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4th April 2014, 14:30
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg did what had been expected of them by setting the fastest times for Mercedes during the first free practice session in Bahrain on Friday.
The Englishman set the pace initially with 1m 38.395s from the German on 1m 38.508s, but with less than 20 of the 90 minutes left Fernando Alonso supplanted them in his Ferrari with 1m 37.953s.
The Mercedes pair headed back out and subsequently redressed the situation, Hamilton improving to 1m 37.502s and Rosberg to 1m 37.733s.
Nobody ran Pirelli's soft tyre, so all of the times were set on the medium compound rubber. Well, Alonso made one attempt with the softs, but there was only one, fitted to the left front of his F14 T, and he stopped yards from his pit as soon as he realised that it had incorrectly been matched to the three medium tyres on the other wheels. The car was quickly wheeled back so that the rogue tyre could be switched.
Nico Hulkenberg was once again a front runner for Force India, lapping his VJM07 in 1m 38.122s to take fourth ahead of the McLarens of Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen, who sandwiched Kimi Raikkonen
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The Englishman set the pace initially with 1m 38.395s from the German on 1m 38.508s, but with less than 20 of the 90 minutes left Fernando Alonso supplanted them in his Ferrari with 1m 37.953s.
The Mercedes pair headed back out and subsequently redressed the situation, Hamilton improving to 1m 37.502s and Rosberg to 1m 37.733s.
Nobody ran Pirelli's soft tyre, so all of the times were set on the medium compound rubber. Well, Alonso made one attempt with the softs, but there was only one, fitted to the left front of his F14 T, and he stopped yards from his pit as soon as he realised that it had incorrectly been matched to the three medium tyres on the other wheels. The car was quickly wheeled back so that the rogue tyre could be switched.
Nico Hulkenberg was once again a front runner for Force India, lapping his VJM07 in 1m 38.122s to take fourth ahead of the McLarens of Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen, who sandwiched Kimi Raikkonen
More... (http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/4/15667.html)