F1 heads to America for the first time of the season in Montréal, Canada. Lewis Hamilton was the fastest in FP1 with an ultra-soft set of tyres ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg and of Sebastian Vettel.
Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) was the first one to head out on track ahead of Jolyon Palmer (Renault Sport F1). Palmer who discovered the new Renault engine as well as Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing).
Mercedes brought a lot of new items, especially the “banana” rear-wing and on the front-wing to prepare next week race at Baku in Azerbaijan.
Thirty minutes into the session, Felipe Massa (Williams)lost the grip when the DRS closed, braked on the grass and hit the wall in the first corner, provoking a red flag. When the red flag went out, Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) led the way ahead of Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari). Mercedes drivers had not marked any laptime. Ten minutes later, the session went green again with Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), the first one heading on track for an out-lap like most of drivers before the session went calm again.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), with thirty-five minutes to go, was the last one to set a time just before Rosberg set the fastest time with ultra-soft tyres, beaten right afterwards by his teammate. Lots of mistakes are seen in the last corner as the rules are very severe when one cuts this chicane.
With five minutes to go, Jenson Button (McLaren Honda) was sent out on track with a steaming car which had to be boxed right afterwards.
The timing sheets did not change until the chequered flag, Hamilton leads the way ahead of Robserg and Vettel. Verstappen, Raikkonen, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Sainz, Perez and Alonso complete the top 10.
