Practice 1: Trulli P1 before rain arrives

Date published : 28 Aug 2009 - 10:34:44

Toyota s Jarno Trulli took advantage of some early dry running to set the fastest time in a rain-hit first practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.

In typical Spa fashion, the session began in hazy sunshine before rain began to fall in varying degrees of intensity from the half-hour mark onwards.Trulli was one of the last on track before the rain arrived and posted a best lap of 1m49.675s, which remained unbeaten over the remaining hour.Championship leader Jenson Button was second quickest for Brawn with a 1m50.283s, fractionally ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso on a 1m50.368s

.The order was largely irrelevant, however, since many drivers did not set representative times in the dry part of the session and those that did completed very few laps.

1. TRULLI Toyota 1m49.675s
2. BUTTON Brawn 1m50.283s
3. ALONSO Renault 1m50.368s
4. BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m51.045s
5. ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso 1m51.529s
6. BARRICHELLO Brawn 1m52.321s
7. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m52.930s
8. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m53.383s
9. KUBICA BMW 1m53.650s
10. BADOER Ferrari 1m55.068s
11. FISICHELLA Force India 2m03.972s
12. ROSBERG Williams 2m04.505s
13. GROSJEAN Renault 2m05.513s
14. HEIDFELD BMW 2m05.614s
15. NAKAJIMA Williams 2m05.705s
16. SUTIL Force India 2m05.839s
17. WEBBER Red Bull 2m06.181s
18. GLOCK Toyota 2m06.331s
19. VETTEL Red Bull no time
20. HAMILTON McLaren no time