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Vettel leads Friday Practice under problems

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Practice 1

In the first practice session, Nico Rosberg dominated the session in front of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Kimi Räikkönen was third and his teammate, Sebastian Vettel last. The German driver had engine problems during the session.

Who also had problems is Fernando Alonso, with electronic problems. In Toro Rosso had understeer problems.

But the main problem for everyone was the breaking point at turn 1 and turn 8 where the drivers went off a lot of times in both sessions.

Practice 2

In the second practice the early minutes were dominated by the Mercedes and the Ferrari with soft tyres.

But the important thing was the following laps with the supersoft tyres that made Sebastian Vettel the fastest of the session in front of Rosberg, Räikkönen, Maldonado and Hamilton.

Sebastian Vettel had gearbox problems, and Jenson Button had once again problems with the Honda engine.

Results FP1:

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Lap Time
1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:10,401
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:10,709 + 0,308
3 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:11,028 + 0,627
4 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:11,452 + 1,051
5 12 Felipe Nasr (R) Sauber-Ferrari 1:11,633 + 1,232
6 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:11,642 + 1,241
7 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:11,724 + 1,323
8 33 Max Verstappen (R) Toro Rosso-Renault 1:11,825 + 1,424
9 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:11,890 + 1,489
10 11 Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:11,905 + 1,504
11 55 Carlos Sainz (R) Toro Rosso-Renault 1:11,948 + 1,547
12 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes 1:12,004 + 1,603
13 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:12,031 + 1,630
14 30 Jolyon Palmer Lotus-Mercedes 1:12,050 + 1,649
15 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1:12,159 + 1,758
16 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 1:12,920 + 2,519
17 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 1:13,272 + 2,871
18 28 Will Stevens Manor-Ferrari 1:13,937 + 3,536
19 98 Roberto Merhi (R) Manor-Ferrari 1:15,459 + 5,058
20 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:15,684 + 5,283

Results FP2:

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Lap Time
1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:9,600
2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:9,611 + 0,011
3 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:9,860 + 0,260
4 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes 1:9,914 + 0,314
5 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:10,137 + 0,537
6 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:10,160 + 0,560
7 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Mercedes 1:10,267 + 0,667
8 33 Max Verstappen (R) Toro Rosso-Renault 1:10,356 + 0,756
9 12 Felipe Nasr (R) Sauber-Ferrari 1:10,495 + 0,895
10 11 Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:10,585 + 0,985
11 55 Carlos Sainz (R) Toro Rosso-Renault 1:10,631 + 1,031
12 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:10,686 + 1,086
13 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1:10,744 + 1,144
14 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:10,746 + 1,146
15 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:11,517 + 1,917
16 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 1:11,676 + 2,076
17 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:11,919 + 2,319
18 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 1:12,522 + 2,922
19 28 Will Stevens Manor-Ferrari 1:9,600 + 0,000
20 98 Roberto Merhi (R) Manor-Ferrari 1:0,000 + 0,000