McLaren pair on P3 and P4. The Ferrari's were only in 7th and 8th in FP1. Jerome d'Ambrosio and Heikki Kovalainen had to park their cars because of engine and gearbox troubles.

Result

PDriverTeamTimeLapsNote
1L. HamiltonMcLaren1:23.86518Season Best¹
2J. ButtonMcLaren1:24.78619Season Best
3S. VettelRed Bull1:25.23125
4M. WebberRed Bull1:25.45924
5A. SutilForce India1:26.55023Season Best
6V. PetrovRenault1:26.62520
7F. AlonsoFerrari1:26.64720
8F. MassaFerrari1:26.67624
9S. PerezSauber1:26.69428
10J. AlguersuariSTR1:26.69615
11M. SchumacherMercedes GP1:26.69921
12N. HulkenbergForce India1:26.82621
13R. BarrichelloWilliams1:26.83625
14K. KobayashiSauber1:26.99629
15P. MaldonadoWilliams1:27.36525
16B. SennaRenault1:27.38523
17S. BuemiSTR1:27.43325Season Worst
18N. RosbergMercedes GP1:27.49224Season Worst
19H. KovalainenLotus1:29.53910Season Worst¹
20K. ChandhokLotus1:30.148*19Season Best¹
21D. RicciardoHRT1:30.619*24
22V. LiuzziHRT1:30.619*24
23T. GlockVirgin1:31.052*12Season Worst¹
24J. d'AmbrosioVirgin1:31.899*22Season Worst¹
107% time is 1:29.736, ¹ matches previously best/worst result
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