At the opening of the session, there are 15°C in the air and 24°C on the track. This morning, the drivers can count on the sun then the clouds and the wind (4 m.s). Let us note that the rate of humidity approaches 55 %. Ten teams engaged in the world championship 2008 will have ninety minutes of extensive practice.

Felipe Massa signs the best time of the morning in 1'27"323. The Brazilian outstrips McLaren drivers. Fernando Alonso is the fourth. Jenson Button settles down in the fifth position. Kazuki Nakajima is classified sixth is seven places of better than Nico Rosberg. Nick Heidfeld is seventh. The top 10 is completed by Rubens Barrichello, Nelsinho Piquet and Timo Glock. Jarno Trulli fails near this group, he is eleventh. Robert Kubiça appears only to the twelfth rank. He outstrips one disappointing Nico Rosberg, thirteenth. Adrian Sutil is fourteenth. German is followed by Giancarlo Fisichella and Red Bull drivers. Sebastien Bourdais is eighteenth. "Bubi-Schumi" and Kimi Räikkönen are the good last ones.

Landmarks of the practice 1: 10:47 am, Kazuki Nakajima leaves to the fault whereas Adrian Sutil goes out of the track. 10:50 am, Jarno Trulli, Adrian Sutil, Lewis Hamilton make some small errors. Nico Rosberg is in skid... 10:54 am, Felipe Massa is draft from his first lap. 10:55 am, Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton leave to the fault. Giancarlo Fisichella won't escape it either. 11:03 am, Felipe Massa makes a big fault. 11:07 am, David Coulthard makes a fault. 11:22 am, Felipe Massa goes out of the track to the bend 8.

To note for the qualifying : Because of the withdrawal of Super Aguri, only five drivers will be eliminated in Q1 and in Q2.