Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:27.323		16
2	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.456	0.133	17
3	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.752	0.429	15
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:28.284	0.961	16
5	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:28.919	1.596	12
6	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:29.002	1.679	19
7	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW	1:29.024	1.701	21
8	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:29.068	1.745	11
9	6	Nelson Piquet	Renault	1:29.082	1.759	23
10	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:29.103	1.780	19
11	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:29.329	2.006	24
12	4	Robert Kubica	BMW	1:29.330	2.007	7
13	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:29.367	2.044	20
14	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:29.756	2.433	23
15	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India	1:29.811	2.488	23
16	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:30.088	2.765	21
17	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:30.340	3.017	13
18	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:30.388	3.065	19
19	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:30.426	3.103	21
20	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:30.732	3.409	3

A quiet, slippery start in Turkey
May 9 (GMM)  Morning practice got off to a quiet start at Istanbul Park on Friday.

The 'Otodrom' venue was declared wet by race control just prior to the green light at 10am, after circuit workers left the racing line between turns 3 and 9 damp following a late spate of cleaning activities.

For almost the entire opening hour of the 90 minute session, most runners opted simply for a one-lap installation before returning to the pits to wait for the circuit to dry.

Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel said the track was "particularly slippery" through the awesome turn 8 left-handers, and once the action got underway deep into the session, a few drivers - including Jarno Trulli, Giancarlo Fisichella, Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa - had spins.

Meanwhile, race stewards are likely to look dimly upon Force India driver Fisichella's apparent running of the red light at the very beginning of the session.

Gearbox problem for Raikkonen in Turkey
May 9 (GMM)  World champion Kimi Raikkonen was stranded in last place in Friday morning practice at Istanbul, following a gearbox problem.

The Finn managed only three laps in his F2008, but word from the pitlane is that the broken unit will be repaired rather than replaced ahead of the afternoon session at 2pm.

Raikkonen's troubles were in stark contrast to the fortunes of his teammate, Felipe Massa, who topped the time sheets, despite a few spins.