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Raikkonen leads early practice

Raikkonen leads early practice

28 September 2007 / Results / Photos

Kimi Raikkonen led a Ferrari-dominated first practice session at the new Fuji circuit in Japan. The Finn was 0.379s quicker than team mate Felipe Massa and 0.5s ahead of Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard had the early edge over championship leader Lewis Hamilton by 0.14s.

Massa was fastest for much of the morning before Raikkonen began hooking up his laps late in the session. McLaren looked unable to do much more than third and fourth. Nico Rosberg continued to show strong form for Williams in fifth and team mate Wurz was seventh, the team mates separated by the BMW Sauber of Robert Kubica.

Trulli, Sutil and Davidson rounded off the top ten. Local hero Sato ended the session seventeenth after spending the first hour of practice stranded in the pits with mechanics working on his car.


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