Italian GP: Vettel tops final practice
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| Sebastian Vettel |
Sebastian Vettel led the final free practice session ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza Saturday morning with a lap of 1m23.170s. He topped Red Bull teammate Mark Webber by 0.364s.
Closest challenger to the Red Bulls was Felipe Massa's Ferrari (1:23.688), ahead of the McLarens of Lewis Hamilton (1:23.741) and Jenson Button (1:23.787).
Nico Rosberg (1:23.875), who missed much of practice 2 on Friday with a KERS issue, was the first Mercedes, sixth quickest ahead of teammate Michael Schumacher (1:24.114).
Fernando Alonso (1:24.133) was one second off the pace in 8th, but suspected to be sandbagging.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m23.170s | +0.000s | 18 |
| 2. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m23.534s | +0.364 | 19 |
| 3. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m23.668s | +0.498 | 14 |
| 4. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m23.741s | +0.571 | 17 |
| 5. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m23.787s | +0.617 | 16 |
| 6. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m23.875s | +0.705 | 22 |
| 7. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m24.114s | +0.944 | 20 |
| 8. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m24.133s | +0.963 | 14 |
| 9. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m24.543s | +1.373 | 21 |
| 10. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m24.581s | +1.411 | 22 |
| 11. | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1m24.853s | +1.683 | 20 |
| 12. | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1m24.889s | +1.719 | 19 |
| 13. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m24.948s | +1.778 | 22 |
| 14. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m25.261s | +2.091 | 21 |
| 15. | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m24.319s | +2.149 | 19 |
| 16. | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m25.426s | +2.256 | 19 |
| 17. | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m25.439s | +2.269 | 22 |
| 18. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m25.539s | +2.369 | 19 |
| 19. | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1m27.328s | +4.158 | 19 |
| 20. | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1m27.491s | +4.321 | 21 |
| 21. | Jerome D'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m28.186s | +5.016 | 23 |
| 22. | Tonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1m28.441s | +5.271 | 22 |
| 23. | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m28.962s | +5.792 | 17 |
| 24. | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1m30.316s | +7.146 | 16 |