2009 MONACO GP: ALONSO FASTEST IN FP3

Fernando Alonso is fastest for Renault in the final practice session at Monaco this morning. His time of a:15.164 is less than one-tenth of a second ahead of Jenson Button. Heikki Kovalainen was third with Barrichello fourth, Masa fifth and Kimi Raikkonen sixth. The Spaniard is likely to feature in the final reckoning this afternoon, but the Brawns look extremely good once again, and Ferrari and McLaren have continued their strong weekend form, shuffling Red Bull down the order slightly.

Pos  Driver       Team                       Time
1.  Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:15.164
2.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:15.233  + 0.069
3.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:15.278  + 0.114
4.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:15.286  + 0.122
5.  Massa        Ferrari               (B)  1:15.293  + 0.129
6.  Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:15.382  + 0.218
7.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:15.389  + 0.225
8.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:15.722  + 0.558
9.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:15.758  + 0.594
10. Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:15.985  + 0.821
11. Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:16.103  + 0.939
12. Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:16.228  + 1.064
13. Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:16.301  + 1.137
14. Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:16.317  + 1.153
15. Piquet       Renault               (B)  1:16.382  + 1.218
16. Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:16.432  + 1.268
17. Glock        Toyota                (B)  1:16.527  + 1.363
18. Kubica       BMW Sauber            (B)  1:16.599  + 1.435
19. Heidfeld     BMW Sauber            (B)  1:16.661  + 1.497
20. Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:16.810  + 1.646