Nico Rosberg rose to the challenge by lapping faster than Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday. The German, who has been beaten by the double Formula One world champion in all three races so far this season, topped the timesheets with a best time of one minute 34.647 seconds on soft tyres in the second, floodlit session. Hamilton was second overall, 0.115 slower, but ended the day with a stewards' enquiry hanging over him and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen for possible pit lane infringements. The Mercedes drivers had accused each other of driving too slowly, Hamilton in dictating the race pace and Rosberg for failing to overtake him, after last...
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