Vitaly Petrov, R31-05
P6, 1:26.625, 20 laps
P16, 1:27.385, 23 laps
Lotus Renault GP opened their on-track account in Monza, as the first practice session got underway in hot late summer conditions at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Nursing no signs of tiredness from his birthday celebrations yesterday, Vitaly Petrov led the way for the black and gold with a best time of 1min 26.625secs on Pirelli’s medium tyre compound. The time left Vitaly as the sixth fastest driver at the end of the session. Bruno Senna, however, came away from his third consecutive first practice session in 16th position, having posted a time of 1min. 27.385secs, again on the white medium compound. Fastest in the session was Britain’s Lewis Hamilton, who clocked-up a time of 1min 23.865secs in the blazing Italian sun.
Fonte: Lotus Renault GP
