Felipe Massa set the fastest time in both Friday Free Practice sessions of the Grand Prix of Bahrein.In the afternoon, Massa beat the fastest time set by his Ferrari teammate, Kimi Raikkonen on his ultimate lap.
Things went wrong for Briton Lewis Hamilton who cashed hard in the afternoon. The 23-year-old McLaren driver and championship leader lost control of his MP4-23 under acceleration out of turn seven, hitting the barriers at an estimated 200kph.The impact smashed the right side of his single seater, and he returned to the Sakhir pit lane on the back of a recovery motorcycle. It was the only major incident of the three hours of free practice today.Also towards the end of the final ninety-minute practice session for the day, Fernando Alonso collided with Force India's Adrian Sutil, causing the pair to spin.On the other hand, both Williams drivers, Nelson Piquet Jr and Sébastien Bourdais performed very well today.
Free practice 1 Pos Driver Team Time Gap 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 2010. Alonso Renault (B) 1:33.815 + 1.582 1911. Glock Toyota (B) 1:33.929 + 1.696 2812. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.950 + 1.717 2013. Piquet Renault (B) 1:33.981 + 1.748 2414. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:34.106 + 1.873 1715. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:34.235 + 2.002 2716. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:34.321 + 2.088 3217. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:34.892 + 2.659 2018. Button Honda (B) 1:34.915 + 2.682 1619. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:35.174 + 2.941 1220. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:35.429 + 3.196 2221. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:36.145 + 3.912 6 22. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:36.536 + 4.303 6
Free practice 2 1. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:31.420 30 2. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:32.327 + 0.907 30 3. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:32.752 + 1.332 30 4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:32.847 + 1.427 26 5. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:32.915 + 1.495 29 6. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:33.022 + 1.602 34 7. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.048 + 1.628 27 8. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:33.098 + 1.678 33 9. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:33.197 + 1.777 3710. Piquet Renault (B) 1:33.247 + 1.827 3711. Button Honda (B) 1:33.710 + 2.290 3312. Alonso Renault (B) 1:33.755 + 2.335 2613. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.782 + 2.362 3414. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:33.822 + 2.402 3815. Glock Toyota (B) 1:33.856 + 2.436 3016. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:33.966 + 2.546 3517. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:34.023 + 2.603 3618. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:34.388 + 2.968 3519. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:34.405 + 2.985 3420. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:34.787 + 3.367 3021. Sato Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:35.288 + 3.868 2422. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda (B) 1:35.712 + 4.292 25
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