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2008 Bahrain GP, 1st Free Practice Session: Felipe Massa fastest 

On the first free practice session for the 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa set the fastest lap time (1:32.233) followed by teammate Kimi Raikkonen (1:32.350) and Williams’ Nico Rosberg (1:32.415). Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen had respectively the fourth and the fifth fastest times ahead of Kazuki Nakajima (6th), Robert Kubica (7th), Jarno Trulli (8th), David Coulthard (9th) and Fernando Alonso (10th) rounding out the top ten.

(Pos – Driver – Team – Lap Time – Laps)

1. Massa – Ferrari – 1:32.233 – 20
2. Raikkonen – Ferrari – 1:32.350 – 15
3. Rosberg – Williams-Toyota – 1:32.415 – 23
4. Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes – 1:32.705 – 21
5. Kovalainen – McLaren-Mercedes – 1:32.868 – 20
6. Nakajima – Williams-Toyota – 1:33.121 – 24
7. Kubica – BMW Sauber – 1:33.333 – 16
8. Trulli – Toyota – 1:33.539 – 27
9. Coulthard – Red Bull-Renault – 1:33.788 – 20
10. Alonso – Renault – 1:33.815 – 19
11. Glock – Toyota – 1:33.929 – 28
12. Webber – Red Bull-Renault – 1:33.950 – 20
13. Piquet – Renault – 1:33.981 – 24
14. Heidfeld – BMW Sauber – 1:34.106 – 17
15. Bourdais – Toro Rosso-Ferrari – 1:34.235 – 27
16. Vettel – Toro Rosso-Ferrari – 1:34.321 – 32
17. Fisichella – Force India-Ferrari – 1:34.892 – 20
18. Button – Honda – 1:34.915 – 16
19. Barrichello – Honda – 1:35.174 – 12
20. Sutil – Force India-Ferrari – 1:35.429 – 22
21. Davidson – Super Aguri-Honda – 1:36.145 – 6
22. Sato – Super Aguri-Honda – 1:36.536 – 6