The first day of practice at the Italian Grand Prix looked for a time as though it was going to be an all Ferrari affair with Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso swapping fastest lap during the second qualifying session.
But at the last moments of the session Sebastian Vettel in his Red Bull Racing RB6 spoiled the celebrations of the Tifosi (Ferrari Fans) putting in a blistering lap pushing Alonso down to second position on the time sheets.
Qualify starts tomorrow and if today is anything to go by will be closely fought between Red Bull Racing, McLaren, and Ferrari.
Italian GP Second Practice Session Times
| Position | Team | Driver | Best Lap | Time Difference | # of Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull Racing | Sebastian Vettel | 1:22.839 | - | 27 |
| 2 | Ferrari | Fernando Alonso | 1:22.915 | +0.076 | 32 |
| 3 | Ferrari | Felipe Massa | 1:23.061 | +0.222 | 20 |
| 4 | McLaren | Lewis Hamilton | 1:23.154 | +0.315 | 22 |
| 5 | McLaren | Jenson Button | 1:23.210 | +0.371 | 38 |
| 6 | Red Bull Racing | Mark Webber | 1:23.415 | +0.576 | 23 |
| 7 | Williams F1 | Rubens Barrichello | 1:23.708 | +0.869 | 31 |
| 8 | Renault F1 | Robert Kubica | 1:23.709 | +0.870 | 32 |
| 9 | Williams F1 | Nico Hulkenberg | 1:23.852 | +1.013 | 30 |
| 10 | Mercedes GP | Nico Rosberg | 1:23.857 | +1.018 | 29 |
| 11 | Force India | Adrian Sutil | 1:24.181 | +1.342 | 35 |
| 12 | Force India | Tonio Liuzzi | 1:24.380 | +1.541 | 36 |
| 13 | Renault | Vitaly Petrov | 1:24.407 | +1.568 | 21 |
| 14 | Mercedes GP | Michael Schumacher | 1.24.448 | +1.609 | 29 |
| 15 | Toro Rosso | Sebastien Buemi | 1:24.517 | +1.678 | 35 |
| 16 | BMW Sauber F1 | Pedro De La Rosa | 1:24.547 | +1.708 | 32 |
| 17 | BMW Sauber F1 | Kamui Kobayashi | 1:24.785 | +1.946 | 31 |
| 18 | Toro Rosso | Jamie Alguersuari | 1:25.106 | +2.267 | 24 |
| 19 | Lotus Racing | Jarno Trulli | 1:26.204 | +3.365 | 38 |
| 20 | Lotus Racing | Heikki Kovalainen | 1:26.306 | +3.467 | 41 |
| 21 | Virgin Racing | Lucas Di Grassi | 1:26.631 | +3.792 | 31 |
| 24 | Virgin Racing | Timo Glock | 1:26.676 | +3.837 | 25 |
| 23 | HRT F1 Team | Sakon Yamamoto | 1:26.676 | +6.659 | 5 |
| 22 | HRT F1 Team | Bruno Senna | 3 |
