Felipe Massa, FerrariFerrari kicked off its Bahrain Grand Prix
weekend with a 1-2 for Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso in
Friday morning practice.  Hot on the heels of Alonso's
commanding victory for the team in China, Ferrari continued to
underline that its 2013 Formula 1 car is a front-runner on
merit.  In a typically cagey opening session on the dusty Sakhir
track, all the front-runners waited long into practice before
actually going for flying laps, and Ferrari held off longest of
all.  Nearly an hour had elapsed by the time Alonso and Massa
showed their hand, and they immediately went quickest, as first
Alonso did a 1m34.564s, then Massa beat it by 0.077 second with
a 1m34.487s a few minutes later.  They duly stayed on top as
everyone, as usual, focused on heavy fuel and tire endurance for
the remaining half an hour.  Nico Rosberg had been fastest for
Mercedes prior to the Ferraris' laps, and retained third,
0.134sec off the pace.  Sebastian Vettel was the leading Red
Bull in fourth, three places ahead o