Italian GP, ​​Free Practice 1: best time for Hamilton

Best time for Lewis Hamilton in the first free practice session of the Italian Grand Prix. In Monza the Englishman from McLaren Mercedes preceded his teammate, Heikki Kovalainen. For the world champion, a mishap with the fuel cap, lost on the first run, and some hard passages on the curbs. However, Hamilton always remained in the lead from his first flying lap. Force India confirmed its competitiveness today too. Adrian Sutil set the third fastest time, half a second behind Hamilton, ahead of Fernando Alonso's Renault, now equipped with KERS. Fifth time for Heidfeld with the BMW ahead of Buemi's Toro Rosso. World championship leader Jenson Button was seventh ahead of new Ferrari driver Giancarlo Fisichella. The Roman did better than Kimi Raikkonen, tenth with the other Ferrari.

However, the Italian used soft tires in his last run while the majority of the riders kept the hard tyres.

Until the tire change Fisichella had been slowest for most of the session, in his first contact with the Ferrari F60.

Tonio Liuzzi, his replacement at Force India, initially did better until his compatriot's last run and finished in 16th position.

Many went off the track at the chicane, the only incident to report was a spin and a hard contact on the curbs of the first chicane for Timo Glock.

Pos Driver Team Lap Time
 1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:23.936 26
 2. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:24.332 + 0.396 27
 3. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:24.471 + 0.535 24
 4. Alonso Renault (B) 1:24.477 + 0.541 21
 5. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:24.683 + 0.747 25
 6. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:24.703 + 0.767 35
 7. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:24.706 + 0.770 21
 8. Fisichella Ferrari (B) 1:24.732 + 0.796 24
 9. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:24.759 + 0.823 19
10. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:24.761 + 0.825 26
11. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:24.813 + 0.877 20
12. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:24.826 + 0.890 24
13. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:24.927 + 0.991 29
14. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:25.150 + 1.214 28
15. Grosjean Renault (B) 1:25.612 + 1.676 18
16. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:25.689 + 1.753 29
17. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:25.742 + 1.806 30
18. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:25.951 + 2.015 8
19. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:26.020 + 2.084 23
20. Glock Toyota (B) 1:26.325 + 2.389 17