French GP: Free Practice #1 - RE-CAP & TIMES

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

    Mercedes led the first practice session of the weekend and it was Lewis Hamilton taking the top spot with a 1:32.231. Bottas wasn't far behind with a 1:32.371.

    Daniel Ricciardo, who is rumoured to be heading to McLaren in 2019, finished behind them in third, while both Ferrari drivers competed the top 5. Raikkonen finished 4th with a 1:33.003 and Vettel in 5th with a 1:33.172.

    Marcus Ericsson crashed toward the very end of the session at Turn 11 and the Sauber was soon up in flames. The car was damaged quite a bit from the whole ordeal but Ericsson was not injured, despite the heavy impact. His team-mate, Leclerc, finished the session in 13th with a 1:34.513.

    Max Verstappen missed quite a bit of the session due to mechanical issues with his Red Bull. Despite this, he still finished inside the top 10, in 7th, with a 1:33.331.

    The hometown drivers, Grosjean, Gasly and Ocon finished 6th, 8th and 12th respectively.

     Sergio Perez and Kevin Magnussen were also part of the top 10.

    

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:32.231 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Valtteri Bottas - 1:32.371 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

3. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:32.527 /Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia

4. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:33.003 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

5. Sebastian Vettel - 1:33.172 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

6. Romain Grosjean - 1:33.318 / Haas-Ferrari / France

7. Max Verstappen - 1:33.331 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands

8. Pierre Gasly - 1:33.685 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France

9. Sergio Perez - 1:33.719 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

10. Kevin Magnussen - 1:34.108 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

11. Carlos Sainz - 1:34.258 / Renault-Renault / Spain

12. Esteban Ocon - 1:34.484 / Force India-Mercedes / France

13. Charles Leclerc - 1:34.513 / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco

14. Marcus Ericsson - 1:34.592 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

15. Brendon Hartley - 1:34.664 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand

16. Fernando Alonso - 1:34.862 / McLaren-Renault / Spain

17. Lance Stroll - 1:34.881 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

18. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:34.993 / Renault-Renault / Germany

19. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:35.021 / McLaren-Renault / Belgium

20. Sergey Sirotkin - 1:35.105 / Williams-Mercedes / Russia 

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