Finland’s Kimi Raikkonen led a Ferrari sweep in a strange and unrepresentative opening practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday.
Raikkonen set the pace with a quick lap in 1m37.827 in his SF15-T. His teammate Sebastian Vettel recovered from a power unit problem to set the second fastest time, 2/10ths of a second slower than the Finn.
The Mercedes AMG drivers completed plenty of laps, but Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton ended up 15th and 16th respectively, more than a second off Kimi’s time. An indication of how representative this session was might be drawn from the presence of Fernando Alonso in 7th place, with the Spaniard's McLaren-Honda briefly P1 midway through the session. His teammate Jenson Button did not complete a timed lap. His McLaren-Honda was pitched into a spin when an electrical problem shut his car down.
Bahrain Grand Prix, free practice 1* 1 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari SF15-T) - 1m37.827 – 13 laps 2 - Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari SF15-T) - 1m38.029 - 12 3 - Valtteri Bottas (Williams FW37-Mercedes) - 1m38.390 - 23 4 - Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso STR10-Renault) - 1m38.447 - 14 5 - Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull RB11-Renault) - 1m38.455 - 17 6 - Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso STR10-Renault) - 1m38.504 - 22 7 - Fernando Alonso (McLaren MP4-30-Honda) - 1m38.598 - 18 8 - Felipe Nasr (Sauber C34-Ferrari) - 1m38.628 - 17 9 - Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull RB11-Renault) - 1m38.661 - 17 10 - Felipe Massa (Williams FW37-Mercedes) - 1m38.661 - 21 11 - Sergio Perez (Force India VJM08-Mercedes) - 1m38.790 - 15 12 - Pastor Maldonado (Lotus E23-Mercedes) - 1m38.842 - 23 13 - Nico Hulkenberg (Force India VJM08-Mercedes) - 1m39.187 - 20 14 - Jolyon Palmer (Lotus E23-Mercedes) - 1m39.283 - 31 15 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes W06) - 1m39.293 - 23 16 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes W06) - 1m39.532 - 22 17 - Marcus Ericsson (Sauber C34-Ferrari) - 1m39.534 - 21 18 - Will Stevens (Manor MR03B-Ferrari) - 1m42.973 - 12 19 - Roberto Merhi (Manor MR03B-Ferrari) - 1m44.265 - 15 20 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4-30-Honda) – No time – 2 *Unofficial timing
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