Australian GP: Free Practice 1 - Re-Cap & Times

AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE #1

    The 2016 season started off with wet/windy conditions at Melbourne Grand Prix circuit at Albert Park. Usually we see much hotter weather and no rain puddles on the track. However, wet weather tyres were an option for both this session and in FP2.

    Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz were the only two drivers in this session not to set a time. Sainz had a technical failure with his Toro Rosso and missed most of the session. While there was no red flags this time around, yellows were called out at the end of the session when Ricciardo stopped in the gravel trap.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:29.725 / Mercedes-Mercedes

2. Daniil Kvyat - 1:30.146 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER

3. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:30.875 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER

4. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:31.325 / Force India-Mercedes

5. Max Verstappen - 1:31.720 / Toro Rosso-Ferrari

6. Nico Rosberg - 1:31.814 / Mercedes-Mercedes

7. Fernando Alonso - 1:33.060 / McLaren-Honda

8. Jenson Button - 1:33.129 / McLaren-Honda

9. Sergio Perez - 1:33.370 / Force India-Mercedes

10. Kevin Magnussen - 1:34.060 / Renault-Renault

11. Valtteri Bottas - 1:34.550 / Williams-Mercedes

12. Felipe Massa - 1:34.679 / Williams-Mercedes

13. Felipe Nasr - 1:34.796 / Sauber-Ferrari

14. Jolyon Palmer - 1:35.477 / Renault-Renault

15. Marcus Ericsson - 1:37.956 / Sauber-Ferrari

16. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:40.401 / Manor-Mercedes

17. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:40.754 / Ferrari-Ferrari

18. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:41.780 / Haas-Ferrari

19. Rio Haryanto - 1:43.372 / Manor-Mercedes

20. Romain Grosjean - 1:43.443 / Haas-Ferrari

21. Sebastian Vettel - NO TIME SET / Ferrari-Ferrari

22. Carlos Sainz - NO TIME SET / Toro Rosso-Ferrari

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