Raikkonen fastest at Spa

Updated 14.52 Fri Sep 14 2007

Kimi Raikkonen was fatest in first practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.

The Finn proved he had recovered from a high-speed crash during the 90-minute session as he posted a time of one minute 47.339 seconds at the seven-kilometre Spa circuit.

Raikkonen remains 18 points behind Hamilton

World championship leader Lewis Hamilton was half a second slower and his team-mate Fernando Alonso was a further 0.113 seconds behind.

But Raikkonen remains 18 points behind Hamilton.

Nick Heidfeld was fourth fastest and Nico Rosberg was fifth.

Raikkonen's team-mate Felipe Massa lost control of his Ferrari and drove into a gravel trap.

Jenson Button was tenth for Honda, just under two seconds behind Raikkonen, and David Coulthard was 14th.

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