Bahrain Grand Prix – Sakhir, 13th April 2007
 Free
practice – First session
Driver Pos. Time Laps Chassis
K. Raikkonen 1st 1.33.162 21 261
F. Massa 2nd 1.33.679 17 260
Weather: air temperature 30/32 °C, track temperature 36/42
°C, sunny.
Free Practice – Second session
Driver Pos. Time Laps Chassis
K. Raikkonen 1st 1.33.527 33 261
F. Massa 4th 1.33.772 28 260
Weather: air temperature 32 °C, track temperature 43
°C, sunny.
Kimi Raikkonen: “It is too early to
say where everyone stands, but the performance levels of the
top teams seems to be very close. Today, it was difficult
to find the right balance of the car, partly because at this
track, the wind makes the car difficult to drive. Towards
the end of the second session, we found some good settings
and now we must keep on that track to find a bit more speed
to keep ahead of the rest. But all in all we can be satisfied
with the work we have done today.”
Felipe Massa: “I am pretty happy with
the handling of the car, which has allowed me to be very consistent
in terms of performance over long runs. We have a good point
from which to work over the rest of the weekend. In particular,
we have to work on improving our performance on the first
lap on new tyres. It all looks very close, but we have everything
we need to do well in qualifying and in the race.”
Luca Baldisserri: “Today, we struggled
a bit more than on the two previous Grand Prix Fridays, in
terms of finding a good balance on our cars. We tried various
settings and then, in the second part of the second session,
we came up with a good compromise. Performance and consistency
over a long run are reasonably satisfactory on both the Bridgestone
tyre types that we have at this track. It is very close as
can be seen from the times. So it does not need much to tip
the balance one way or another and so all elements of the
package have to be working at their best if we want to aspire
to the best result.”
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