British GP: Free Practice 1 - Re-Cap & Results

The British GP weekend got underway yesterday with Free Practice 1 and there were some different faces for this session.

Jolyon Palmer drove in place for Romain Grosjean while Susie Wolff took over for Valtteri Bottas. Sauber had Raffaele Marciello run in place of Marcus Ericsson as well. It was a good experience for the 3 as the weather was good conditions. Sunny and warm, not a rain cloud in sight.

Some issues for Nico Rosberg when he experienced a hydraulics issues and the team told him to stop the car, causing brief Yellow Flags until the Mercedes could be taken back to the pit-lane. However, the team was later reprimanded for covering Rosberg's car when they recovered it. A breach in the regulations as there was no reason to cover the back/front of the car as there was no damage. Rosberg needed a gearbox change but was still able to get back out at the end of the session.

A leak delayed Button's session but McLaren was still able to get both drivers out by the end of the session so they could set times. 

Force India is going into their first race weekend with their new B-spec car. Both Hulkenberg and Perez have noted that the car feels much better and stronger.

Here are the times from the session.

TIMES:

1. Nico Rosberg - 1:34.274 / Mercedes-Mercedes

2. Lewis Hamilton - 1:34.344 / Mercedes-Mercedes

3. Max Verstappen - 1:35.530 / Toro Rosso-Renault

4. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:35.588 / Ferrari-Ferrari

5. Carlos Sainz - 1:35.669 / Toro Rosso-Renault

6. Sebastian Vettel - 1:35.739 / Ferrari-Ferrari

7. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:35.818 / Red Bull-Renault

8. Daniil Kvyat - 1:35.876 / Red Bull-Renault

9. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:36.157 / Force India-Mercedes

10. Felipe Massa - 1:36.469 / Williams-Mercedes

11. Felipe Nasr - 1:36.855 / Sauber-Ferrari

12. Sergio Perez - 1:36.889 / Force India-Mercedes

13. Susie Wolff* - 1:37.242 / Williams-Mercedes

14. Jolyon Palmer* - 1:37.262 / Lotus-Mercedes

15. Raffaele Marciello* - 1:37.372 / Sauber-Ferrari

16. Pastor Maldonado - 1:38.080 / Lotus-Mercedes

17. Fernando Alonso - 1:38.222 / McLaren-Honda

18. Jenson Button - 1:38.860 / McLaren-Honda

19. Will Stevens - 1:38.981 / Manor-Ferrari

20. Roberto Merhi - 1:40.477 / Manor-Ferrari

 

* = Driving in this session only.

----

Article Written By: Amy Hawk

No copyright infringement intended

Follow us on Twitter @F1Insider78