Benefiting from off-season testing at the track, Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen topped the speed charts as Ferrari dominated their McLaren rivals in first practice ahead of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.
| POS |
DRIVER |
NATIONALITY |
ENTRANT |
TIME |
| 1. |
Felipe Massa |
Brazil |
Ferrari |
1:32.233 |
| 2. |
Kimi Raikkonen |
Finland |
Ferrari |
1:32.350 |
| 3. |
Nico Rosberg |
Germany |
Williams-Toyota |
1:32.415 |
| 4. |
Lewis Hamilton |
Britain |
McLaren-Mercedes |
1:32.705 |
| 5. |
Heikki Kovalainen |
Finland |
McLaren-Mercedes |
1:32.868 |
| 6. |
Kazuki Nakajima |
Japan |
Williams-Toyota |
1:33.121 |
| 7. |
Robert Kubica |
Poland |
BMW Sauber |
1:33.333 |
| 8. |
Jarno Trulli |
Italy |
Toyota |
1:33.539 |
| 9. |
David Coulthard |
Britain |
Red Bull-Renault |
1:33.788 |
| 10. |
Fernando Alonso |
Spain |
Renault |
1:33.815 |
| 11. |
Timo Glock |
Germany |
Toyota |
1:33.929 |
| 12. |
Mark Webber |
Australia |
Red Bull-Renault |
1:33.950 |
| 13. |
Nelson Piquet |
Brazil |
Renault |
1:33.981 |
| 14. |
Nick Heidfeld |
Germany |
BMW Sauber |
1:34.106 |
| 15. |
Sebastien Bourdais |
France |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
1:34.235 |
| 16. |
Sebastian Vettel |
Germany |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
1:34.321 |
| 17. |
Giancarlo Fisichella |
Italy |
Force India-Ferrari |
1:34.892 |
| 18. |
Jenson Button |
Britain |
Honda |
1:34.915 |
| 19. |
Rubens Barrichello |
Brazil |
Honda |
1:35.174 |
| 20. |
Adrian Sutil |
Germany |
Force India-Ferrari |
1:35.429 |
| 21. |
Anthony Davidson |
Super |
Super Aguri-Honda |
1:36.145 |
| 22. |
Takuma Sato |
Japan |
Super Aguri-Honda |
1:36.536 |