Force India8217;s Adrian Sutil has set the fastest time in the opening practice session of the Formula One season at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Sutil8217;s lap time of 1 minute,56.583 seconds at Sakhir was just under two-tenths of a second faster than Ferrari8217;s Fernando Alonso.
Robert Kubica of Renault was third ahead of Ferrari8217;s Felipe Massa,with McLaren pair Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton next.
Michael Schumacher8217;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 8211; nephew of three-time champion Ayrton Senna.