Ferrari duo quickest in practice 1 - Italy
Ferrari began their home Grand Prix weekend in the ideal fashion by taking a one-two in the first free practice session at Monza
Kimi Raikkonen moved to the top of the timing screens with his first flying lap halfway through the 90 minutes, and remained at the head of the field for the rest of the morning.
His 1:22.446 lap was 0.144 seconds faster than teammate Felipe Massa's best effort.
McLaren had a more difficult morning, although by the end of the session third-placed Lewis Hamilton was just 0.028 seconds slower than Massa.
The championship leader had led the way briefly before Raikkonen emerged, and managed to stay within two tenths of the Ferraris for most of practice, although his penultimate run was interrupted by a spin at the first chicane.
Fernando Alonso missed much of the session after reporting a misfire on his installation laps. He finally joined the action in the final half hour, but took several trips across the new run-off at the Roggia chicane and also had a spin at the same place.
After lapping seven tenths of a second off the pace initially, Alonso ultimately improved to within 0.394 seconds of Raikkonen with his last lap.
Williams' Nico Rosberg was the fastest driver outside the Ferrari/McLaren quartet once again, but was a second off the pace in fifth place.
Jenson Button showed good form for Honda as he completed the top six, with teammate Rubens Barrichello jumping to 12th late on having languished in the bottom three for much of the morning.
Giancarlo Fisichella took seventh for Renault, with the BMWs eighth and ninth ahead of early pacesetter Jarno Trulli's Toyota.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:22.446 20 2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:22.590 + 0.144 17 3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:22.618 + 0.172 18 4. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:22.840 + 0.394 12 5. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:23.472 + 1.026 21 6. Button Honda (B) 1:23.668 + 1.222 21 7. Fisichella Renault (B) 1:23.671 + 1.225 22 8. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:23.703 + 1.257 22 9. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:23.886 + 1.440 17 10. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:23.965 + 1.519 29 11. Kovalainen Renault (B) 1:24.076 + 1.630 21 12. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:24.564 + 2.118 19 13. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:24.587 + 2.141 15 14. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:24.595 + 2.149 22 15. R.Schumacher Toyota (B) 1:24.660 + 2.214 20 16. Wurz Williams-Toyota (B) 1:24.689 + 2.243 29 17. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:24.694 + 2.248 17 18. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:24.810 + 2.364 19 19. Sutil Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:25.130 + 2.684 24 20. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:25.439 + 2.993 25 21. Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari (B) 1:25.448 + 3.002 25 22. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:25.762 + 3.316 25
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