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Hamilton tops first practice

Lewis Hamilton just managed to go faster than McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso to go quickest overall in the first practice session of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix. With a time of 1:21.880s, the 22-year-old was three tenths quicker than the Spaniard in front of his home crowd.

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was not far behind in third with Robert Kubica showing his pace once again for BMW Sauber in fourth, whilst team-mate Nick Heidfeld was less on the pace down in twelfth, albeit just over half a second slower than Kubica. Felipe Massa was fifth fastest in the second Ferrari, whilst the ever-impressive Anthony Davidson put in a late quick lap to end up sixth in his elusive Super Aguri.

Toyota showed itself to be the leading midfield team again with a solid seventh and eighth for Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher respectively. Meanwhile, Nico Rosberg in his Williams and Jenson Button for Honda rounded up the top ten.

There were no major incidents with only David Coulthard and Chrsitijan Albers going off on minor excursions.

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