Raikkonen tops Bahrain practice sessions

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Motorsport: 3rd F1 World Championship race in Bahrain on Sunday. In the first practice session today Ferrari were ahead of McLaren.

Corespondent : “The GP of Bahrain is the most important sports event of the MidEast but it also represents a catalyst for the the economical and financial environment’s development of the Persian Gulf island, rich because of the oil resources. The arrival of F1 accelerated the modernization of the little Islamic kingdom, which conquested itself an important place on the global map. Investments and tourism grew exponentially in the first three years of racing at Sakhir, and all the protagonists of the F1 circus recognize the importance of the place.”

“In winter, two test sessions were held here, all dominated by Ferrari and Felipe Massa. Today, in the 90 minutes confirmed the superiority of the red cars on this track, but putting in the fastest lap was Raikkonen [not Massa], with a half second advantage over his teammate Massa. Hamilton and Alonso from McLaren were approximately a second behind.”

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Things changed slightly in the second session. McLaren’s Hamilton was just 13 thousands of a second behind Kimi Raikkonen, Kubica was 3rd, Massa was 4th and Alonso 5th.

Second session times:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:33.527 22
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.540 + 0.013 33
3. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:33.732 + 0.205 37
4. Massa Ferrari 1:33.772 + 0.245 28
5. Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.784 + 0.257 30
6. Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:33.973 + 0.446 26
7. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:34.076 + 0.549 34
8. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:34.189 + 0.662 34
9. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:34.359 + 0.832 32
10. Trulli Toyota 1:34.366 + 0.839 33
11. Barrichello Honda 1:34.391 + 0.864 28
12. Kovalainen Renault 1:34.585 + 1.058 33
13. Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:34.595 + 1.068 29
14. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:34.677 + 1.150 24
15. Fisichella Renault 1:34.796 + 1.269 34
16. Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:35.001 + 1.474 35
17. Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:35.268 + 1.741 38
18. R.Schumacher Toyota 1:35.427 + 1.900 29
19. Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 1:35.582 + 2.055 31
20. Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:35.687 + 2.160 34
21. Albers Spyker-Ferrari 1:35.835 + 2.308 30
22. Button Honda 1:36.079 + 2.552 19

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