Raikkonen quickest in practice 1

His best lap in 1:28.315 was set in the dying minutes of the session and eclipsed Michael Schumacher by 0.462 seconds at the end of an intriguing session in which race drivers, rarely, dominated the times.

Jenson Button was third quickest for Honda, as the top three drivers completed only 14 laps between them with all their times coming in the last ten minutes of a session held in 30 degrees heat.

Alex Wurz had been quickest for Williams with a 1:28.959 until the top three beat his time and he finished the session in fourth place. He was fractionally ahead of Honda's Anthony Davidson.

Davidson was the only major casualty of practice when his Honda engine blew 11 minutes before the end of the hour. Davidson stopped on the track before Turn Seven, where the marshals moved his smoking Honda. He was also running a one-off bespoke livery for Turkish sponsor Petrol Ofisi.

The session also marked the debut of BMW Sauber's new third driver Sebastian Vettel. He set the eighth quickest time with a 1:29.964.

The session was unusually busy for a Friday morning and a number of drivers ran wide at the tight Turn Nine, including Robert Doornbos of Red Bull, Jarno Trulli in his Toyota and Super Aguri's third driver Franck Montagny.

Both Renault drivers Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella carried out installation laps but failed to set a time. Italian Giorgio Mondini completed the most laps in his third driver role for Midland this weekend.

Pos  Driver        Team                     Time              Laps
 1.  Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  1:28.315            5
 2.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari             (B)  1:28.777  + 0.462   4
 3.  Button        Honda               (M)  1:28.785  + 0.470   5
 4.  Wurz          Williams-Cosworth   (B)  1:28.959  + 0.644   24
 5.  Davidson      Honda               (M)  1:29.193  + 0.878   19
 6.  de la Rosa    McLaren-Mercedes    (M)  1:29.376  + 1.061   5
 7.  Heidfeld      BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:29.780  + 1.465   6
 8.  Vettel        BMW-Sauber          (M)  1:29.964  + 1.649   25
 9.  Doornbos      Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  1:30.391  + 2.076   16
10.  Jani          Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:30.576  + 2.261   22
11.  Barrichello   Honda               (M)  1:30.838  + 2.523   5
12.  Mondini       MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:30.846  + 2.531   28
13.  Speed         Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:31.416  + 3.101   5
14.  Albers        MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:31.475  + 3.160   10
15.  Monteiro      MF1-Toyota          (B)  1:31.566  + 3.251   10
16.  Montagny      Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:31.814  + 3.499   13
17.  Massa         Ferrari             (B)  1:31.904  + 3.589   5
18.  Yamamoto      Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:32.212  + 3.897   11
19.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Cosworth (M)  1:32.497  + 4.182   6
20.  R.Schumacher  Toyota              (B)  No time             5
21.  Trulli        Toyota              (B)  No time             2
22.  Fisichella    Renault             (M)  No time             1
23.  Alonso        Renault             (M)  No time             1
24.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  No time             1
25.  Kubica        BMW-Sauber          (M)  No time             1
26.  Klien         Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  No time             1
27.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Ferrari    (M)  No time             1
28.  Webber        Williams-Cosworth   (B)
29.  Rosberg       Williams-Cosworth   (B)

All Timing Unofficial