| 13:50:00
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and our live coverage of the second 90-minute practice session from Bahrain. |
| 13:51:54
| This morning Kimi Raikkonen dominated the opening practice session of the day with a best lap of 1:33.162s, half a second clear of Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa. McLaren Mercedes were another half a second back, with Lewis Hamilton just a fraction ahead of Fernando Alonso. |
| 13:53:55
| Jarno Trulli was best of the rest in his Toyota, but at 1.7s slower it is pretty clear that Ferrari and McLaren look set to continue their domination of the 2007 season. |
| 13:56:22
| The BMW Sauber duo of Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica were sixth and seventh fastest ahead of Tonio Liuzzi in the Toro Rosso while Nico Rosberg and Alex Wurz rounded out the top ten for Williams Toyota. |
| 13:58:13
| Other notables this morning were Red Bull Renault. Mark Webber was just 19th in his RB3 with David Coulthard less than a tenth slower in 20th position. Webber has shown good qualifying pace from the package so far, but perhaps they will struggle this weekend in Bahrain. |
| 14:00:04
| The second practice session is now underway. |
| 14:00:59
| Robert Kubica leads the pack out of the pits. |
| 14:01:31
| Unlike this morning, most will start to put the laps in from the outset. |
| 14:02:06
| In saying that Kubica pits his BMW Sauber! |
| 14:02:44
| Team-mate Nick Heidfeld starts his first timed lap of the session as does Sato, Albers, Davidson, Fisichella, Liuzzi and Kovalainen. |
| 14:03:50
| Sutil, Speed, Coulthard and Barrichello join the action. |
| 14:04:26
| The first lap times are coming in in the 1:35s and 1:36s, around three seconds off the morning best. |
| 14:04:51
| Now Coulthard, Webber and Trulli head out. |
| 14:05:48
| Tonio Liuzzi sets the initial pace for Toro Rosso. Alonso has left the McLaren pit follwed by team-mate Hamilton. |
| 14:07:01
| Now Raikkonen and Button are on track as well. A very busy start to the session as Liuzzi still heads the timesheets. |
| 14:08:44
| Kovalainen and Fisichella pit as does Heidfeld. |
| 14:09:06
| Alonso moves fastest by a second over Liuzzi. |
| 14:09:21
| Hamilton moves P2 in the second McLaren. |
| 14:10:42
| Raikkonen's first lap moves him into the top ten. Some will be working on race simulation, some on qualifying setup, so a distorted picture early on. |
| 14:12:01
| Kubica moves fourth fastest in his F1.07 |
| 14:12:34
| Nico Rosberg has also moved his Williams into the top ten as Wurz heads out in the sister FW29. |
| 14:13:20
| Massa heads out in his Ferrari |
| 14:13:48
| Kubica now moves third ahead of Liuzzi and Heidfeld who have both pitted. |
| 14:14:32
| After five timed laps the McLaren duo pit. Raikkonen runs wide and then heads for the Ferrari pit. |
| 14:17:04
| Massa seems to be on the same programme as Raikkonen as they are not particularly fast at this stage. |
| 14:17:53
| Heikki Kovalainen now pops his Renault third fastest and Fisichella is on a better lap too. |
| 14:18:41
| Fisichella does improve and moves fourth fastest. |
| 14:20:41
| Massa picks up another couple of positions as most have headed back to the pits after a first run. |
| 14:23:35
| It is hard to read too much into the times at the moment as some have gone for race setup work and some qualifying. |
| 14:24:14
| Certainly Ferrari are not suddenly struggling for pace while Renault have suddenly found pace. |
| 14:25:14
| Hamilton heads back out. |
| 14:26:14
| Massa has pitted after his first long stint. Raikkonen is currently 15th. |
| 14:27:50
| Now Alonso is back on track in his McLaren. We had a similar picture last weekend where the morning times were much faster than the afternoon times. |
| 14:29:34
| Raikkonen is back on track as Webber goes off track! Webber had just vaulted up to fifth fastest. |
| 14:31:00
| An improvement from Raikkonen who is now a second off Alonso's best time. |
| 14:34:27
| Raikkonen picks up another three positions and moves fourth fastest as Coulthard gets up to speed in the Red Bull |
| 14:35:06
| Massa is back out and looking to improve on tenth position. |
| 14:35:46
| Massa does improve and moves third fastest. Perhaps this is a clearer indication of expected race pace. |
| 14:36:17
| Raikkonen runs off track, the second time so far in this session. |
| 14:36:47
| Albers also runs off track in the Spyker. |
| 14:37:11
| Now Massa moves fastest by just over a tenth in the Ferrari. |
| 14:40:35
| Albers has got himself off the bottom of the timesheets demoting Barrichello into the position. |
| 14:42:15
| Massa is currently the only front-runner on track. |
| 14:43:24
| Nico Rosberg is back out in the Williams aiming to improve on 14th. |
| 14:43:54
| He does with quite an improvement in the FW29. Rosberg takes P2 ahead of Alonso and behinf Massa. |
| 14:45:31
| Jarno Trulli has had a spin in the Toyota. The Italian has just gained one position to 15th. |
| 14:46:11
| Hamilton and Kovalainen are back out for McLaren and Renault. |
| 14:47:57
| Now it is the turn of Tonio Liuzzi to run off track in his STR |
| 14:49:55
| Another long stint ends for Massa as he pits the Ferrari. |
| 14:50:22
| Alex Wurz moves fifth fastest in his Williams. |
| 14:50:44
| Webber now improves too and moves ahead of Wurz. |
| 14:51:47
| Wurz and Webber had a good battle late in the race in Malaysia. Webber of course vacated the team for Red Bull with Wurz being promoted to the race seat. |
| 14:53:26
| Sepang winner Alonso moves fastest demoting Massa to second position. |
| 14:54:24
| Nick Heidfeld makes up ground for BMW Sauber as he moves third fastest |
| 14:54:49
| Barrichello has been in the pits for a long time. The Honda driver is currently slowest. |
| 14:56:06
| Now Honda send out Barrichello. |
| 14:58:53
| Raikkonen improves his time and is less than two tenths slower than Alonso. |
| 14:59:37
| Barrichello bumps himself ahead of Albers. |
| 15:00:42
| Red Bull are showing better pace in this session as Coulthard moves up the order and gets closer to team-mate Webber. They were very slow this morning. |
| 15:01:31
| Raikkonen waves at one of the Toro Rosso's as he is blocked and Kubica improves. |
| 15:01:56
| Button (18th) has stopped. Not a great day for Honda. |
| 15:03:36
| It seems like an engine failure for Button's RA107, which put down some oil - Felipe Massa went for a spin and then heads back to the pits. |
| 15:03:58
| The yellow flags are out for Button's Honda. |
| 15:04:54
| Button's Honda is off the race circuit itself. |
| 15:05:33
| Button will not have any penalty for the engine failure. This year Friday is not included in the two race rule. |
| 15:08:07
| Just over 20 minutes remain in the session. |
| 15:08:46
| Button's engine failure has left the first section a little slower due to the oil that went down. |
| 15:09:21
| However, Alex Wurz finds time over the rest of the lap and moves third fastest. |
| 15:13:25
| Wurz has now joined the other front-runners in the pits. Heidfeld, Kubica and Rosberg are on track. |
| 15:13:43
| Hamilton, currently seventh, heads back out. |
| 15:16:33
| Coulthard makes a slight improvement and moves up to tenth position just behind team-mate Webber. |
| 15:17:15
| Hamilton moves fastest for McLaren Mercedes. So it is McLaren McLaren Ferrari Williams Ferrari. |
| 15:17:43
| Alonso is back out on track. Raikkonen and Massa are in the pits. |
| 15:19:26
| Hamilton's best is still four-tenths off Raikkonen's morning pace. |
| 15:20:46
| Robert Kubica puts in a hot lap to move second fastest. |
| 15:21:19
| Now Raikkonen is on a hot lap and looking to improve. |
| 15:21:57
| Raikkonen moves fastest by a narrow margin over Hamilton. |
| 15:23:48
| Davidson, now feeling 100 percent after a bout of the flu, is now in the top ten for Super Aguri Honda. |
| 15:24:13
| An improvement from Jarno Trulli. |
| 15:25:25
| Five minutes to go and all bar Ralf Scumacher and Jenson Button are on track. |
| 15:26:06
| Fisichella and Massa pushing hard. |
| 15:26:46
| Massa moves fourth fastest while Fisichella does not improve on that lap. |
| 15:28:08
| Barrichello shows there is some pace in the Honda as he moves tenth fastest |
| 15:29:44
| A small improvement from Heikki Kovalainen who is now four tenths ahead of team-mate Fisichella. |
| 15:30:09
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 15:31:00
| So we have Raikkonen fastest again for Ferrari but this time by just a fraction of a second from Hamilton. |
| 15:31:40
| Robert Kubica is third ahead of Massa, Alonso, Wurz, Heidfeld, Rosberg, Coulthard and Trulli. |