Kovalainen fastest in practice
Heikki Kovalainen put a miserable season behind him to finish quickest in practice
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Friday, 05, Jun 2009 10:27
Heikki Kovalainen finished quickest in practice for the first time this season ahead of Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.
The Finn's time of one minute 28.841 seconds in Istanbul saw him better Nico Rosberg's effort in his Williams by just 0.111 seconds.
World championship leader Jenson Button finished down in 12th for Brawn GP, one place ahead of world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Renault's Fernando Alonso finished six thousandths of a second behind Kovalainen, followed by BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica.
Williams' Kazuki Nakajima was fourth in the afternoon session, with the Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel fifth despite only managing four laps. The
German was forced to stop on the track after a driveshaft failure.
Meanwhile, Button had the second worst practice session of the year because Brawn adopted a race set-up rather than low-fuel qualifying runs.
Hamilton spun twice in the space of seven minutes in his McLaren after struggling on the soft tyres.
Kimi Raikkonen finished 15th in his Ferrari, with the BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld in 16th.