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Unofficial Saturday times from Bahrain:
1. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, 1:30.994
2. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:31.094
3. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:31.718
4. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:31.867
5. Heikki Kovalainen, Renault, 1:32.032
6. Rubens Barrichello, Honda, 1:32.115
7. Jenson Button, Honda, 1:32.137
8. David Coulthard, Red Bull, 1:32.220
9. Nelson Piquet Jr, Renault, 1:32.334
10. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 1:32.451
11. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 1:32.475
12. Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri, 1:32.553
13. Franck Montagny, Toyota, 1:32.917
14. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:33.034
15. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 1:33.062
16. Scott Speed, Toro Rosso, 1:33.225

Thanks Snowy,

Here are the test times as provided by the Bahrain Circuit with total laps covered by each driver:

1 Fernando Alonso Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m 30.994s 74 laps
2 Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1m 31.094s 53 laps
3 Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari 1m 31.718s 53 laps
4 Kimi Räikkonen Scuderia Ferrari 1m 31.867s 100 laps
5 Heikki Kovalainen ING Renault F1 Team 1m 32.032s 86 laps
6 Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing F1 Team 1m 32.115s 130 laps
7 Jenson Button Honda Racing F1 Team 1m 32.137s 79 laps
8 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1m 32.220s 74 laps
9 Nelsinho Piquet ING Renault F1 Team 1m 32.334s 102 laps
10 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1 Team 1m 32.451s 66 laps
11 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1 Team 1m 32.475s 95 laps
12 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri F1 Team 1m 32.553s 126 laps
13 Franck Montagny Panasonic Toyota Racing 1m 32.917s 111 laps
14 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m 33.034s 73 laps
15 Jarno Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing 1m 33.062s 105 laps
16 Scott Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m 33.255s 60 laps

With Super Aguri outpacing Toyota and a number of others some guys out there should be losing their sleep

gkaytaz wrote:With Super Aguri outpacing Toyota and a number of others some guys out there should be losing their sleep

Not the lawyers, they're sleeping soundly dreaming of F1 customer lawsuits.

Times at lunch:

Pos Driver Team Best time Laps
1 MASSA Ferrari 1'31.260 43
2 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1'31.590 30
3 ALONSO McLaren 1'31.851 36
4 KUBICA BMW 1'32.108 37
5 HAMILTON McLaren 1'32.193 39
6 GIANCARLO Renault 1'32.556 65
7 HEIKKI Renault 1'32.688 19
8 VETTEL BMW 1'33.219 22
9 KLIEN HONDA 1’33.378 54
10 WEBBER Red Bull 1'33.642 43
11 SCHUMACHER TOYOTA 1'34.030 36
12 COULTHARD Red Bull 1'34.187 20
13 TRULLI TOYOTA 1’34.441 32
14 SPEED Toro Rosso 1'34.479 8
15 ROSSITER Toro Rosso 1’34.479 39
16 SATO Super AGURI 1'34.994 32

Heikki has crashed at turn 7 but is said to be ok, but the car is going to take a while to repair, most likely all day.

Only one Honda setting times, don't know what that's about. Perhaps the colour scheme has already had an adverse effect.

Unofficial Tuesday times from Bahrain:
1. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:31.260
2. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:31.590
3. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, 1:31.851
4. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 1:32.108
5. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:32.193
6. Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault, 1:32.556
7. Heikki Kovalainen, Renault, 1:32.880
8. Franck Montagny, Toyota, 1:32.999
9. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 1:33.150
10. Sebastian Vettel, BMW Sauber, 1:33.219
11. Christian Klien, Honda, 1:33.378
12. David Coulthard, Red Bull, 1:33.526
13. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:33.642
14. James Rossiter, Honda, 1:33.697
15. Takuma Sato, Super Aguri, 1:33.813
16. Ralf Schumacher, Toyota, 1:34.030
17. Scott Speed, Toro Rosso, 1:34.137

I should have spotted Renault's deliberate mistake putting James Rossiter down as Toro Rosso driver!!!

Kovi's prang was a big one.
Ralf hurt his back, when he hit a kerb

Times at the lunch break as follows:

1 MAS 1'30.640 45
2 HAM 1'31.178 18
3 FIS 1'31.967 59
4 DLR 1'31.971 34
5 RAI 1'31.999 48
6 HEI 1'32.254 49
7 BUT 1'32.293 49
8 LIU 1'32.359 42
9 KUB 1'32.735 27
10 SCH 1'33.054 44
11 COU 1'33.146 8
12 SAT 1'33.601 61
13 BAR 1'33.659 14
14 TRU 1'34.689 11
15 WEB 1'41.400 2

11 seconds from first to last............. Ahhhh, I love testing

The slower the RBs are now, the more I like it

The Laptimes at the end of the session:

1 MASSA Ferrari 1'30.640 99
2 HAMILTON McLaren 1'31.178 55
3 RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1'31.490 93
4 GIANCARLO Renault 1'31.967 107
5 DELAROSA McLaren 1'31.971 52
6 KOVALAINEN Renault 1'32.068 29
7 HEIDFELD BMW 1’32.254 71
8 BUTTON Honda 1’32.293 70
9 LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1'32.359 47
10 KUBICA BMW 1'32.648 52
11 BARRICHELLO Honda 1’32.650 59
12 SATO Super Aguri 1'32.837 99
13 SCHUMACHER Toyota 1’33.054 84
14 COULTHARD Red Bull 1'33.146 51
15 WEBBER Red Bull 1'33.238 52
16 TRULLI Toyota 1'33.384 33

This time it's closer but the RBs are still lagging. JM should be jumping with joy

Interesting to see Luizzi in the STR more than 0.5s ahead of either of the RBRs.
Would be a bit embarrasing if the jr team turns out to be faster

GhoGho wrote:Interesting to see Luizzi in the STR more than 0.5s ahead of either of the RBRs.
Would be a bit embarrasing if the jr team turns out to be faster

Yeah. Then again RBR might be testing different configs as Ed pointed out earlier. These test times can well be deceiving. In any case the first race is a few weeks away We'll know for sure then...

gkaytaz wrote:This time it's closer but the RBs are still lagging. JM should be jumping with joy