FIRST FREE PRACTICE
Michael Schumacher set the fastest time for Mercedes in the first free practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
With speculation surrounding the German's future beyond 2012 continuing in the paddock, Schumacher came out firing with a 1m25.422s lap that no one could get within 0.3 seconds of.Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Michael Schumacher Mercedes AMG 1:25.422 26
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.723 + 0.301 29
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:25.762 + 0.340 26
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:25.800 + 0.378 22
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:25.861 + 0.439 27
6. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.944 + 0.522 30
7. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1:26.046 + 0.624 25
8. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.323 + 0.901 26
9. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:26.390 + 0.968 24
10. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:26.504 + 1.082 19
11. Sebatian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:26.508 + 1.086 18
12. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:26.518 + 1.096 21
13. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:26.641 + 1.219 26
14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.746 + 1.324 23
15. Jerome d'Ambroio Lotus-Renault 1:27.180 + 1.758 29
16. Jules Bianchi Force India-Mercedes 1:27.192 + 1.770 22
17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:27.373 + 1.951 25
18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:27.789 + 2.367 24
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:27.855 + 2.433 27
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:28.578 + 3.156 20
21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:28.751 + 3.329 21
22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:29.207 + 3.785 21
23. Pedro de la Rossa HRT-Cosworth 1:29.331 + 3.909 21
24. Ma Qing Hua HRT-Cosworth 1:31.239 + 5.817 26
SECOND FREE PRACTICE
Lewis Hamilton set the pace during second practice for the Italian Grand Prix after just edging Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso, who were both within a tenth of a second of the lead McLaren. The top eight were all within 0.257s of Hamilton's time ahead of what looks likely to be a closely fought grand prix weekend.The Mercedes engine appears to be strong at Monza, with all six of the Mercedes-powered cars in the top ten. Michael Schumacher finished the session in tenth place, but would have been higher up had it not been for a DRS failure at the start of the session.
The Red Bull pair of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were 11th and 13th respectively, but were more competitive on high fuel as the teams did race simulations. McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull and Lotus were all able to post times in the 1:29 bracket.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.290 32
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.328 + 0.038 35
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:25.348 + 0.058 17
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:25.430 + 0.140 43
5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:25.446 + 0.156 41
6. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1:25.504 + 0.214 42
7. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:25.546 + 0.256 40
8. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:25.547 + 0.257 36
9. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.068 + 0.778 32
10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes AMG 1:26.094 + 0.804 38
11. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:26.104 + 0.814 35
12. Jerome d'Ambrosio Lotus-Renault 1:26.157 + 0.867 36
13. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:26.394 + 1.104 31
14. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:26.404 + 1.114 42
15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:26.724 + 1.434 33
16. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.730 + 1.440 17
17. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:26.783 + 1.493 39
18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:26.841 + 1.551 39
19. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:26.864 + 1.574 36
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:27.222 + 1.932 36
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:27.944 + 2.654 36
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:27.968 + 2.678 36
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:28.575 + 3.285 34
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:28.779 + 3.489 21
