Massa fastest in 1st practice
2008-09-05 12:15
Belgium - Felipe Massa edged Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen to set the fastest time in Friday's first practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix.
The two drivers stayed in front of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, the leader in the world standings, and his teammate Heikki Kovalainen.
In cold and damp conditions with a speck of rain, Massa set a time of 1 minute 47.284 seconds at the 7.004- km Spa-Francorchamps circuit, beating Raikkonen, the defending world champion, by .339 seconds.
Hamilton had a time of 1:47.878, for an edge of .054 over Finland's Kovalainen.
A second practice session is set for later on Friday, ahead of Saturday's qualifying.
- AP