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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