Amidst rumours of Hamilton replacing Schumacher at Mercedes GP next season grow stronger, the Schumacher goes fastest in the first practice session at Monza:

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m25.422s 26
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.723s + 0.301s 29
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m25.762s + 0.340s 26
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m25.800s + 0.378s 22
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m25.861s + 0.439s 27
6. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.944s + 0.522s 30
7. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m26.046s + 0.624s 25
8. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m26.323s + 0.901s 26
9. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m26.390s + 0.968s 24
10. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m26.504s + 1.082s 19
11. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m26.508s + 1.086s 18
12. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m26.518s + 1.096s 21
13. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m26.641s + 1.219s 26
14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m26.746s + 1.324s 23
15. Jerome d'Ambrosio Lotus-Renault 1m27.180s + 1.758s 29
16. Jules Bianchi Force India-Mercedes 1m27.192s + 1.770s 22
17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.373s + 1.951s 25
18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.789s + 2.367s 24
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m27.855s + 2.433s 27
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m28.578s + 3.156s 20
21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m28.751s + 3.329s 26
22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m29.207s + 3.785s 21
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m29.331s + 3.909s 21
24. Ma Qing Hua HRT-Cosworth 1m31.239s + 5.817s 26

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