Practice 1 in Bahrain, Adrian Sutil and Force India top the times
The first practice is now over and we have our first taste of F1 for 2010 and it is Force India with Adrian Sutil that take the top spot with Alonso and Ferrari second. Fourth spot also went to Ferrari to reinforce the general view that their car is fast.
Other stars were Kubica to haul the Renault up to third spot when it hasn’t looked that fast throughout testing. Jenson Button managed to get in front of Hamilton in the first session in their battle, it doesn’t mean that much but every little victory will help. Rosberg also finished ahead of Schumacher who was unhappy with the car setup throughout the session, how many times in the past have we seen Schumacher struggle all weekend to then take the Victory on Sunday though?
Liuzzi finished seventh to show that the Force India does indeed have pace but the Saubers somewhat disappointingly only managed 17th and 18th in the times. The Virgin car only managed 10 laps across both drivers in the session underlining the reliability problems that they seem to have. HRT Cosworth had an even worse time with only managing to get Senna out for a few installation laps – come on guys. The HRT-Cosworth car looked a real handful too.
Times in full:
1. Sutil Force India 1:56.583
2. Alonso Ferrari 1:56.766
3. Kubica Renault 1:57.041
4. Massa Ferrari 1:57.055
5. Button McLaren 1:57.068
6. Hamilton McLaren 1:57.163
7. Liuzzi Force India 1:57.194
8. Rosberg Mercedes 1:57.199
9. Webber Red Bull 1:57.255
10. Schumacher Mercedes 1:57.662
11. Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:57.722
12. Hulkenberg Williams 1:57.894
13. Vettel Red Bull 1:57.943
14. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:58.399
15. Barrichello Williams 1:58.782
16. Petrov Renault 1:58.880
17. de la Rosa Sauber 2:00.250
18. Kobayashi Sauber 2:01.388
19. Glock Virgin 2:03.680
20. Kovalainen Lotus 2:03.848
21. Trulli Lotus 2:03.970
22. di Grassi Virgin no time
23. Senna HRT-Cosworth no time
24. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth no time
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