Button wins first practice in Monza
8.21PM 10-9-2010
McLaren's Jenson Button has dominated opening practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Button posted the quickest lap time of one minute 23.693 seconds, almost a hundredth of a second quicker than Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.
Vettel's time of 1:23.790 was fractionally quicker than Button's McLaren team-mate and championship leader Lewis Hamilton, who went around the circuit in 1:23.967.
Button trails Hamilton by 35 points in the drivers' standings.
Mark Webber, three points behind Championship leader Lewis Hamilton in the Driver Standings, came in sixth with a time of 1:24.446.