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Massa dominates first free practice
21 March 2008 / Results / PhotosFelipe Massa was clearly the fastest man on Friday morning at the Sepang International Circuit. The Brazilian's fastest lap time, a 1m35,392, was over a second faster than his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, though the Finn had to face another engine problem. Heikki Kovalainen ended third, followed by Nico Rosberg in fourth.
The second Grand Prix weekend of the season got under way on Friday morning in Malaysia. Temperatures weren't as hot as Malaysia can get now and then. With an air temperature of around 28 degrees Celsius it wasn't that hot as it could get a Sepang, though humidity was already around 75% in the morning. The 90-minutes session began when Sebastien Bourdais was the first driver after 15 minutes to hit the track with a timed lap.
There were a number of yellow flag situations. David Coulthard's Red Bul was completely wrecked when the Scotsman went over the kerbs and flew into the air. When he touched the ground his car got heavily damaged and ended his session early. Team-mate Mark Webber didn't have much of a better session. The Australian had to stop his car with smoke coming out of his Renault engine.
The Red Bull drivers weren't the only ones though with problems. Force India F1 driver Adrian Sutil had to pull over with a smoking Ferrari engine. The German was able to complete just five laps this morning. Not much later into the session Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari gave up on him. His car had to be removed so red flags were waved for nine minutes for marshals to get his car in safe place.
Sebastian Vettel enjoyed a scary moment around the end of the session. As Vettel was approaching the final corner his brakes exploded.
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