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

With another F1 weekend underway, it's time to go over the first practice session at Monza. While most of the fans are there for Ferrari, there's nothing anyone can do to stop the Mercedes power dominance. Both Hamilton and Rosberg topped the session & While Vettel was in the top 3, it was Force India that rounded up the top 5, despite Hulkenberg having a fuel leak late in the sesssion.

Not an easy session for the young Toro Rosso duo. Verstappen reported multiple problems with braking and vibrations and team-mate, Sainz, was out early in the session due to sliding off track and getting stranded in the gravel. Verstappen also has a 10-Place-Grid-Penalty for the race this weekend.

Other drivers with penalties include both McLaren drivers due to more component changes. Button has a 5-Place-Grid-Penalty & Alonso has a 10-Place-Grid-Penalty. Both Red Bull drivers will also be taking 10 places each, meaning we're already up to a combined total of 45-grid-space-penalties. Not quite as much as Spa but.. There could be more before Sunday's race.

Here are the times from the session.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:24.670 / Mercedes-Mercedes
2. Nico Rosberg - 1:25.133 / Mercedes-Mercedes
3. Sebastian Vettel - 1:26.258 / Ferrari-Ferrari
4. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:26.612 / Force India-Mercedes
5. Sergio Perez - 1:26.730 / Force India-Mercedes
6. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:26.783 / Ferrari-Ferrari
7. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:26.922 / Red Bull-Renault
8. Felipe Massa - 1:26.936 / Williams-Mercedes
9. Valtteri Bottas - 1:27.075 / Williams-Mercedes
10. Pastor Maldonado - 1:27.118 / Lotus-Mercedes
11. Felipe Nasr - 1:27.232 / Sauber-Ferrari
12. Daniil Kvyat - 1:27.275 / Red Bull-Renault
13. Marcus Ericsson - 1:27.454 / Sauber-Ferrari
14. Max Verstappen - 1:27.591 / Toro Rosso-Renault
15. Jolyon Palmer* - 1:27.669 / Lotus-Mercedes
16. Carlos Sainz - 1:27.907 / Toro Rosso-Renault
17. Fernando Alonso - 1:28.023 / McLaren-Honda
18. Jenson Button - 1:28.423 / McLaren-Honda
19. Will Stevens - 1:29.853 / Manor-Ferrari
20. Roberto Merhi - 1:29.911 / Manor-Ferrari

* = Driving in this session only

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