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Fastest laps: Heikki quicker than the Ferraris

Sunday 6th April 2008

Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen dominated the Bahrain Grand Prix from start to finish, but surprisingly neither of them set the fastest lap at the Sakhir circuit.

The honours went to McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen, who set a fastest lap of 1:33.193. BMW's Nick Heidfeid finished second with 1:33.565.

Heidfeld was followed by the Ferrari duo with Massa finishing ahead of Raikkonen, who for most part of the race looked like he would comfortable set the fastest lap of the day.

Lewis Hamilton, who was leading the Championship coming into the race, only managed a 1:35.520 as his fastest time, which can probably be blamed on his crash with Fernando Alonso.

Alonso also didn't have the best of days where lap times are concerned. The Spaniard was slower than his team-mate Nelsinho Piquet, albeit by only 0.65 seconds.

The man with the slowest lap time of the day was Jenson Button, whose best time was more than three seconds slower than Kovalainen's fastest lap.

Fastest laps
01 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1:33.193
02 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:33.565
03 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:33.600
04 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:33.709
05 Robert Kubica BMW 1:33.775
06 Nico Rosberg Williams 1:34.072
07 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:34.204
08 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:34.305
09 Timo Glock Toyota 1:34.807
10 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:34.855
11 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1:35.057
12 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:35.129
13 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:35.194
14 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri 1:35.324
15 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:35.333
16 David Coulthard Red Bull 1:35.351
17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1:35.433
18 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:35.442
19 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:35.520
20 Takuma Sato Super Aguri 1:35.891
21 Jenson Button Honda 1:36.125