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Rosberg tops Bahrain F1 practice
24 April 2009
Williams F1 driver Nico Rosberg set the fastest time in practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Williams man's 1m33.339s lap was nearly two tenths faster than Renault's Fernando Alonso could manage, while Jarno Trulli (Toyota) ended the day third quickest.
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Jenson Button (Brawn) was sixth fastest, while Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) was 11th, after going fastest in the - generally slower - opening practice session.
Last weekend's winner Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber moved into contention with fourth and fifth in the last 15 minutes of the season.
Ferrari's struggles continued: Felipe Massa was 16th, while Kimi Raikkonen was 18th.
Practice times
1 Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) 1m 33.339s
2 Fernando Alonso (Renault) +0.191s
3 Jarno Trulli (Toyota) +0.277s
4 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) +0.322s
5 Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) +0.337s
6 Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) +0.355s
7 Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) +0.424s
8 Timo Glock (Toyota) 1:33.764 +0.425s
9 Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) +0.546s
10 Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) +0.560s
11 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) +0.655s
12 Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India-Mercedes) +0.686s
13 Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) +0.788s
14 Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) +.027s
15 Nelson Piquet (Renault) +1.072s
16 Felipe Massa (Ferrari) +1.225s
17 Robert Kubica (BMW-Sauber) +1.266s
18 Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) +1.331s
19 Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) +1.425s
20 Nick Heidfeld (BMW-Sauber) +1.451s
All timing unofficial, taken from second practice session
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