2008 Bahrain Formula 1 GP - Friday Free Practice - Massa Fastest, Hamilton Crashes

April 4th, 2008

2008 Bahrain Formula 1 GP - Friday Free Practice

Ferrari dominated the Friday sessions in Bahrain with Felipe Massa ahead of Kimi Raikkonen both in the morning and in the afternoon. Just before the end of P2 Massa did the best lap of the day, the only lap below 1:32s.

Today was a good day for Williams. Rosberg was 3rd fastest in P1 and 6th in P2, Nakajima not too far behind. The headache of Sepang seems to be over.

McLarens were quite a bit off the pace of Ferrari today. Then in P2, just when the times started to get quicker, Hamilton crashed. He hit the wall pretty hard and damaged the car. He did not get a chance to go for the quick run as most of the other drivers. Hamilton ended the P2 in 4th place, half a second behind Kimi, almost one and half second behind Massa.

Kubica was faster of the 2 BMW Sauber drivers today, significantly faster. Not sure if Heidfeld was experiencing some problems with the car or was simply on different programme.

It looked to be pretty bad day for Renault, especially in P2. Both cars languished around the bottom of time sheets for most of the session. Then they managed to get their act together and Piquet squeezed into top 10. The midfield is however very crowded and there is not much between 8th and 18th …

Same as today, tomorrow you can also follow the action from Bahrain on Live Blog also here on F1Wolf. The Live Blog will be on for Saturday practice and also for qualifying. You can replay Live Blog from Practice 1 and Practice 2 to see what to expect.

2008 Bahrain GP - Friday Times

Practice One:

1. F. Massa - Ferrari - 1:32.233
2. K. Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:32.350
3. N. Rosberg - Williams - 1:32.415
4. L. Hamilton - McLaren - 1:32.705
5. H. Kovalainen - McLaren - 1:32.868
6. K. Nakajima - Williams - 1:33.121
7. R. Kubica - BMW - 1:33.333
8. J. Trulli - Toyota - 1:33.539
9. D. Coulthard - Red Bull - 1:33.788
10. F. Alonso - Renault - 1:33.815
11. T. Glock - Toyota - 1:33.929
12. M. Webber - Red Bull - 1:33.950
13. N. Piquet - Renault - 1:33.981
14. N. Heidfeld - BMW - 1:34.106
15. S. Bourdais - Toro Rosso - 1:34.235
16. S. Vettel - Toro Rosso - 1:34.321
17. G. Fisichella - Force India - 1:34.892
18. J. Button - Honda - 1:34.915
19. R. Barrichello - Honda - 1:35.174
20. A. Sutil - Force India - 1:35.429
21. A. Davidson - Super Aguri - 1:36.145
22. T. Sato - Super Aguri - 1:36.536

Practice 2

1. F. Massa - Ferrari - 1:31.420
2. K. Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:32.327
3. H. Kovalainen - McLaren - 1:32.752
4. L. Hamilton - McLaren - 1:32.847
5. R. Kubica - BMW Sauber - 1:32.915
6. N. Rosberg - Williams - 1:33.022
7. D. Coulthard - Red Bull - 1:33.048
8. K. Nakajima - Williams - 1:33.098
9. S. Bourdais - Toro Rosso - 1:33.197
10. N. Piquet - Renault - 1:33.247
11. J. Button - Honda - 1:33.710
12. F. Alonso - Renault - 1:33.755
13. M. Webber - Red Bull - 1:33.782
14. J. Trulli - Toyota - 1:33.822
15. T. Glock - Toyota - 1:33.856
16. R. Barrichello - Honda - 1:33.966
17. N. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber - 1:34.023
18. G. Fisichella - Force India - 1:34.388
19. A. Sutil - Force India - 1:34.405
20. S. Vettel - Toro Rosso - 1:34.787
21. T. Sato - Super Aguri - 1:35.288
22. A. Davidson - Super Aguri - 1:35.712