2008 French GP, 1st free practice: Felipe Massa quickest 

Written by David on June 20th, 2008 at 1:33 pmLast Update: June 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pm

Felipe MassaThe 1st free practice session for the French Grand Prix took place this morning at the Magny Cours circuit. Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was the quickest man on track with a best time of 1:15.306 proving his strong pace by lapping more than half a second faster than McLaren duo and teammate Kimi Raikkonen. Massa was followed by Lewis Hamilton (1:16.002), Heikki Kovalainen (1:16.055) and Kimi Raikkonen (1:16.400) rounding up the top four. Championship leader Robert Kubica finished fifth (1:16.377) while Fernando Alonso sixth (1:16.400). The Spaniard, however, was unfortunate in the final minutes of the session as he had an engine failure.

2008 French GP, 1st Free Practice Session Results:

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.306 22
2 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.002 0.696 22
3 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.055 0.749 20
4 1 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:16.073 0.767 21
5 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.377 1.071 19
6 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:16.400 1.094 23
7 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.758 1.452 32
8 15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:16.838 1.532 27
9 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.870 1.564 21
10 12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:16.886 1.580 31
11 6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:17.063 1.757 31
12 9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:17.234 1.928 21
13 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.269 1.963 22
14 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:17.394 2.088 30
15 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:17.491 2.185 25
16 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:17.683 2.377 27
17 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:17.696 2.390 25
18 16 Jenson Button Honda 1:17.928 2.622 21
19 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:18.072 2.766 27
20 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:18.673 3.367 13
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