terça-feira, 1 de abril de 2008
This time last year McLaren arrived in Bahrain with high hopes. While Ferrari had floundered in Malaysia, the British team had dominated, and with similarly hot conditions expected in the desert, the silver cars were widely tipped for success. Rookie driver Lewis Hamilton was aiming high too, targeting his maiden Formula One victory, after his third place in Melbourne and second at Sepang.
Despite their tough time at the last event, Ferrari weren’t feeling too glum either. Kimi Raikkonen had a new engine installed in his F2007, dispelling his reliability concerns, and Felipe Massa was impatient to right the wrong of his sixth-lap mistake in Malaysia, where he had come off worse in a tussle with Hamilton. BMW Sauber and Williams were also in the running and an intensely competitive Grand Prix was on the cards.
On Friday morning, it was Ferrari who looked most on the button, with Raikkonen clocking a time almost a second faster than Hamilton’s. In second practice, however, the McLarens upped their game with the young British driver looking especially quick. BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica was also optimistic, although the Pole did swap to the T-car after balance issues with his race chassis. The Williams FW29 continued to show strong potential too, with Alexander Wurz finishing sixth.
More:http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/4/7574.html
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