4/13/2007

Friday Practice

Both Ferrari's were fast in Friday's practice session in Bahrain.  Friday practice is hardly a good indicator of qualifying or actual race pace.
Raikkonen lapped in 1:33.16 0.517 quicker than Massa and nearly a second faster than Hamilton on a track dirtied by overnight rainstorms. Double world champion Fernando Alonso, the overall leader who led Hamilton to a McLaren one-two in Malaysia last weekend, was fourth. Alonso warned on Thursday that Ferrari, dominant in the Australian opener and in pre-season testing in Bahrain, remained the team to beat and those fears seemed entirely credible on Friday's evidence.
I remember how M. Schumacher used to sandbag on Friday and Saturday practice, fooling everyone about exactly how fast he was.

Thanks to Reuters via Yahoo.