afx Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 FP2 - Hamilton maintains early advantage Mercedes continued to enjoy the upper hand in Friday afternoon's second practice session in Australia, as Lewis Hamilton lapped more than half a second faster than Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel to top the timesheet once more.PRACTICE TWO RESULTSPOS.DRIVERTIMEGAPLAPS1LEWIS HAMILTON1:23.620 342SEBASTIAN VETTEL1:24.167+0.547s353VALTTERI BOTTAS1:24.176+0.556s344KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN1:24.525+0.905s305DANIEL RICCIARDO1:24.650+1.030s276MAX VERSTAPPEN1:25.013+1.393s87CARLOS SAINZ1:25.084+1.464s348ROMAIN GROSJEAN1:25.436+1.816s299NICO HULKENBERG1:25.478+1.858s3610DANIIL KVYAT1:25.493+1.873s39See full standingsHaving looked mighty quick on the soft tyres, Hamilton slashed 0.6s off his FP1 best when the field switched to ultrasofts, smashing his 2016 pole position time in the process. Vettel couldn't match the Mercedes driver in dipping below 1m 24s, but managed to split the Silver Arrows after edging Valtteri Bottas by 0.009s. Kimi Raikkonen looked a little scruffier than his team mate in the second SF70H, but was the only other driver to get within a second of Hamilton’s marker.Red Bull lost ground from FP1 as they slipped to fifth and sixth. Home favourite Daniel Ricciardo finished just ahead of Max Verstappen, the Dutchman one of several drivers to survive an off-track moment when he ran very wide over the grass and gravel at Turn 12 but kept his RB13 out of the barriers.Renault’s Jolyon Palmer was less lucky, losing the rear of his Renault at the final corner just before the end of the first half hour and bringing out the red flags as hit the wall and rebounded back onto the track. When running resumed, Felipe Massa’s Williams soon ground to a halt at Turn 10 with gear selection problems, the Brazilian having earlier shown impressive pace on the supersofts. Kevin Magnussen also hit technical trouble with his Haas developing an apparent water pressure issue, while Marcus Ericsson’s session came to a premature end when he oversteered off the road and into the gravel at Turn 6 in the latter stages.Behind the expected front three teams, the upper midfield was as close as predicted, with Carlos Sainz an excellent seventh for Toro Rosso, ahead of Haas’s Romain Grosjean, Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg and Sainz’s team mate Daniil Kvyat. Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon struggled a little in their newly liveried Force Indias, sandwiching Fernando Alonso’s McLaren, which ran reliably to P12 and was not as bad as the pessimists had expected.Williams rookie Lance Stroll kept out of trouble and amassed mileage in the wake of his team mate’s demise, while Stoffel Vandoorne bagged a similarly valuable haul of laps in the second McLaren.Right now the advantage appears to lie with Mercedes - or at least with Hamilton - but it remains to be seen whether Ferrari have anything left in their locker as far as qualifying is concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Will be watching it live over the week-end.... GO DAN !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 Great race - I won't spoil it for you in case you haven't seen it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Yep, great, I'm glad I stayed up to watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublin boy Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Thanks for that JC, had to avoid all news until 2 pm my time when the re-run was on!Good racing, the drivers really seem to like the new cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Formula One 2017 Schedule DATE RACE Sun, Mar 2612:00 AM ET Australian Grand PrixAlbert Park Sun, Apr 92:00 AM ET Grand Prix of ChinaShanghai International Circuit Sun, Apr 1611:00 AM ET Grand Prix of BahrainBahrain International Circuit Sun, Apr 308:00 AM ET Russian Grand PrixSochi International Street Circuit Sun, May 148:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of SpainCircuit De Catalunya Sun, May 288:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of MonacoCircuit De Monaco Sun, Jun 112:00 PM ET Grand Prix Of CanadaGilles Villeneuve Circuit Sun, Jun 259:00 AM ET European Grand PrixBaku Street Circuit Sun, Jul 98:00 AM ET Austrian Grand PrixSpielberg Sun, Jul 168:00 AM ET British Grand PrixSilverstone Circuit Sun, Jul 308:00 AM ET Hungarian Grand PrixHungaroring Sun, Aug 278:00 AM ET Grand Prix of BelgiumCircuit Of Spa Francorchamps Sun, Sep 38:00 AM ET Italian Grand PrixAutodromo Nazionale Di Monza Sun, Sep 178:00 AM ET Singapore Grand PrixSingapore Street Circuit Sun, Oct 13:00 AM ET Grand Prix of MalaysiaSepang International Circuit Sun, Oct 81:00 AM ET Japanese Grand PrixSuzuka International Racing Course Sun, Oct 223:00 PM ET United States Grand PrixCircuit Of Americas Sun, Oct 293:00 PM ET Mexican Grand PrixAutodromo Hermanos Rodríguez Sun, Nov 1211:00 AM ET Grand Prix Of BrazilAutodromo Carlos Pace Sun, Nov 268:00 AM ET Abu Dhabi Grand PrixYas Marina Circuit All Formula 1 Cars 1950-2004 Poster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Karson Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Maserati 250F -1958 - French GP, Reims - Scuderia Centro-Sud - Driver, Carroll Shelby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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