Lotus are expected they will continue with Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen as drivers in 2011.
Dino Toso is the pit engineer for Jarno Torulli, one of the Jordan team's drivers.
Kubica's team-mate Nick Heidfeld and the second Toyota of Jarno Trulli completed the top 10.
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Jarno Trulli, who Fisichella has replaced, scored Renault's one win last year in Monaco.
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Toyota's Jarno Trulli was delighted he could hold out Hamilton to claim fourth place.
Jarno Trulli ran off the circuit, Hamilton passed him and then allowed the Toyota man to re-pass him.
Driver Jarno Trulli said Toyota were "better prepared than ever" and "ready to face the fight for 2009".
Alonso heads into Renault's home Grand Prix on the second row of the grid along with Toyota's Jarno Trulli.
Juan Pablo Montoya was a distant third for Williams, ahead of the Renaults of Fernando Alonso and Jarno Trulli.
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Force India's Adrian Sutil and Toyota's Jarno Trulli make up the second row.
He seized first place from Toyota's Jarno Trulli at the third time of asking, setting a benchmark of 1:12.353.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was second from Toyota's Jarno Trulli as Hamilton had his best finish of 2009 in fourth.
The Finn, who joins Jarno Trulli in the Norfolk-based team, has had his seat fitted at the team's Hingham factory.
Italian Jarno Trulli took sixth place for Toyota ahead of the third championship contender, Sebastian Vettel, in the second Red Bull.
Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy will take part in first practice in Hockenheim for Lotus in place of either Jarno Trulli or Heikki Kovalainen.
The Englishman was himself some way ahead of the Williams of Kazuki Nakajima, with Jarno Trulli's Toyota taking the final points position.
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With Ralf Schumacher following his brother Michael into retirement, Jarno Trulli assumes the lead driver position in his fourth season at Toyota.
Coulthard moved up to second at Hockenheim after Michael Schumacher suffered a late-race puncture shortly after both men had passed Jarno Trulli's Renault.
Toyota's Jarno Trulli was also upbeat about his team's progress.
"Winter testing is more crucial now than in any other season before, " warned Toyota driver Jarno Trulli, who completed just 30 laps in Tuesday's rain-hit session.
Toyota's Jarno Trulli was fourth ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, whose teammate Giancarlo Fisichella missed qualifying after spinning out in practice and will start from last.
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In addition to Campos signing Senna, Lotus have signed experienced race-winners Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen while Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi will drive for Virgin Racing.
Toyota's Jarno Trulli collected second ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
Along with Liuzzi it was the six drivers from the new teams Lotus, Hispania and Virgin who bowed out after Q1 with Lotus' Jarno Trulli the quickest of them.
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"The fact that Fernando Alonso and Jarno Trulli lapped a couple of seconds faster than us is certainly not explainable by different fuel loads, " Hamashima added in Gazzetta dello Sport.
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Fernando Alonso was only ninth fastest and Monaco winner Jarno Trulli failed to complete his lap because of problems with the electronics in his steering wheel, which affected the gearbox.
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Despite the problem, Raikkonen ended the day fastest in testing ahead of Jarno Trulli of Toyota by about one tenth of a second, with BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld further behind.
The new teams again trailed at the bottom, with the Lotus duo of Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen ahead of Virgin's Lucas di Grassi, HRT's Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna .
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