It's 10 am, the first session of practise begins. There are some clouds in the sky but the ambient temperature is pleasant (17°C for 22°C on the track). The rate of humidity borders the 64 % and the wind is relatively weak.

Kimi Räikkönen signs the best time of the morning in 1'20"649. The Finn outstrips his team-mate and Lewis Hamilton. Robert Kubiça fitted between McLaren drivers. For this first session, the battle in the summit is reserved to Ferrari and to its rival of Woking. BMW arbitrates the match… Fernando Alonso and Nelsinho Piquet occupy respectively sixth and seventh ranks. Renault seems more comfortable in track than it was on the completeness of the first three GP. It's encouraging for the continuation of the weekend, let us hope that it made as well !… David Coulthard is eighth. He's followed by Nick Heidfeld and Jenson Button. The British signed a good performance this morning. Timo Glock is eleventh front one disappointing Nico Rosberg. Mark Webber appears only to the thirteenth position. The rest of the classification consists of Jarno Trulli and Kazuki Nakajima. Williams shows itself rather shy… A reaction is waited and wished for this afternoon !... Force India drivers are sixteenth and seventeenth. The advantage is in Adrian Sutil's camp for these practise 1. Rubens Barrichello, eighteenth, outstrips only Toro Rosso and Super Aguri.

The inaccuracies of the morning : 10:06 am, David Coulthard blocks his wheels. Thirty minutes later, Jarno Trulli goes out of the track. 10:53 am, Felipe Massa is victim of his ardour in the first bend. He leaves for spin. Some minutes later, Timo Glock goes out too wide to the bend 7. 11 hours, the faithful lieutenant of Kimi Räikkönen leaves to the fault. The Brazilian is very indistinct this morning. 11:05 am, Anthony Davidson adds his name to the list of the skids of the practise 1. Lewis Hamilton makes many errors also. 11:28 am, Sebastian Vettel goes out too wide in the front last bend.