Hamilton Fastest On Close Final Day Of Testing
Lewis Hamilton did enough to grab the headlines as he was fastest on the final day of testing ahead of the 2010 season which starts in earnest in 2 weeks time.
The British driver headed the tightly packed field as top teams like Red Bull Racing, Ferrari and Mercedes all flexed their muscles with top drivers and very quick times.
Aero setups were supposed to be the plan for the last day, but many drivers put in long runs with Michael Schumacher and Hamilton playing cat and mouse for some time as Schumi covered a race distance.
Further downfield Buemi and Kobayashi put in solid days for the independent teams, ahead of Renault’s Kubica who struggled a little bit.
At the bottom though it was still Lotus and Virgin who are struggling to find their feet, Lotus still looking the more likely team of the pair to do well as Virgin are continually hindered by a major hydraulic problem.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:20.472 134 2. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:20.496 59 3. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:20.539 113 4. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:20.611 99 5. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:20.667 76 6. M.Schumacher Mercedes GP (B) 1:20.745 122 7. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:20.870 83 8. Kobayashi BMW-Sauber (B) 1:20.911 67 9. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:22.135 87 10. Kubica Renault (B) 1:23.175 106 11. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth (B) 1:25.251 65 12. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth (B) 1:26.160 47
Rosberg Fastest On Penultimate Pre-Season Test Day
Nico Rosberg set the fastest lap time on the penultimate pre season test day in Barcelona despite poor weather conditions.
The German driver eased fears over the Mercedes Benz performance, following Michael Schumacher’s announcement that he does not expect to be fighting for wins early on in the season.
Sebastien Buemi was 2nd for Toro Rosso as they mirrored the Mercedes Benz test day with short runs, then long runs and both drivers suffered mechnical problems.
Jenson Button was 3rd despite a slow morning, with Rubens Barrichello 4th as Williams continued their good form.
Felipe Massa couldn’t continue Fernando Alonso’s dominance in the Ferrari but did do some long runs, with a late fresh tyre run allowing him the faster time.
Vitaly Petrov moved Renault closer to the pace of the front runners, just ahead of the Force India’s and Jarno Trulli who managed to get Lotus from the bottom 2 positions and ahead of another team that wasn’t Virgin with Kamui Kobayashi ending the day just ahead of the Richard Branson backed outfit.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m20.686s 128 2. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1m21.413s + 0.727s 106 3. Jenson Button McLaren 1m21.450s + 0.764s 105 4. Rubens Barrichello Williams 1m21.975s + 1.289s 101 5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m22.344s + 1.658s 115 6. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m22.523s + 1.837s 68 7. Adrian Sutil Force India 1m22.606s + 1.920s 61 8. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1m23.123s + 2.437s 51 9. Jarno Trulli Lotus 1m25.059s + 4.373s 102 10. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1m26.216s + 5.530s 105 11. Timo Glock Virgin 1m26.305s + 5.619s 31
Hulkenberg Fastest On Day 2 of Barcelona Final Test
Nico Hulkenberg narrowly beat Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso on the second day of the final test in Barcelona.
The German driver did just under 100 laps as many drivers concentrated their morning runs on qualifying performance, and the afternoon on higher fuelrace based simulations with Bahrain being just 2 weeks away.
De la Rosa was 3rd with another impressive performance from Sauber, with Liuzzi showing the Force India pace with an impressive 4th.
Vettel and Alguersuari were close in 5th and 6th, despite the Toro Rosso now running its own chassis and aerodynamic package separate from the Red Bull teams, both ahead of Michael Schumacher in 7th however.
The new teams of Lotus and Virgin were still at the bottom of the timesheets however.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth (B) 1:20.614 99 2. Alonso Ferrari (B) 1:20.637 134 3. de la Rosa BMW-Sauber (B) 1:20.973 114 4. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:21.056 90 5. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:21.258 125 6. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:21.571 104 7. M.Schumacher Mercedes GP (B) 1:21.689 85 8. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:22.152 93 9. Kubica Renault (B) 1:24.912 53 10. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth (B) 1:25.524 70 11. Glock Virgin-Cosworth (B) 1:25.942 52
Button Fastest For Brawn GP On Barcelona Day 3
Jenson Button sent a clear message out to the other teams in Barcelona today….that he and Brawn GP were here to fight for the wins, not to just make up the numbers.
The British driver built on earlier success yesterday from Rubens Barrichello who was third fastest (behind Raikkonen and Nakajima).
“It’s been another great day and a very positive test generally,” said Button.
“After the challenges we have faced, to come here and get off to such an encouraging start is just what we all needed and I can’t thank the team enough. All that effort has really paid off and everyone can feel very proud.”
In second place was Felipe Massa for Ferrari, who completed a full race weekend simulation, with a small hydraulic problem leaving him stranded out on track during the afternoon.
Kubica, Glock, Alonso and Vettel all put in respectable performances for their teams, proving that F1 is most certainly not going to be a two horse race this season – it is wide open.
The second horse over the past few years has been McLaren and once again they were clearly struggling. Over 2.5 seconds off Button’s fastest time and with Hamilton behind the wheel, it was disappointment for the British based team. Someone had clearly spent more time adjusting the MBE logo put on Hamilton’s car than actually sorting out the aerodynamics. Dennis says they’re sandbagging, everyone else is not so convinced especially consdering Hamilton stuffed it into the barriers – not exactly sandbagging…
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:19.127 124 2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:20.168 109 3. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:20.217 109 4. Glock Toyota TF109 (B) 1:20.410 99 5. Alonso Renault R29 (B) 1:20.863 107 6. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:21.165 102 7. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:21.324 89 8. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:21.545 97 9. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:21.569 140 10. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:21.657 82
Jenson was fastest...
...making Mr. Brawn a happy man!
Felipe continues to show Ferrari consistency
Kubica, up there with a shout again
Vettel - Looking on the pace despite a small off
Hamilton & McLaren.......struggling
Vettel Fastest On Final Day of Barca Test
Sebastian Vettel was once again fastest on the final day of testing in Barcelona.
The young German was comfortably quickest ahead of Bourdais and Buemi in the Scuderia Toro Rosso’s.
Gary Paffett was 4th for McLaren, he had a KERS device onboard, as did Christian Klien who was 6th.
Jenson Button was high in 5th for Honda, Senna down in 8th completing his first test of an F1 car.
“Driving a Formula One car is really, really nice. And I was enjoying myself more and more each lap. Pushing harder and harder makes you find the edge and when the laptime comes from your effort that’s pretty good.” Senna commented after his test.
He added: “I’m happy. As I said, there was not a lot of pressure on me being matching Jenson or being super close to Jenson. They wanted to see what kind of information I could provide and if I was consistent and if I was quick on my own. I think I ticked all those boxes. I have to see how highly I have ticked those boxes but that’s all I could do in my first day.”
Badoer was 11th for Ferrari, but he was not speed testing, emerly testing the reliability of new products.
The Force India’s propped up the table.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:19.295 75
2. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:19.839 122
3. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:20.154 115
4. Paffett McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:21.140 81
5. Button Honda (B) 1:21.387 94
6. Klien BMW Sauber (B) 1:21.534 88
7. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:21.592 106
8. Senna Honda (B) 1:21.676 107
9. Piquet Renault (B) 1:22.148 94
10. Hulkenberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:22.410 52
11. Badoer Ferrari (B) 1:22.866 120
12. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:23.086 93
13. de la Rosa Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:23.103 88
Bruno Senna testing for Honda
Gary Paffett running KERS and Slicks in the 2008 spec McLaren
Giancarlo Fisichella
Honda's 2009 front wing detail
2009 BMW Sauber being driven by Nick Heidfeld
Luca Badoer put new parts through serious mileage in the Ferrari
Vettel Tops Times On Day 2 In Barca
Sebastian Vettel started his Red Bull Racing career in perfect fashion, topping the times at today’s Barcelona test despite a major brake fire earlier in the day.
The young German led a Red Bull lock out in the top 4 spots, with Sato in 2nd, Bourdais 3rd and Buemi 4th. Those 3 drivers are fighting for the two seats in the Scuderia Toro Rosso team, and it must be said Sato is doing a terrific job.
Ferrari were lower down the times but they mainly focussed on reliability tests today, and are stripping the 2008 cars of aerodynamics for simulation work.
Pedro de La Rosa took to the track in a Force India, and despite being last, rumour is still circulating that he is going to take one of the two seats at the team for 2009.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:19.751 70
2. Sato Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:20.017 79
3. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:20.034 48
4. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:20.223 99
5. Paffett McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:21.340 31
6. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:21.521 76
7. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:21.525 113
8. Button Honda (B) 1:21.770 110
9. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:22.073 58
10. di Grassi Honda (B) 1:22.283 110
11. Piquet Renault (B) 1:22.348 85
12. Badoer Ferrari (B) 1:22.425 127
13. Gene Ferrari (B) 1:22.772 31
14. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:22.945 81
15. van der Garde Renault (B) 1:23.250 37
16. de la Rosa Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:23.499 86
Button with a 2009 Front Wing Honda
Rosberg with a 2009 spec Williams
Sebastian Vettel behind the wheel of a Red Bull
Klien described the 2009 BMW as "The ugliest thing he had ever seen" - we're inclined to agree
Luca Badoer in a 2008 Ferrari, with slicks and a mock-up KERS. See the cooling box on the side here.
Pedro de La Rosa testing for Force India
Barcelona Testing 1st Day – MORNING REPORT
The morning in Barcelona hearalded a new era of Formula One, and BMW Sauber alongside Williams have brought out their 2009 specification cars. Takuma Sato is testing for Scuderia Toro Rosso, in an attempt to get his seat. Luca Badoer is testing 2 different Ferrari’s, one in 09 spec and another in 08 spec with slicks. McLaren are slick tyre testing. Red Bull Racing are testing Sebastian Loeb.
FULL REPORT THIS EVENING WITH TIMES.
PHOTOS OF 2009 SPECIFICATION CARS
BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber Front Wing Close-Up
Williams
Williams
Photos, timesheets and report to all come tonight.
Badoer Fastest On Day 1 Barcelona Testing
Luca Badoer put Ferrari back in a commanding position in the first day of testing at Barcelona this week.
The test driver set a fastest time of
This was enough to push maiden GP winner in Canada Robert Kubica down into 2nd position on the sheets.
Coulthard and Buemi, who were sharing the same car for Red Bull were 3rd and 4th.
Gary Paffett joined the barrage of test drivers at the event coming 5th, just ahead of Anthony Davidson who returns to F1 as Honda’s test driver.
Nico Hulkenberg was 7th in the Williams completing 112 laps, the most of anyone; with Romain Grosjean, who had problems with his engine in 8th.
“It was a great day and I’m grateful for this opportunity to test the R28 and work with the team,” Grosjean commented.
Kamui Kobayashi was last for Toyota.
Time-Sheet:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
| 1 | L. Badoer | Ferrari | 1.22.412 | 82 |
| 2 | R. Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1.22.682 | 69 |
| 3 | D. Coulthard | Red Bull | 1.22.724 | 21 |
| 4 | S. Buemi | Red Bull | 1.22.764 | 79 |
| 5 | G. Paffett | McLaren | 1.22.938 | 36 |
| 6 | A. Davidson | Honda | 1.23.208 | 81 |
| 7 | N. Hulkenberg | Williams | 1.23.619 | 112 |
| 8 | R. Grosjean | Renault | 1.23.899 | 60 |
| 9 | K. Kobayashi | Toyota | 1.24.442 | 84 |
Honda Reckon They Have Made Progress During Tests
Honda Racing F1 Team believe that they have made significant progress during the recent tests, and are now hoping that their new parts will transform into some good form and progress on their rivals.
The RA108 has already been significantly more successful than the disastorous RA107 of 2007, and the team hope that some good form can ensue.
New parts include minor aerodyanmic updates on the front wing and around the sidepod/engine box areas. Honda also began re-testing the “Dumbo Wings” which we saw towards the end of 2007 in test with Christian Klien, although they were not adopted by the race team. More notably was the running of wheel rim covers, in a similar fashion to those already run by Ferrari, Toyota, BMW Sauber, McLaren and other teams. What made Honda’s more notable than the rest were the images of the globe displayed.
“This week saw the first in-season test of 2008 where we can only use a single car compared to the two car pre-season tests,” said Honda’s test team manager Steve Clark.
“The development of the RA108 is progressing well and we had many items on the test agenda. Our major development is an aerodynamic update kit which successfully delivered a laptime improvement.
“However we will not know until the Spanish Grand Prix whether this translates into a significant step forward versus our competitors.”
More Woes For Aguri As They Can’t Attend Barca Test
Super Aguri still look in some trouble as they cannot attend the forthcoming 3 day tests at Barcelona because of issues with the deal with Magma Group.
Aguri didn’t attend a lot of preseason testing, and their 2008 car is somewhat off the pace. They need all of the testing time they can get.
But because the deal with Magma hasnt been signed off yet, they can’t piece everything together and get out to Spain. The team trucks will have to stay in Leafield while the bosses continue their negotiations with Magma’s bosses.
“The final agreement is not yet finished with the Magma Group, but hopefully it will happen very soon, and then we can press the button to start development.” Aguri driver Takuma Sato said
“So the next time I will drive will be in Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.”
Racist Fans Threaten Spanish F1 Future
Racist fans who hurled abuse at McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton during last weeks Barcelona tests could have put their countries F1 future in the balance.
The fans were stood in the main grandstand oppostie the McLaren garage, and hurled abuse such as “F****ng Black” at Hamilton. They also hurled missiles at his car, mechanics and garage.
This is the furthest the fans have gone so far, at other events it has only been posters and banners aimed at the driver. It is thought that the Spanish fans hate him passionatly because they believe he was the root cause of Fernando Alonso’s poor time at McLaren last season.
The Spanish authorities have completly condemmed the acts, commenting;
“The Federation wants to show its absolute repulse at these incomprehensible events, as well as showing its support to the McLaren team and especially to their driver Lewis Hamilton.
“Car racing is a sport where events that divert from cordiality between fans and drivers and teams will not be allowed.
“These kind of madmen who confuse sporting rivalry with violence must know that the Federation will have no tolerance with them.
“The RFEA wants to make clear that the protagonists of this event were a very small group that doesn’t represent the thousands of people who enjoy this sport in a fun and cordial way.
Hamilton did not comment, McLaren only saying that it was a small group of fans who had got themselves out of control.
However, the FIA are not being so lenient, sources told Autosport that the governing body are considering pulling this year’s Spanish GP at Barcelona, and the new European GP at Valencia off the calendar as a result, with little potential for a return in future years.
The FIA are demonstrating their zero tolerance policy.
Spanish racing officials have got to show a report on how they are going to stop racist attacks during the F1 events for the rest of the season.
The attacks are big news back in Britain, amazingly making front page news on the popular red-top tabloid The Sun.
Webber Fastest On Barca Test Sunday
Mark Webber has signalled the intentions of Red Bull Racing with their new challenger, the RBR4 by setting the fastest time of the day in Barcelona testing.
The Australian’s car, fitted with the much talked about engine box, set a fastest lap time of 1.22.385.
Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton trailed behind the Renault powered beast, managing 2nd and 3rd spots.
Robert Kubica was an impressive 4th for BMW Sauber, he was still complaining that the F1.08 had serious balance issues. Nick Heidfeld was down in 6th place.
They were split by home-boy Fernando Alonso who seems to be fitting back into Renault, but admits that there is still a lot of work to do to get the R28 into a championship challenging position. A point illustrated by Nelson Piquet Jr, down in 9th place, he really isn’t showing his full potential yet.
Bourdais and Vettel couldn’t repeat yesterday’s successes. The pair were in 7th and 10th positions, split by David Coulthard in their sister teams second car. DC was over 1.5 seconds slower than team mate Webber.
Rubens Barrichello lifted Honda off the bottom spot, into 11th position. The Brazilian covered 84 laps, but was still well off a decent race pace. Jenson Button was again left propping up the table.
Adrian Sutil was the man to split them, down in 12th place in the Force India. He set the second highest amount of laps on the damp day - 86.
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Pos. |
Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
| 1 | M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:22.385 | 65 |
| 2 | H. Kovalainen | McLaren | 01:22.422 | 67 |
| 3 | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:22.459 | 92 |
| 4 | R. Kubica | BMW | 01:22.492 | 83 |
| 5 | F. Alonso | Renault | 01:22.509 | 63 |
| 6 | N. Heidfeld | BMW | 01:22.874 | 79 |
| 7 | S. Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 01:22.887 | 80 |
| 8 | D. Coulthard | Red Bull | 01:23.889 | 81 |
| 9 | N. Piquet jr. | Renault | 01:23.039 | 64 |
| 10 | S. Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 01:23.232 | 74 |
| 11 | R. Barrichello | Honda | 01:23.795 | 84 |
| 12 | A. Sutil | Force India F1 | 01:23.800 | 86 |
| 13 | J. Button | Honda | 01:23.808 | 85 |
Toro Rosso’s Fastest At Barcelona Test
The Scuderia Toro Rosso’s of Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais were on top of the timesheets after Saturday’s tests at Barcelona.
The pair were putting their cars through a race weekend simulation, and their fastest pace came during “qualifying runs”.
Despite the pair using adapted 2007 cars for now, they still looked quick compared to 2008 designed rivals, with McLaren and Renault both testing and trailing.
There was little to choose between the two McLaren’s, Hamilton edging Kovalainen. They were followed by the Renault pair and Robert Kubica who had one mechanical failure during the day.
The Red Bull’s then Nick Heidfeld came next.
Williams have abandoned their tests after they failed to sort the problems with the wings that blighted their weekend of tests, despite Frank Williams flying new parts out.
Jenson Button failed to greatly improve upon Barichello’s efforts on Friday in the new Honda, gaining only 13th place.
Liuzzi was last in the Force India.
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Pos. |
Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
| 1 | S. Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 01:21.679 | 89 |
| 2 | S. Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 01:21.782 | 88 |
| 3 | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:22.135 | 80 |
| 4 | H. Kovalainen | McLaren | 01:22.511 | 70 |
| 5 | R. Kubica | BMW | 01:22.833 | 90 |
| 6 | F. Alonso | Renault | 01:22.938 | 115 |
| 7 | N. Piquet jr. | Renault | 01:23.002 | 115 |
| 8 | M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:23.020 | 75 |
| 9 | N. Heidfeld | BMW | 01:23.070 | 94 |
| 10 | D. Coulthard | Red Bull | 01:23.322 | 85 |
| 11 | N. Rosberg | Williams | 01:23.347 | 34 |
| 12 | K. Nakajima | Williams | 01:23.948 | 40 |
| 13 | J. Button | Honda | 01:23.959 | 58 |
| 14 | V. Liuzzi | Force India F1 | 01:24.263 | 61 |
Hamilton On The Pace At Barcelona
Lewis Hamilton has set the pace on the first day of Barcelona testing. The British driver steered his McLaren MP4-23 to a fastest lap time of 1.22.263.
Behind him in second place was Fernando Alonso in the officially launched Renault R28, although he was over half a second off his former team mates pace. Alonso claimed at the launch yesterday that Renault needed to find a second a lap.
Robert Kubica was third, showing renewed pace from the new BMW Sauber. Team mate Nick Heidfeld was just behind in 5th place.
The surprise entrant to 4th place was Giancarlo Fisichella in the Force India. The Ferrari powered minnow team, with their new Italian driver completed 98 laps.
Williams completed very little testing, thanks to Nakajima’s huge shunt (reported above). The Japanese driver went straight into the barriers at full throttle, as the former gravel area was converted to a tarmac run-off. He was unscathed. This meant Rosberg only completed a handful of laps in the FW30.
Red Bull Racing were in 20th and 11th places, running a hugely radical engine box.
Honda’s new RA108 seems to be failing to live up to expectations as Rubens Barrichello and Alex Wurz were left propping up the table.
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
| 1 | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:22.263 | 82 |
| 2 | F. Alonso | Renault | 01:22.889 | 61 |
| 3 | R. Kubica | BMW | 01:22.983 | 65 |
| 4 | G. Fisichella | Force India F1 | 01:23.015 | 98 |
| 5 | N. Heidfeld | BMW | 01:23.270 | 52 |
| 6 | G. Paffett | McLaren | 01:23.349 | 45 |
| 7 | N. Piquet jr. | Renault | 01:23.367 | 44 |
| 8 | S. Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 01:23.387 | 89 |
| 9 | N. Rosberg | Williams | 01:23.453 | 12 |
| 10 | D. Coulthard | Red Bull | 01:23.491 | 60 |
| 11 | M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:23.547 | 52 |
| 12 | S. Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 01:23.836 | 54 |
| 13 | K. Nakajima | Williams | 01:23.955 | 35 |
| 14 | R. Barrichello | Honda | 01:24.125 | 53 |
| 15 | A. Wurz | Honda | 01:26.975 | 26 |
Schumacher Quickest On F1 Return
Michael Schumacher has picked up where he left off in 2006, and stormed to the top of the timesheets in emphatic style at Barcelona today.
The German took the F2007 around the track to a fastest time of 1.21.922 on the first day of the new winter testing season.
Luca Badoer made it a fantastic day for Ferrari as he took 2nd place.
Pedro De la Rosa has been leading for a significant amount of the day, but Schumacher’s pace was just too much for the Spaniard.
Force India marked their start in F1 with newly liveried cars, and 2 new testers. However, they were bottom of the timesheets.
Andreas Zuber was 14th for Honda in his F1 testing debut. He was closely followed by Toro Rosso’s new driver, Champcar champion Sebastien Bourdais.
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Pos. |
Driver | Team | Tires | Time | Laps |
| 1 | M. Schumacher | Ferrari | B | 01:21.922 | 64 |
| 2 | L. Badoer | Ferrari | B | 01:22.129 | 76 |
| 3 | P. de la Rosa | McLaren | B | 01:22.687 | 63 |
| 4 | H. Kovalainen | Renault | B | 01:22.802 | 81 |
| 5 | R. Kubica | BMW | B | 01:22.883 | 56 |
| 6 | G. Paffett | McLaren | B | 01:23.008 | 46 |
| 7 | K. Nakajima | Williams | B | 01:23.187 | 66 |
| 8 | D. Coulthard | Red Bull | B | 01:23.332 | 55 |
| 9 | J. Trulli | Toyota | B | 01:23.624 | 46 |
| 10 | N. Heidfeld | BMW | B | 01:23.671 | 75 |
| 11 | N. Rosberg | Williams | B | 01:23.847 | 58 |
| 12 | F. Montagny | Toyota | B | 01:23.861 | 61 |
| 13 | S. Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | B | 01:24.048 | 77 |
| 14 | A. Zuber | Honda | B | 01:24.065 | 77 |
| 15 | S. Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | B | 01:24.193 | 51 |
| 16 | A. Davidson | Super Aguri | B | 01:24.246 | 70 |
| 17 | J. Rossiter | Super Aguri | B | 01:24.480 | 69 |
| 18 | K. Chandhok | Red Bull | B | 01:24.896 | 39 |
| 19 | G. van der Garde | Force India F1 | B | 01:25.317 | 84 |
| 20 | Roldan Rodriguez | Force India F1 | B | 01:26.973 | 87 |
