Brazilian GP: Red Bull's Mark Webber fastest in practice at Interlagos

Date published : 16 Oct 2009 - 16:34:11

Championship leader Jenson Button, who could take the Formula One title on Sunday, was only seventh fastest in his Brawn. Australian Webber lapped the anti-clockwise Interlagos circuit in a fastest time of one minute 12.464 seconds with Brazilian Barrichello 0.411 slower on an overcast morning with occasional showers.  Related ArticlesBrazilian GP circuit guideBrazilian Grand Prix podcastBernie hopes Button fails in BrazilLewis Hamilton warns Jenson Button of Brazil hellLewis Hamilton recalls final flingCoulthard: If Button wins title, it would not be down to luckRed Bull's Sebastian Vettel, the only driver other than Button and Barrichello still challenging for the championship, was third fastest with his team living up to expectations that they would be quick in Brazil. Barrichello is 14 points adrift of Button, with Vettel - winner of the previous race in Japan - two further back and two races remaining. McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen and team mate Lewis Hamilton, who won the title at Interlagos in a season-ending thriller last year, were fourth and fifth respectively with Williams' Kazuki Makajima sixth. The session was halted briefly when Renault's French rookie Romain Grosjean blasted through a polystyrene advertising block and scattered a cloud of debris across the track. Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi spun and hit the tyre wall backwards when the action resumed, damaging his car's rear suspension. Ferrari's Felipe Massa, recovering from serious head injuries suffered in Hungary in August, watched the practice from the garages.