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Raikkonen edges Red Bull for top time in Friday practice

Kimi Raikkonen was the quickest driver in the second practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday. The Lotus driver set a time of 1 minute 34.154 seconds around the 5.4 kilometre Bahrain International Circuit just three-hundredths faster than the Red Bull of Mark Webber. Defending champion Sebastian Vettel was third, a tenth behind Raikkonen’s benchmark time. “Kimi looking very good on option long run. Consistently much quicker than Red Bull and Mercedes towards end. Could well stretch out a two stopper,” reckoned Marc Priestley, a former McLaren mechanic. 'No major drop off for last 5 or 6 laps of 19 lap run on Raikkonen's car, pretty impressive,” he...
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