“The cars didn’t look too good, they weren’t glued to the track like you would see in FP3 and Qualifying when the track grips up,” he said. With Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull all inside the top three, and the first 10 cars covered by a second, Sky F1’s Martin Brundle believes it bodes well for the weekend ahead. The circuit is ramping up all the time, but as a starting point both guys seem pretty comfortable,” Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said. “The boys seem pretty content for the first session. Ricciardo ended the session in fifth, behind Valtteri Bottas and 0.429 of a second shy of Hamilton’s fastest time - but still closer to P1 than he was in the same session last year, where he was almost eight tenths adrift of the Englishman. The Spanish Grand Prix winner headed a diverse top three, with world championship leader Sebastian Vettel just under two tenths adrift in second for Ferrari, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen a further 0.15 of a second away in third.ġ2 MONTHS ON: Ricciardo jokes about pit bungle that cost him win Button is making a one-off return as a stand-in for Fernando Alonso while the Spaniard competes at the Indianapolis 500.īutton’s return even included a cheeky overtake on Hamilton out of the tunnel in the final minutes.īut there was yet more misery for the unfortunate Jolyon Palmer as the Renault driver’s wretched season continued to lurch from bad to worse due to an engine blow-out. Jenson Button was an impressive 12th for McLaren, all-but matching Stoffel Vandoorne on his return to F1. Toro Rosso emerged as the surprise package of the weekend with both Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz in the top five around a circuit which doesn’t highlight the relative weakness of their Renault engine. Team-mate Max Verstappen had what he described as “a messy session” and was sixth. The Mercedes W08 car is longer than its Ferrari’s rivals and the design feature appeared to saddle the world champions with a critical disadvantage around the legendary tight and twisty street circuit.ĭaniel Ricciardo, so impressive at Monaco twelve months ago, was second fastest for Red Bull but still half a second behind Vettel.
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