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01 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:34.154 31 laps
02 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:34.184 +0.030s 26 laps
03 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:34.282 +0.128 29 laps
04 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:34.310 +0.15628 laps
05 Paul di Resta Force India 1:34.543 + 0.389 35 laps
06 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:34.552s +0.398 34 laps
07 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:34.631 +0.477 33 laps
08 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:34.666 +0.512 37 laps
09 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:34.932 +0.778 33 laps
10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:34.976 +0.822 29 laps
11 Jenson Button McLaren 1:35.356 +1.202 32 laps
12 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:35.506 +1.352 36 laps
13 Sergio Perez McLaren 1:35.559 +1.435 36 laps
14 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:35.761 +1.607 33 laps
15 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1:36.133 +1.979 36 laps
16 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:36.279 +2.125 33 laps
17 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:36.579 +2.425 28 laps
18 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:36.616 +2.462 34 laps
19 Charles Pic Caterham 1:37.061 +2.907 32 laps
20 Max Chilton Marussia 1:37.313 +3.159 33 laps
21 Jules Bianchi Marussia 1:37.363s +3.209 29 laps
22 Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1:37.970 +3.816 34 laps

http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8652814/Kimi-Tops-Friday-s-Running-In-Bahrain

Heikki Kovalainen says Caterham need to improve the back end of their CT03 after driving the "unbalanced" car for the first time in FP1.

"I think it's quite different to last year's," Kovalainen said.

"Fundamentally it's the same, obviously tyres and set-up has changed. It's quite a different feeling. If I was racing, I would start looking to make changes straight away to get it more how I think it should be.

"It's more unbalanced than I experienced last year. It's more difficult to nail a good lap. I think in qualifying, when the tyres are fresh, the car is a bit more average. But to a certain extent it's not a surprise because of the way the car has been modified.

"In terms of the differences, there's a direction. But with the tyres that we have now, I'm not convinced it's the right way to go. Maybe we should reconsider the set-up direction."

Kovalainen, though, believes Caterham can improve the car but admits it won't be a quick fix.

"I think part of it is solvable with set-up, but when we improve the car and bring upgrades, there's one area we really need to improve and that's the back end of the car."

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8652995/Heikki-CT03-is-unbalanced

Pirelli will decide next week whether or not any changes are needed to its compounds for this year, but warned its critics that any changes are likely to be minimal.

"The reality is we are not going to do something that will suit one team," said Hembery, who says that eight teams have asked Pirelli not to make any changes to the compounds for this season.

"We know what is coming up in terms of the season, and we know the results we have seen. It is not what you are seeing here, it is what is to come that we have to worry about.

"We have to take that into account otherwise we might be walking into bigger problems and then have eight teams coming to us and going: 'you do need to make a change'.

"If we do anything it will be done in the early phase of the season and then we will leave it. It is what it is then; and for better or worse you let everyone get on with it.

"You want everything you do done very early on to avoid exactly that accusation that you are influencing something. But whatever we do, we will still be maintaining a much softer tyre range than we had last year."

Hembery said the most likely tweaks will be made to the current soft and hard compounds, and only to ensure they have a better operating window.

"We might have to move the working range of the compounds down a bit, particularly when we get to cooler races," he said.

"It is all minor stuff and it is not maybe in the direction that some would like."

Pirelli is also pressing ahead with plans to give teams an extra set of durable tyres for use in first free practice at the Spanish Grand Prix, even though agreement for them only to be available to rookie drivers does not appear to be forthcoming.

"At the moment we have proposed it and we intend to provide it [the extra set], but we haven't yet had the feedback from the teams' meetings that they have had," he said.

"They are trying to establish who should be able to use those tyres, and that is the current sticking point. We have said we don't want to get involved in that: it is up to them to get consensus."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106894

nando gone for a spin.

It's extremely rare to see Alonso make a mistake, but the car looked a little unstable on turn in before he decided to "hold it flat"...followed by Homo's left rear down to the steel...high tyre wear or carcass fail? Most likely the latter :)

Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time       Gap       Laps 1.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m33.247s            12 2.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m33.348s  + 0.101s  15 3.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m33.380s  + 0.133s  19 4.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m33.446s  + 0.199s  21 5.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m33.455s  + 0.208s  19 6.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m33.464s  + 0.217s  19 7.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m33.596s  + 0.349s  17 8.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m33.700s  + 0.453s  15 9.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m33.764s  + 0.517s  1910.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m33.922s  + 0.675s  1711.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m33.949s  + 0.702s  2012.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m34.117s  + 0.870s  1713.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m34.282s  + 1.035s  1814.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m34.577s  + 1.330s  1615.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m34.611s  + 1.364s  1716.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m34.678s  + 1.431s  1617.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m34.833s  + 1.586s  1718.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m35.816s  + 2.569s  1619.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m36.731s  + 3.484s  1720.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m36.939s  + 3.692s  1621.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m37.630s  + 4.383s  722.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m39.592s  + 6.345s  28

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106906

It's extremely rare to see Alonso make a mistake, but the car looked a little unstable on turn in before he decided to "hold it flat"...followed by Homo's left rear down to the steel...high tyre wear or carcass fail? Most likely the latter :)

if we're lucky pirelli will tell us what happened.

Lewis Hamilton's left-rear tyre failure during Saturday morning practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix, which led to his five-place grid penalty, was caused by metal debris, according to Pirelli.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106928

another mediocre weekend for McLaren coming up

man this whip needs some serious upgrades before getting into the Euro races

Nothing is wrong with the car, button is just so shit that it reflects poorly on the whole team

Such a bad management decision to have him lead anything. It will take them years to recover from this

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