Sentence examples for before first practice from inspiring English sources
"We are more or less in the same situation as we were two days ago before first practice," he said.
Perez was told of the development no more than an hour before first practice started.
The Belgian rookie had to fly overnight from Japan, where he had been testing in the Super Formula car he races there, and arrived in Bahrain only hours before first practice on Friday.
BBC pitlane reporter Tom Clarkson grabbed a word with him just before first practice, and Rossi said: "Things came about quite quickly and I think everyone was a little surprised but I am grateful for the opportunity.
Kimi Raikkonen won the season-opener and there are just five days before first practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, while the Spanish Grand Prix on 12 May is traditionally where teams will bring big car updates.
That runs until 03 00 GMT before second practice gets under way at 05 30 GMT.
highlights of FP1 online if you want a quick catch up before second practice gets under way.
In the couple of hours before second practice the Texas sky emptied every last bit of precipitation it had in it.
Then there is a break for a couple of hours to have lunch (or supper for those in Singapore where it will be around 8pm) before second practice starts at 14 30 BST.
"That was my welcome to college football," Garton said last week before his first practice of camp.
