Bahrain GP: Hamilton tops opening practice
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| Lewis Hamilton |
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the opening practice session Friday for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix. The McLaren driver set a time of 1m33.572s in the 90-minute session and was clear of second place by 3/10ths of a second.
Second quick was defending world champion Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull followed in third by Paul di Resta's Force India.
Nico Rosberg, winner last weekend in China, and Jenson Button in the 2nd McLaren rounded out the top-5.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m33.572 | +0.000s | 11 |
| 2. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m33.877s | +0.305 | 21 |
| 3. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m34.150s | +0.578 | 26 |
| 4. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m34.249s | +0.677 | 23 |
| 5. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m34.277s | +0.705 | 14 |
| 6. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m34.344s | +0.772 | 26 |
| 7. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m34.483s | +0.911 | 17 |
| 8. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m34.552s | +0.980 | 22 |
| 9. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m34.609s | +1.037 | 17 |
| 10. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m34.847s | +1.275 | 20 |
| 11. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m35.024s | +1.452 | 22 |
| 12. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m35.268s | +1.696 | 24 |
| 13. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m35.436s | +1.864 | 21 |
| 14. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1m35.497s | +1.925 | 24 |
| 15. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m35.719s | +2.147 | 19 |
| 16. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m35.929s | +2.357 | 24 |
| 17. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m36.195s | +2.623 | 20 |
| 18. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m36.330s | +2.758 | 11 |
| 19. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m36.484s | +2.912 | 18 |
| 20. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m36.591s | +3.019 | 20 |
| 21. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m37.467s | +3.895 | 17 |
| 22. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m38.006s | +4.434 | 18 |
| 23. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1m38.877s | +5.305 | 19 |
| 24. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m39.996s | +6.424 | 23 |