By Phil Huff
April 4 2008
The opening practice sessions for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix proved hot and sandy, but it didn't affect the outcome, with two Ferrari's leading two McLaren's. Further back, Honda Racing F1's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello ended the day in 12th and 16th positions respectively. Here's the combined best times from the day for every driver...
| Pos | Driver | Team | Engine | Car | Best Lap | Gap | |
| 1 | Massa | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2008 | 1:31.420 | ||
| 2 | Raikkonen | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2008 | 1:32.327 | 0.907 | |
| 3 | Hamilton | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4/23 | 1:32.705 | 1.285 | |
| 4 | Kovalainen | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4/23 | 1:32.752 | 1.332 | |
| 5 | Kubica | BMW Sauber | BMW | F1.08 | 1:32.915 | 1.495 | |
| 6 | Rosberg | Williams | Toyota | FW30 | 1:33.022 | 1.602 | |
| 7 | Coulthard | Red Bull | Renault | RB4 | 1:33.048 | 1.628 | |
| 8 | Nakajima | Williams | Toyota | FW30 | 1:33.098 | 1.678 | |
| 9 | Bourdais | Toro Rosso | Ferrari | STR2B | 1:33.197 | 1.777 | |
| 10 | Piquet | Renault | Renault | R28 | 1:33.247 | 1.827 | |
| 11 | Trulli | Toyota | Toyota | TF108 | 1:33.539 | 2.119 | |
| 12 | Button | Honda | Honda | RA108 | 1:33.710 | 2.290 | |
| 13 | Alonso | Renault | Renault | R28 | 1:33.755 | 2.335 | |
| 14 | Webber | Red Bull | Renault | RB4 | 1:33.782 | 2.362 | |
| 15 | Glock | Toyota | Toyota | TF108 | 1:33.856 | 2.436 | |
| 16 | Barrichello | Honda | Honda | RA108 | 1:33.966 | 2.546 | |
| 17 | Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | BMW | F1.08 | 1:34.023 | 2.603 | |
| 18 | Fisichella | Force India | Ferrari | VJM01 | 1:34.388 | 2.968 | |
| 19 | Sutil | Force India | Ferrari | VJM01 | 1:34.405 | 2.985 | |
| 20 | Vettel | Toro Rosso | Ferrari | STR2B | 1:34.787 | 3.367 | |
| 21 | Sato | Super Aguri | Honda | SA08A | 1:35.288 | 3.868 | |
| 22 | Davidson | Super Aguri | Honda | SA08A | 1:35.712 | 4.292 |
