Heikki Kovalainen fastest in final free practice 2008 Monaco GP

McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen has clocked the fastest lap time (1:16.567) in the final free practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix. The Finn however, after the first 25 minutes of the session and in a slightly wet track, lost control of his MP4-23 in the swimming pool turn and damaged the rear. Lewis Hamilton finished second with a best time of 1:17.084 and was followed by Kimi Raikkonen (1:17.177), Nico Rosberg (1:17.503), Robert Kubica (1:17.687), Felipe Massa (1:17.691), Mark Webber (1:17.856) and Adrian Sutil (1:17.883).

The drivers will be back on track in about an hour for the Qualifying session.

2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Saturday Practice results:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.567		11
2	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.084	0.517	15
3	1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:17.177	0.610	21
4	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:17.503	0.936	26
5	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:17.687	1.120	22
6	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:17.691	1.124	26
7	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:17.856	1.289	22
8	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:17.883	1.316	23
9	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:18.147	1.580	26
10	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:18.225	1.658	27
11	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:18.367	1.800	16
12	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:18.424	1.857	26
13	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:18.455	1.888	19
14	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:18.615	2.048	25
15	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:18.651	2.084	29
16	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:18.795	2.228	24
17	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:18.858	2.291	25
18	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:19.024	2.457	23
19	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:19.131	2.564	10
20	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:20.805	4.238	17