Bahrain GP: Ferrari 1-2 in 1st practice
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| Kimi Raikkonen |
Ferrari Formula 1 teammates Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel took the top two positions in the opening track cleaning exercise for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
With track temperatures well over 50 degrees and the track dirty the Mercedes duo of Hamilton and Rosberg were just sandbagging, saving their car for when it matters and running heavy fuel loads for now. They ended up back in 15th and 16th but don't let that fool you.
Valteri Bottas was third for Williams with Mercedes power.
Carlos Sainz Jr was fourth ahead of the lead Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo and Scuderia Toro Rosso teammate Max Verstappen.
McLaren-Honda driver Fernando Alonso was a strong seventh, just under eight tenths off the pace.
But it wasn't all good news for McLaren, with Jenson Button spinning at Turn 1 on only his third lap and ending the day last after failing to set a time.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari/Ferrari | 1m37.827s | 0.000s | 13 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari/Ferrari | 1m38.029s | 0.202s | 12 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m38.390s | 0.563s | 23 |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m38.447s | 0.620s | 14 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m38.455s | 0.628s | 17 |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m38.504s | 0.677s | 22 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1m38.598s | 0.771s | 18 |
| 8 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m38.628s | 0.801s | 17 |
| 9 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull/Renault | 1m38.661s | 0.834s | 17 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m38.790s | 0.963s | 21 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m38.793s | 0.966s | 15 |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m38.842s | 1.015s | 23 |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m39.187s | 1.360s | 20 |
| 14 | Jolyon Palmer | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m39.283s | 1.456s | 31 |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes/Mercedes | 1m39.293s | 1.466s | 23 |
| 16 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes/Mercedes | 1m39.532s | 1.705s | 22 |
| 17 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m39.534s | 1.707s | 21 |
| 18 | Will Stevens | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m42.973s | 5.146s | 12 |
| 19 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m44.265s | 6.438s | 15 |
| 20 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | – | – | 2 |