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Massa quickest in practice 1 - Bahrain

Felipe Massa led teammate Kimi Raikkonen in a Ferrari one-two in the first free practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix

Williams' Nico Rosberg took third with a late qualifying-style run, ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen.

The leading teams stayed in the pits for the first 35 minutes to allow others to clean the dusty track. Massa was the first major contender to set a time, and his 1:33.047 immediately outpaced early benchmark Jarno Trulli (Toyota) by half a second.

The Brazilian was swiftly beaten by Hamilton's 1:32.705, but both Ferraris stayed out and returned to the top later in their long runs. Massa regained first position with a 1:32.400, and although he was briefly usurped by teammate Raikkonen's 1:32.356, the Brazilian then produced a 1:32.233 to reclaim the top spot.

Raikkonen had to curtail his first run after sliding off the road at the final corner. The world champion took a detour across the very dusty run-off and had to pit to check for damage and for the accumulated dust to be cleaned out.

Unusually, the leading teams did not improve on their times on their subsequent outings, with Massa and Raikkonen staying first and second throughout the final 40 minutes.

The only change amongst the top five was Rosberg's late jump to third with a 1:32.415 lap. His teammate Kazuki Nakajima took sixth on the softer Bridgestones, behind Hamilton and Kovalainen.

Robert Kubica had been fifth for BMW for most of the morning, but was pushed back to seventh when the Williams duo vaulted up the order.

Trulli, Red Bull's David Coulthard and Renault driver Fernando Alonso completed the top ten.

Pos  Driver        Team                    Time               Laps
 1.  Massa         Ferrari             (B)  1:32.233             20
 2.  Raikkonen     Ferrari             (B)  1:32.350  + 0.117    15
 3.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota     (B)  1:32.415  + 0.182    23
 4.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes    (B)  1:32.705  + 0.472    21
 5.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes    (B)  1:32.868  + 0.635    20
 6.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota     (B)  1:33.121  + 0.888    24
 7.  Kubica        BMW Sauber          (B)  1:33.333  + 1.100    16
 8.  Trulli        Toyota              (B)  1:33.539  + 1.306    27
 9.  Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault    (B)  1:33.788  + 1.555    20
10.  Alonso        Renault             (B)  1:33.815  + 1.582    19
11.  Glock         Toyota              (B)  1:33.929  + 1.696    28
12.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault    (B)  1:33.950  + 1.717    20
13.  Piquet        Renault             (B)  1:33.981  + 1.748    24
14.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber          (B)  1:34.106  + 1.873    17
15.  Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari  (B)  1:34.235  + 2.002    27
16.  Vettel        Toro Rosso-Ferrari  (B)  1:34.321  + 2.088    32
17.  Fisichella    Force India-Ferrari (B)  1:34.892  + 2.659    20
18.  Button        Honda               (B)  1:34.915  + 2.682    16
19.  Barrichello   Honda               (B)  1:35.174  + 2.941    12
20.  Sutil         Force India-Ferrari (B)  1:35.429  + 3.196    22
21.  Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:36.145  + 3.912    6 
22.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda   (B)  1:36.536  + 4.303    6 

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