Sutil of Force India fastest in final Monza practice

Monza: Adrian Sutil of the Force India team topped the bill again on Saturday in the final free practice session for the Italian Formula One Grand Prix.

The German Sutil clocked 1 minute 23.336 seconds for the 5.793-kilometres lap to rank ahead of championship leader Jenson Button of Brawn GP (1:23.404) and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel (1:23.490).Sutil also dominated the second practice session Friday, with world champion Lewis Hamilton of McLaren-Mercedes fastest in the opening session Friday. Button leads the championship with 72 points from his teammate Rubens Barrichello (56) and the Red Bull duo of Vettel (53) and Mark Webber (51.5).Qualifying was scheduled for later Saturday and the Italian GP is Sunday. Fisichella crashes Giancarlo Fisichella crashed his Ferrari in final practice for his home Italian Grand Prix on Saturday. Fisichella, making his Ferrari debut this weekend in the car vacated by injured Brazilian Felipe Massa and stand-in Luca Badoer, slewed across the gravel and into the barriers at Parabolica. The Italian, who started on pole for Force India at the previous Belgian Grand Prix and finished second for that team’s first points, left his mechanics with work to do before qualifying. Sutil, fastest in Friday practice, lapped the Milanese circuit in a fastest time of one minute 23.336 seconds. Brawn GP’s championship leader Jenson Button showed signs of improvement with a promising second-fastest time, 0.068 seconds slower. Germany’s Nick Heidfeld was third for BMW-Sauber ahead of Button’s Brazilian team mate Rubens Barrichello and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton. Button leads Barrichello by 16 points in the championship with five races remaining. Red Bull’s title contenders Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were 17th and 18th respectively. Bureau Report