Bahrain GP: Massa 10th in FP1

Team Summary:
Both Williams drivers would complete their installation lap with both on the soft tyre. The first time of the session would be a 1m:38.292 from Wehrlein in the Manor, but Ricciardo would set a 1m:36.256 on the medium. A 1m:33.592 from Rosberg on the soft tyre, followed by Hamilton. After their first runs Valtteri and Felipe were fifth and thirteenth, both on the soft tyre. Both drivers were on a longer run on these tyres with sixty minutes remaining. They would pit and it would not be until the final twenty minutes before they came back out. While this was happening Rosberg would set a 1m:32.294 to remain quickest still using the soft tyre. With eight minutes remaining Felipe and Valtteri were tenth and twelfth. They would remain in these positions with the end of the session. Both drivers would complete pit stop practice as they pitted.

Felipe Massa:
Felipe would take to the track for the opening Friday session at the Bahrain circuit. Felipe would also come out for his first run with his first time a slow 1m:41.522. Felipe was also on the soft tyre. He would follow this with a 1m:36.691 to be thirteenth. He would pit having completed eight laps, currently fifteenth. He would drop to sixteenth as the session's first hour was completed. Felipe would join his team-mate also on a new soft tyre. He would set a 1m:35.006 to be eighth. Felipe would drop to tenth as other drivers went quicker. Felipe was fourth in the speed trap figures. Like Valtteri Felipe was also locking his front left at Turn ten.

Valtteri Bottas:
Valtteri would closely follow his team-mate out onto the track for his first run. After pitting Valtteri would return after the usual checks and was again on the soft tyre for this first run. His first time was a 1m:35.587 to be currently fifth. Valtteri was on a longer run on the soft tyre pitting having completed eleven laps. Valtteri would drop to eighth with just over thirty minutes remaining. Valtteri would be first back out again on the soft tyre. A 1m:35.174 from Valtteri would see him eighth as the session drew to a close. He would drop to twelfth with just over ten minutes remaining. Valtteri was fastest in the speed trap with a speed of 331.8kph. Like several other drivers Valtteri was suffering lock-ups at Turn ten.

Pos  Driver         	Team		        Time     Laps
1  Nico Rosberg		Mercedes		1m32.294s  24
2  Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1m32.799s  24
3  Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari			1m34.128s  16
4  Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1m34.461s  27
5  Daniil Kvyat		Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1m34.541s  30
6  Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1m34.601s  28
7  Carlos Sainz		Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m34.793s  21
8  Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m34.860s  19
9  Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		1m35.000s  18
10 Felipe Massa		Williams-Mercedes	1m35.006s  19
11 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari			1m35.073s  14
12 Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1m35.174s  21
13 Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari		1m35.309s  19
14 Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda		1m35.440s  28
15 Kevin Magnussen	Renault			1m35.490s  27
16 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		1m35.728s  30
17 Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes		1m36.371s  26
18 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda		1m36.392s  25
19 Felipe Nasr		Sauber-Ferrari		1m36.719s  24
20 Jolyon Palmer	Renault			1m36.939s  28
21 Alfonso Celis	Force India-Mercedes	1m37.287s  23
22 Rio Haryanto		Manor-Mercedes		1m37.714s  27