Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas set the pace in practice in Shanghai ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix. In FP1, the Ferrari driver was two tenths faster than his Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton, however, the Englishman didn’t set his fastest time on the softest tyre compound. In FP2, Bottas was two-hundredths
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CHINESE GP – Sebastian Vettel edges out Lewis Hamilton by two tenths in first practice
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel set the pace in the first practice for this weekends Chinese Grand Prix. The German was two tenths faster than his Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton, however, the Englishman didn’t set his fastest time on the softest tyre compound. Vettel went into this weekend admitted that he “can do
Notebook – Australian Practice
Despite his claims that Mercedes were on the back foot going into this weekends opening race in Melbourne, Lewis Hamilton topped both of the practice sessions. In FP1, the five times champion was three hundredths off a second faster than his expected title rival Sebastian Vettel. While he was four
Notebook – Friday Abu Dhabi
Red Bull and Mercedes lead the way in practice ahead of this weekend’s season finale in Abu Dhabi. In the early session, Max Verstappen edged out his Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo by four and a half tenths. While in the twilight conditions Valtteri Bottas edged out both the Red
Notebook – Japanese Practice
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas made it a Mercedes one-two in both of Friday’s practice sessions for the Japanese Grand Prix. In FP1, Hamilton was four tenths faster than Bottas, while Daniel Ricciardo was half a second off. In FP2, Hamilton and Bottas continued to set the pace, but the advantage
SINGAPORE GP – Hamilton’s “sexy lap” sees him on pole by three tenths over Verstappen
Lewis Hamilton has beaten Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by three-tenths of a second to take pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix. The four times champion pulled out one of his “epic, sexy lap” laps to beat the Dutchman on his first run in Q3. Hamilton was forced to back out
Notebook – Singapore Practice
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen topped the times in Friday’s practice sessions for this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. In FP1, Ricciardo set a 01:39.7 on the hypersofts to put himself two tenths ahead of his teammate Max Verstappen, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel third. While in FP2, Raikkonen was
SINGAPORE GP – Kimi Raikkonen fastest in FP2 by a hundredth over Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was fastest by one-hundredth of a second over the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton in the second practice session for this weekend Singapore Grand Prix. The Finn set his fastest time early on using the Ultrasoft tyres. His lap time put him faster than the Mercedes, after his teammate
SINGAPORE GP – Daniel Ricciardo fastest by two tenths over Max Verstappen in FP1
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was fastest in the first practice session for this weekends Singapore Grand Prix. The Australian set a 39.7 on the hypersofts to put himself two tenths ahead of his teammate Max Verstappen, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel third. Ricciardo’s lap was three seconds faster than his best time
Notebook – Italian Practice
Sergio Perez and Sebastian Vettel topped the times in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. In the wet FP1, Perez set the fastest time by half a second over Kimi Raikkonen as the circuit improved rapidly. In the dry FP1, it was Vettel who was a quarter of a second