China 2009 - Free Practice 1 results - McLaren introduce some new parts as Toyota struggle with theirs
Published by Christine
The first session in Shanghai saw Lewis Hamilton going fastest, with both Brawn cars behind him - Jenson Button ahead of Rubens Barrichello. Jarno Trulli suffered an electrical problem that Toyota managed to fix before the session ended. McLaren ran some new temporary updates to the rear of the car which appeared to help their pace.
| Position | Driver | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | 1:37.334 | 22 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | 1:37.450 | 18 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | 1:37.566 | 19 |
| 4 | Heikki Kovalainen | 1:37.672 | 23 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | 1:37.752 | 20 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | 1:37.764 | 19 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | 1:37.860 | 24 |
| 8 | Timo Glock | 1:37.894 | 21 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | 1:38.089 | 19 |
| 10 | Sébastien Bourdais | 1:38.195 | 24 |
| 11 | Kimi Räikkönen | 1:38.223 | 23 |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:38.274 | 20 |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | 1:38.307 | 26 |
| 14 | Adrian Sutil | 1:38.319 | 18 |
| 15 | Felipe Massa | 1:38.418 | 20 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | 1:38.456 | 21 |
| 17 | Giancarlo Fisichella | 1:38.460 | 19 |
| 18 | Robert Kubica | 1:38.463 | 18 |
| 19 | Kazuki Nakajima | 1:38.730 | 25 |
| 20 | Nelson Piquet | 1:38.825 | 20 |
