 | | Button feels there's much more pace to come from his McLaren |
| |  | | Nico Hulkenberg acquitted himself well on his first day of F1 practice |
| |  | | Unsurprisingly Schumacher got better as the day wore on as he made his return to a GP weekend |
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 | | Nico Rosberg's Mercedes career got off to the ideal start as he topped Friday practice |
| |  | | Like the other top teams, Ferrari focused on long race simulation runs in Friday practice |
| |  | | Vettel struggled to get his Red Bull's brake balance right |
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 | | Timo Glock's Virgin leads Pedro de la Rosa's Sauber |
| |  | | Renault's rookie Vitaly Petrov finished the day ahead of team-mate Kubica on the timesheet |
| |  | | Trulli locks up under braking as he puts the Lotus through its paces |
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 | | Adrian Sutil topped the morning session for Force India |
| |  | | Bahrain is hosting the season opener for just the second time |
| |  | | Bruno Senna got 17 laps under his belt in the wayward Hispania car before it pitched him off the road |
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