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Raikkonen leads Alonso in first practice

Raikkonen leads Alonso in first practice

05 October 2007

First practice for the Chinese Grand Prix was all about the two men still hoping to chase down Lewis Hamilton's lead and win the drivers' championship as Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen finished just 0.084s ahead of Fernando Alonso.

Conditions were warm and sunny at the Shanghai circuit with air temperature climbing to 30 degrees Centigrade by the end of the session and the track reaching a toasty 45 degrees - very different conditions to the monsoon teams had to endure at Fuji last weekend.

Felipe Massa wound up third, 0.104s off the pace and Lewis Hamilton was fourth, 0.082s behind the second Ferrari.

Nico Rosberg continued to confirm the Williams Toyota package's speed in fifth place ahead of Trulli, Fisichella, Nakajima (in Wurz's Williams for this session) and Heidfeld.


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