Sakhir: Force India's Adrian Sutil has set the fastest time in the opening practice session of the Formula One season at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Sutil's lap time of 1 minute, 56.583 seconds at Sakhir was just under two-tenths of a second faster than Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
Robert Kubica of Renault was third ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa, with McLaren pair Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton next.
Michael Schumacher's first practice in three years produced a 10th-best time of 1:57.662 in his Mercedes.
Hispania, which missed all of preseason testing, got three laps under its belt courtesy of Bruno Senna - nephew of three-time champion Ayrton Senna.
