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  1. Remy Zero

    Remy Zero Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #1 Remy Zero, Apr 4, 2008
    The opening practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend saw - as expected - Ferrari top the timesheets. After the strong showing in Malaysia, combined with six days of pre-season testing at Sakhir, Ferrari are very much the pre-race favourites this weekend with Felipe Massa leading the way for the Italian champions after the first practice session.

    Massa set the pace this morning with a best lap of 1:32.233s, just over a tenth clear of Sepang winner Raikkonen, while a hot lap from Nico Rosberg in the final minutes of the session vaulted the Williams Toyota driver third fastest, less than two-tenths off the ultimate pace.

    McLaren Mercedes have a big challenge ahead of them with Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen fourth and fifth fastest respectively just ahead of Kazuki Nakajima in the second FW30.

    Robert Kubica was a solid seventh fastest in the leading BMW Sauber while team-mate Nick Heidfeld looked a little ragged in the second F1.08 on his way to the 14th best time. Like Ferrari, Toyota tested in Bahrain in the off-season and this morning Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock were eighth and 11th fastest respectively.


    David Coulthard set the ninth best time in his Red Bull Renault ahead of Fernando Alonso in his R28, Glock and Mark Webber in the second RB4. Nelson Piquet was 13th best in the second Renault ahead of Heidfeld.

    The Toro Rosso Ferrari duo of Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastian Vettel put in more laps than anyone else and ended the 90 minute session 15th and 16th fastest ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella in the leading Force India Ferrari.

    Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello sat out the first hour of the session before posting the 18th and 19th best times for Honda while Adrian Sutil survived a few wide moments in the second Force India to set the 20th best time. Over at Super Aguri Honda, Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato sat out all but the last ten minutes of running and predictably, brought up the bottom of the timesheets.
     
  2. jknight

    jknight F1 Veteran

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    #2 jknight, Apr 4, 2008
    Good morning Brian -

    Pos Driver Team Time Laps
    1. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:32.233 20
    2. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:32.350 + 0.117 15
    3. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:32.415 + 0.182 23
    4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:32.705 + 0.472 21
    5. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:32.868 + 0.635 20
    6. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:33.121 + 0.888 24
    7. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:33.333 + 1.100 16
    8. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:33.539 + 1.306 27
    9. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.788 + 1.555 20
    10. Alonso Renault (B) 1:33.815 + 1.582 19
    11. Glock Toyota (B) 1:33.929 + 1.696 28
    12. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.950 + 1.717 20
    13. Piquet Renault (B) 1:33.981 + 1.748 24
    14. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:34.106 + 1.873 17
    15. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:34.235 + 2.002 27
    16. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:34.321 + 2.088 32
    17. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:34.892 + 2.659 20
    18. Button Honda (B) 1:34.915 + 2.682 16
    19. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:35.174 + 2.941 12
    20. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:35.429 + 3.196 22
    21. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:36.145 + 3.912 6
    22. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:36.536 + 4.303 6
     
  3. kraftwerk

    kraftwerk Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #3 kraftwerk, Apr 4, 2008
    Hi Brian/Carol

    Honda bottom again ...:(
     
  4. hycian

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    #4 hycian, Apr 4, 2008
  5. Remy Zero

    Remy Zero Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #5 Remy Zero, Apr 4, 2008
    good morning/evening Steve & Carol. hope everything's fine. my bet is Massa a pole & win.
     
  6. Remy Zero

    Remy Zero Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #6 Remy Zero, Apr 4, 2008
    it's nice to see Toyota being on the pace the past 2 races. i hope Honda does too. how they went from the 2nd best team in 2004 to the worst team in 2007, i have no idea.
     
  7. ProCoach

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    #7 ProCoach, Apr 4, 2008
    Go Massa!

    Go SeaBass!
     
  8. jknight

    jknight F1 Veteran

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    #8 jknight, Apr 4, 2008
    Good morning/afternoon Steve, Peter

    Looks like the TStorms have subsided here to perhaps a chance of watching Speed. Interesting 1st practice at LMS race in Barcelona - Peugeot #7 - Lamy/Sarrazin first, Allan and Dindo second back .429, third other Peugeot and FOURTH - P2 RS SPYDER of Van Merksteijn and Jos Verstappen (remember him - Arrows - orange, etc.???) next other Audi the the Lola/Aston Martin Coupe. FIRST in GT2 is Virgo Motorsports - F430 with Bell/Bruni, several 997 GT3 RSR's then Ferrari, Ferrari...

    Looks like a good day for Ferrari in sports cars as well as F1.

    Carol
     

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