Jenson Button topped the opening practice session for the 2010 Italian Grand Prix, in baking sunshine around the Monza circuit.
The British driver got off to the perfect start in his attempts to keep himself in a position to defend his world championship.
The McLaren driver edged out Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel by just under a tenth of a second, with team-mate Lewis Hamilton in third.
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa got off to slow start infront of the Tifosi, with both eighth and ninth respectively.
Overall the session passed without much incident, with mechanical problems for Bruno Senna and Rubens Barrichello the only major issues.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.693 28 2. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:23.790 + 0.097 27 3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.967 + 0.274 25 4. Kubica Renault 1:24.120 + 0.427 25 5. Rosberg Mercedes 1:24.129 + 0.436 30 6. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:24.446 + 0.753 26 7. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:24.512 + 0.819 19 8. Alonso Ferrari 1:24.543 + 0.850 24 9. Massa Ferrari 1:24.648 + 0.955 22 10. Schumacher Mercedes 1:24.756 + 1.063 26 11. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:24.841 + 1.148 28 12. di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:24.923 + 1.230 23 13. Petrov Renault 1:25.292 + 1.599 25 14. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:25.318 + 1.625 29 15. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:25.320 + 1.627 20 16. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:25.334 + 1.641 24 17. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:25.897 + 2.204 19 18. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:26.772 + 3.079 19 19. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:26.898 + 3.205 12 20. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:26.956 + 3.263 17 21. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:27.374 + 3.681 14 22. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:28.256 + 4.563 8 23. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:28.516 + 4.823 4 24. Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 1:29.870 + 6.177 17
