Prac Two: Massa blitzes the competition

Friday 4th April 2008

Felipe Massa lead a dominant Ferrari's 1-2 in second practice for the Bahrain GP after deposing his team-mate in the dying seconds of the session.

Massa, who topped the timesheets in the previous practice, lead the way for much of the session before Kimi Raikkonen moved ahead.

The Finn's reign, though, was short-lived as Massa came back to take the top honours by a massive 0.907 seconds over the World Champion.

Heikki Kovalainen was third for McLaren, however, he was 1.332s slower than Massa. His team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished fourth despite a late crash.

Hamilton lost control of his car on the exit of Turn 7 and spun across the track. He hit the barriers on the opposite side-on, which caused severe damage to his MP4-23. The Brit though was unhurt.

Robert Kubica and Nico Rosberg fought for the honour of best of the rest, which eventually went to the BMW driver while David Coulthard and Kazuki Nakajima completed the top eight.

It was an impressive afternoon showing from Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais. The Frenchman had been running as high as third place at one stage before dropping down the order. He still P10, though.

Times
01 F. Massa Ferrari 1:31.420 30 laps
02 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:32.327 30 laps
03 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:32.752 30 laps
04 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:32.847 26 laps
05 R. Kubica BMW 1:32.915 29 laps
06 N. Rosberg Williams 1:33.022 34 laps
07 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:33.048 27 laps
08 K. Nakajima Williams 1:33.098 33 laps
09 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:33.197 37 laps
10 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:33.247 37 laps
11 J. Button Honda 1:33.710 33 laps
12 F. Alonso Renault 1:33.755 26 laps
13 M. Webber Red Bull 1:33.782 34 laps
14 J. Trulli Toyota 1:33.822 38 laps
15 T. Glock Toyota 1:33.856 30 laps
16 R. Barrichello Honda 1:33.966 35 laps
17 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:34.023 36 laps
18 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:34.388 35 laps
19 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:34.405 34 laps
20 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:34.787 30 laps
21 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:35.288 24 laps
22 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:35.712 25 laps

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