Sutil fastest at wet Monza
F1 Grand Prix, GP Italy, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Force India Formula One Team driver Adrian Sutil was the fastest man during an extremely wet first free practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Sutil was followed by Honda's Rubens Barrichello and Force India team mate Giancarlo Fisichella. The session was officially red-flagged with four minutes remaining due to the severity of the rain showers.
Results
| 1 | A. Sutil | Force India F1 | 1:32.842 | 18 | |
| 2 | R. Barrichello | Honda | 1:33.428 | 14 | |
| 3 | G. Fisichella | Force India F1 | 1:33.695 | 19 | |
| 4 | T. Glock | Toyota | 1:36.800 | 13 | |
| 5 | N. Rosberg | Williams | 1:36.900 | 9 | |
| 6 | F. Alonso | Renault | 1:36.965 | 10 | |
| 7 | S. Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:37.142 | 20 | |
| 8 | J. Trulli | Toyota | 1:37.214 | 13 | |
| 9 | K. Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:37.392 | 5 | |
| 10 | S. Vettel | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:37.754 | 13 | |
| 11 | N. Piquet jr. | Renault | 1:38.057 | 11 | |
| 12 | D. Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:38.303 | 7 | |
| 13 | J. Button | Honda | 1:39.062 | 12 | |
| 14 | F. Massa | Ferrari | 1:40.233 | 5 | |
| 15 | N. Heidfeld | BMW | no time | 1 | |
| 16 | K. Nakajima | Williams | no time | 2 | |
| 17 | R. Kubica | BMW | no time | 1 | |
| 18 | H. Kovalainen | McLaren | no time | 1 | |
| 19 | M. Webber | Red Bull | no time | 1 | |
| 20 | L. Hamilton | McLaren | no time | 1 |
