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Bahrain GP - Free Practice 1

Friday April 24, 2009 | Finished

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Free practice: Live standing

P. Driver Team Time
1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:33.647
2 Nick Heidfeld BMW 0:00.260
3 Robert Kubica BMW 0:00.291
4 Nico Rosberg Williams 0:00.580
5 Jenson Button Brawn 0:00.787
6 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 0:00.855
7 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 0:00.884
8 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0:00.942
9 Mark Webber Red Bull 0:01.180
10 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:01.180
11 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 0:01.233
12 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 0:01.291
13 Nelson Piquet Renault 0:01.327
14 Adrian Sutil Force India 0:01.374
15 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0:01.389
16 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0:01.395
17 Timo Glock Toyota 0:01.686
18 Fernando Alonso Renault 0:01.701
19 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 0:01.706
20 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 0:01.722

Live Commentary

  1. - So join us later this afternoon - at 12:00 British time for Free Practice 2.

  2. - So that will be the end of the session - the BMW's were the ones to make the late impact on those super-soft tyres but Lewis Hamilton is the quickest.

  3. - Button goes wide on the final corner his final lap so he will finish fifth.

  4. - We've had the chequered flag so it is the last chance for everyone - Kubica has just gone third with the super-softs. Kovalainen has jumped up to sixth.

  5. - Nick Heidfeld comes out on super soft tyres and posts the second fastest lap of the day. He was beating Hamilton too in the opening stage of the lap.

  6. - Alonso has moved from 20th to 18th!!

  7. - Sebastien Buemi's engine has just died on him and he has had to park up on the side of the track. He was only 19th fastest too. Not a good day for the Swiss driver who actually lives in Bahrain.

  8. - Well you can scrap that top 10 because Rober Kubica has just posted his best lap of the day which sees him jump five places from 14th to ninth.

  9. - So let's have another look at the top 10 with just 10 minutes to go. 1. L Hamilton McLaren 2. N Rosberg Williams 3. J Button Brawn 4. R Barrichello Brawn 5. F Massa Ferrari 6. H Kovalainen McLaren 7. M Webber Red Bull 8. K Raikkonen Ferrari 9. S Vettel Red Bull 10.N Piquet Jr Renault

  10. - Button now produces the third quickest lap - seems like Brawn have solved whatever problem they might have had.

  11. - Back to the real stuff and the Brawn's begin to show their teeth - Barrichello has just put in the third quickest lap and Button the eight.

  12. - Another option for you gamers out there is our Racing Manager game. You get it all here on eurosport.yahoo.co.uk

  13. - On the other sign of the coin - Barrichello is 10th and Button just 16th - maybe leave the Brawn's off your Fantasy GP this weekend. What is Fantasy GP I hear some of you cry? You mean you haven't signed up.

  14. - Raikkonen has just put in the sixth fastest lap - so Massa third and Raikkonen sixth - Ferrari will take that.

  15. - Hamilton is still the only driver to have gone under 1:34 - a suprising name bottom of the time sheets at the moment - Mr. Fernando Alonso.

  16. - Felipe Massa has posted the third quickest time - Raikkonen 13th at the moment so mixed signs from the troubled Ferrari team.

  17. - A few cars have locked up between turn nine and 10 - drivers coming in there a little too fast - but hey what is free practice for other than to sort such things out.

  18. - 40 minutes to go and this is the top 10: 1. L Hamilton McLaren 2. N Rosberg Williams 3. H Kovalainen McLaren 4. N Piquet Jr Renault 5. M Webber Red Bull 6. J Trulli Toyota 7. K Nakajima Williams 8. F Massa Ferrari 9. K Raikkonen Ferrari 10. T Glock Toyota

  19. - Hamilton has gone under 1:34 now - the first driver to do so - a lap of 1:33.647.

  20. - Hamilton has just gone fastest with a time of 1:34.189 - it seems to be taking the cars a couple of laps to warm up the tyres and get a bit of speed. Kovalainen is third fastest so far too so decent speed from the McLarens.

  21. - First look at a Brawn today - Brawn has done his first flying lap but is only ninth - over a second behind Rosberg.

  22. - Nice speed from Nico Rosberg - he has posted a 1:34.363 which is the fastest so far - Lewis Hamilton third fastest with his first lap - he seems to be fastest in the first sector before losing time later in the lap.

  23. - Not all bad though - very next lap Raikkonen posts 1:35.055 which is the fastest early lap so far. Plenty of the big boys still in the garage but we are getting more and more action now.

  24. - Well not a great early start to the weekend for Ferrari - Kimi Raikkonen has a little slip into the gravel on turn two - nothing major but enough to get a few people saying "oh not again."

  25. - Sebastien Bourdais the first man out on the track for a proper lap - Kimi Raikkonen quickly follows.

  26. - I'm sure Bernie and Max were offered lots of money to have a GP in Bahrain - pity there is nobody in the stands to watch it though.

  27. - The installation laps has been completed and now we play the waiting game before we have a few flying laps - this could take a while of course - we always seem to have this phoney war before the meaty stuff starts - all the cars in the garage at the moment.

  28. - Welcome to our LIVE coverage of free practice from Bahrain - we are underway.

Circuit Map

Manama Circuit
 

About the Bahrain GP

Length 5.412 km
Laps 57 (308.238 Km)
Last Year 1, 2, 3 1. F. Massa 2. K. Raikkonen 3. R. Kubica
Record Lap M. Schumacher - 1'30''252 (2004, Ferrari)
Record Pole M. Schumacher - 1'30''139 (2004, Ferrari)
Last Year Pole R. Kubica - 1'33''096 (BMW Sauber)

Previous winners

Year Driver
2008 F.Massa (Ferrari)
2007 F.Massa (Ferrari)
2006 F. Alonso (Renault)
2005 F. Alonso (Renault)
2004 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)

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  1. I think it is time we face reality.. It is good to see­ new faces on the top, this makes the whole race­ interesting and competative.. But we should not be­ carried away, the early battle might have been won, but­ the race is still on.. Lets not conclude yet, in any­ aspect.. Wishing all the teams & drivers save race­ and less accident.. Keep the heat on guys

    From 2pac Machiavelli, on Fri 24 Apr 8:42AM

  2. im gonna b down there sooooon yay

    From dare devil, on Fri 24 Apr 8:22AM

  3. Youve got sand inyour eyes - lol - good luck to Button­ and Vettel - great to see new machines and faces on the­ front

    From Elena, on Fri 24 Apr 8:03AM

  4. Times are all UK time

    From Malcolm C, on Fri 24 Apr 7:56AM

  5. tatiehoggie--

    Go to the Formula 1 official website.­ It's got a built in converter on the front page­ that converts from race local time to your local time. ­ It's under the countdown clock.

    From Alex, on Fri 24 Apr 7:52AM
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    Massa will surely take the lead now :D

    From omer, on Fri 24 Apr 7:12AM

  7. are the times advertised BST or local ie Manama as­ it's a bit confusing from here in Canada on­ Mountain Time

    From tatiehoggie, on Fri 24 Apr 6:05AM
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    Its great to watch f1 race Im exited,I go for team­ ferari, I wish they can recover next time 1 2 pole 12­ finish to the Bharain grnd prix­ Yessssssssssssssssssssh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!it is

    From Roman Sebastian, on Fri 24 Apr 6:00AM
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    Mabuhay Formula one FR. nong of makati

    From Roman Sebastian, on Fri 24 Apr 5:49AM

  10. Ahhh! Bahrain will now experience the resurgence of­ british talent, both drivers and manufacturers, it­ don't matter who wins, theres britsh team work and­ skill that brings all the teams here, or to put brits­ in charge, even massa's crew are mostly brits, ­ come on JENSON&LEWIS Time to shine in the sun at­ bahrain!!

    From stephen, on Wed 22 Apr 11:28AM
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