Sutil and Rosberg lead the way in Free Practice - Mercedes get the glory, whilst Chandhok is stuck in the garage
Published by Christine
Welcome to F1Minute, it’s the 12th March 2010.
F1 has finally returned and Free Practice 1 and 2 are complete. The drivers descended on the Bahrain International Track, well, most of them did. In FP1, Sutil topped the session, followed by Alonso and Kubica. Rosberg was 8th whilst Schumacher was 10th, amid suggestions that he was not at all comfortable in the car yet. Further back, neither di Grassi nor Senna set a time, although it was quite a moment when Senna began his installation lap, making both his and Hispania’s debut. Chandhok did not leave the garage at all, his car wasn’t ready.
For FP2, his car still remained stuck in the garage, leaving the Indian with no laps completed at all. Rosberg was fastest at the end of the day, followed by Hamilton and Schumacher. We only had one major spin from Alguersuari who narrowly missed the barriers, but continued on his way unharmed.
That’s all for today. Don’t forget F1Minute goes seven days a week now the season has begun, so I will be back tomorrow with all the news from qualifying.
