Practice 1 Times:
01 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:15.382 22 laps
02 F. Massa Ferrari 1:15.447 22 laps
03 F. Al0nso McLaren 1:16.154 19 laps
04 N. Rosberg Williams 1:16.214 24 laps
05 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:16.268 24 laps
06 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:16.277 20 laps
07 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:16.338 25 laps
08 A. Wurz Williams 1:16.407 23 laps
09 R. Kubica BMW 1:16.441 19 laps
10 J. Trulli Toyota 1:16.603 26 laps
11 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:16.895 32 laps
12 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:16.967 22 laps
13 R. Barrichello Honda 1:16.990 25 laps
14 J. Button Honda 1:17.047 24 laps
15 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:17.103 33 laps
16 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:17.166 26 laps
17 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:17.168 26 laps
18 G. Fisichella Renault 1:17.226 20 laps
19 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:17.348 21 laps
20 M. Webber Red Bull 1:17.435 26 laps
21 C. Albers Spyker F1 1:18.178 28 laps
22 A. Sutil Spyker F1 1:18.419 15 laps
Planet F1:
Ferrari's French GP weekend got off to a good start on Friday morning with Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa setting the fastest lap times.
Raikkonen won the closely fought battle between the Scuderia's drivers, clocking a 1:15.382, which put him 0.065s ahead of Massa.
McLaren had to settle for second best for the first time in a while as Fernando Alonso's fastest lap time, a 1:16.154 was almost three quarters of a second off the pace.
Nico Rosberg and David Coulthard both improved in the final ten minutes of the session to get ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who did not have a great start to his weekend.
26 minutes in the session, and having yet to set a lap time, the McLaren rookie broke down on track. It took over 20 minutes for the team to get his car back to the pits, where they worked furiously to solve the problem.
Hamilton eventually made his way back out on track with 30 minutes left to play and worked his way up to fourth place.
The Championship leader, though, wasn't the only driver to suffer problems in Practice One.
Heikki Kovalainen had to have dry ice thrown over the back of his car as smoke poured out of the brake ducts of his Renault, while Jarno Trulli's Toyota came to a halt halfway down the pit-lane as the session was ending.
There were also off-track excursions for many of the drivers, including Alonso, Jenson Button and Takuma Sato.
Meanwhile Robert Kubica drove his BMW for the first time since his horrific accident at the Canadian GP. The Polish driver posted the ninth best time, 1.059s off Raikkonen's pace.
-- Glad to see a Ferrari 1-2, even if it's just during practice.
*** 2007 French GP ***
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