2009 BRAZIL GP: FRIDAY SESSIONS UPDATE

Mark Webber proved the pace of the Red Bull RB5 in first practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix with a sequence of laps late in the 90-minute session that were all good enough to put the Australian fastest.

Pos  Driver       Team                       Time              Laps
1.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:12.463            29
2.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:12.874  + 0.411   32
3.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:12.932  + 0.469   27
4.  Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:12.989  + 0.526   25
5.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:13.048  + 0.585   25
6.  Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:13.067  + 0.604   21
7.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:13.141  + 0.678   29
8.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:13.147  + 0.684   23
09. Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:13.232  + 0.769   23
10. Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:13.321  + 0.858   24
11. Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:13.326  + 0.863   26
12. Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:13.464  + 1.001   28
13. Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:13.503  + 1.040   24
14. Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:13.563  + 1.100   24
15. Fisichella   Ferrari               (B)  1:13.619  + 1.156   23
16. Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:13.787  + 1.324   28
17. Liuzzi       Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:13.829  + 1.366   26
18. Kobayashi    Toyota                (B)  1:14.029  + 1.566   27
19. Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:14.040  + 1.577   38
20. Grosjean     Renault               (B)  1:14.173  + 1.710   23

Fernando Alonso denied Sebastien Buemi his moment in the limelight as the Renault driver took the top spot away from the Swiss rookie in the final minutes of the second free practice session for this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix.

Pos  Driver       Team                       Time              Laps
1.  Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:12.314            27
2.  Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:12.357  + 0.043   45
3.  Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:12.459  + 0.145   38
4.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:12.514  + 0.200   41
5.  Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:12.523  + 0.209   45
6.  Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:12.605  + 0.291   37
7.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:12.611  + 0.297   45
8.  Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:12.633  + 0.319   42
9.  Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:12.720  + 0.406   35
10. Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:12.749  + 0.435   39
11. Grosjean     Renault               (B)  1:12.806  + 0.492   27
12. Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:12.862  + 0.548   39
13. Kobayashi    Toyota                (B)  1:12.869  + 0.555   40
14. Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:12.929  + 0.615   41
15. Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:12.948  + 0.634   38
16. Liuzzi       Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:12.950  + 0.636   36
17. Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:12.992  + 0.678   39
18. Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:13.026  + 0.712   42
19. Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:13.041  + 0.727   40
20. Fisichella   Ferrari               (B)  1:13.275  + 0.961   38