Italian GP: Free Practice #1 - Re-Cap & Times

ITALIAN GP - FREE PRACTICE #1 - RE-CAP & TIMES 

    It was Lewis Hamilton who topped a slightly rainy first practice session at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. The Mercedes driver set a fastest time of 1:21.537. Team-mate, Bottas, was close behind with a 1:21.972. Vettel, Raikkonen and Ricciardo completed the top 5.

    Towards the end of the session, drivers started to report drops of rain falling. There was plenty of rain predicted for the future sessions as well. 

    Haas F1 Team had originally planned on running Italian driver, Antonio Giovinazzi, in place of Magnussen, but changed their minds. It is now said that Giovinazzi will run in Singapore 2 weeks from now.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:21.537 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Valtteri Bottas - 1:21.972 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

3. Sebastian Vettel - 1:22.652 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

4. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:22.689 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

5. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:22.742 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia

6. Max Verstappen - 1:22.749 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands

7. Sergio Perez - 1:23.317 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

8. Esteban Ocon - 1:23.400 / Force India-Mercedes / France

9. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:23.465 / McLaren-Honda / Belgium

10. Felipe Massa - 1:23.561 / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil

11. Carlos Sainz - 1:23.680 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Spain

12. Kevin Magnussen - 1:23.973 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

13. Lance Stroll - 1:23.991 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

14. Daniil Kvyat - 1:24.012 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia

15. Fernando Alonso - 1:24.015 / McLaren-Honda / Spain

16. Romain Grosjean - 1:24.079 / Haas-Ferrari / France

17. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:24.542 / Renault-Renault / Germany

18. Jolyon Palmer - 1:25.166 / Renault-Renault / Great Britain

19. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:25.223 / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany

20. Marcus Ericsson - 1:25.687 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

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