This time last week we were sure that the Bahrain GP would never actually happen, but it’s Friday and practice sessions have been completed as normal, except for Force India who didn’t take part in the second practice.
From reading through all the driver quotes, Perez seems happy and is looking forward to another strong weekend for Sauber, Jenson was quite outspoken with his comments about the McLaren, saying that they didn’t have particularly good pace. Reports are also surfacing that the Merecedes tyre wear issues are back with the high temperatures in Bahrain, so we may not see another dominant performance by the silver arrows – mind you, they said that last weekend…
Badger hopes that all those out in Bahrain remain safe from harm.
Times – Practice 1
| POS | Driver | Team | Best | Diff | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren/Mercedes | 1'33.572 | 11 | |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull/Renault | 1'33.877 | 0.305 | 21 |
| 3 | Paul Di Resta | Force India/Mercedes | 1'34.150 | 0.578 | 26 |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1'34.249 | 0.677 | 23 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Mercedes | 1'34.277 | 0.705 | 14 |
| 6 | Nico Huu009flkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1'34.344 | 0.772 | 26 |
| 7 | M.Schumacher | Mercedes | 1'34.483 | 0.911 | 17 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull/Renault | 1'34.552 | 0.980 | 22 |
| 9 | Kimi Rau008aikkou009anen | Lotus/Renault | 1'34.609 | 1.037 | 18 |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Renault | 1'34.847 | 1.275 | 20 |
| 11 | Sergio Peu008erez | Sauber/Ferrari | 1'35.024 | 1.452 | 22 |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams/Renault | 1'35.268 | 1.696 | 25 |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1'35.436 | 1.864 | 21 |
| 14 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Renault | 1'35.497 | 1.925 | 24 |
| 15 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1'35.719 | 2.147 | 19 |
| 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber/Ferrari | 1'35.929 | 2.357 | 24 |
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1'36.195 | 2.623 | 20 |
| 18 | H.Kovalainen | Caterham/Renault | 1'36.330 | 2.758 | 11 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham/Renault | 1'36.484 | 2.912 | 18 |
| 20 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1'36.591 | 3.019 | 20 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia/Cosworth | 1'37.467 | 3.895 | 18 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia/Cosworth | 1'38.006 | 4.434 | 18 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT/Cosworth | 1'38.877 | 5.305 | 19 |
| 24 | N.Karthikeyan | HRT/Cosworth | 1'39.996 | 6.424 | 23 |
Times – Practice 2
| POS | Driver | Team | Best | Diff | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1'32.816 | 35 | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull/Renault | 1'33.262 | 0.446 | 26 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull/Renault | 1'33.525 | 0.709 | 28 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren/Mercedes | 1'33.747 | 0.931 | 26 |
| 5 | M.Schumacher | Mercedes | 1'33.862 | 1.046 | 32 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Mercedes | 1'34.246 | 1.43 | 28 |
| 7 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber/Ferrari | 1'34.411 | 1.595 | 34 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1'34.449 | 1.633 | 31 |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Renault | 1'34.615 | 1.799 | 32 |
| 10 | Sergio Peu008erez | Sauber/Ferrari | 1'34.893 | 2.077 | 34 |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1'34.895 | 2.079 | 29 |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1'34.941 | 2.125 | 30 |
| 13 | Kimi Ru008aaikkou009anen | Lotus/Renault | 1'35.183 | 2.367 | 33 |
| 14 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1'35.229 | 2.413 | 26 |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams/Renault | 1'35.459 | 2.643 | 38 |
| 16 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham/Renault | 1'35.913 | 3.097 | 33 |
| 17 | H.Kovalainen | Caterham/Renault | 1'35.968 | 3.152 | 35 |
| 18 | Bruno Senna | Williams/Renault | 1'36.169 | 3.353 | 30 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Marussia/Cosworth | 1'36.587 | 3.771 | 33 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia/Cosworth | 1'37.803 | 4.987 | 33 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT/Cosworth | 1'37.812 | 4.996 | 28 |
| 22 | N.Karthikeyan | HRT/Cosworth | 1'39.649 | 6.833 | 27 |
