Montmelo - The Mercedes racer immediately shot in the first practice of Spanish GP 2017. Valtteri Bottas recorded the fastest time, followed by Lewis Hamilton.
In the first free practice session, Friday (11/05/2018), Bottas posted the best lap time of 1 minute 18.148 seconds or 0.849 seconds above Lewis Hamilton.
Two Ferrari riders, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, show potential threats by taking third and fifth positions. They flank the Max Verstappen (Red Bull).
Daniel Ricciardo, Verstappen teammate, initially had time to occupy the third position. But he later experienced an incident that helped bring up a virtual safety car.
Conditions on the track helped make Bottas, Vettel, Marcus Ericsson, Brendon Hartley, and Romain Grosjean had time to twist in some parts of the track at the beginning of this first training session.
Trajectory activity on this day will still continue into the second exercise which is scheduled to take place at 20: 00-21: 30 WIB.
GP1 GP Spain Results:
- Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 1m 18.148s
- Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 1m 18.997s
- Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari 1m 19.098s
- Max Verstappen NED Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 1m 19.187s
- Kimi Raikkonen FIN Scuderia Ferrari 1m 19.499s
- Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren F1 Team 1m 19.858s
- Daniel Ricciardo Aus Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 1m 19.871s
- Romain Grosjean FRA Haas F1 Team 1m 19.906s
- Stoffel Vandoorne BEL McLaren F1 Team 1m 20.083s
- Pierre Gasly TRD Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 1m 20.508s
- Kevin Magnussen DEN Haas F1 Team 1m 20.637s
- Charles Leclerc MON Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 1m 20,665s
- Sergio Perez MEX Sahara Force India F1 Team 1m 20.924s
- Marcus Ericsson SWE Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 1m 20.984s
- Carlos Sainz Jr. ESP Renault Sport Formula One Team 1m 21.053s
- Esteban Ocon FRA Sahara Force India F1 Team 1m 21.144s
- Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault Sport Formula One Team 1m 21.159s
- Brendon Hartley NZL Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 1m 21.373s
- Robert Kubica POL Williams Martini Racing 1m 21.510s *
- Lance Stroll CAN Williams Martini Racing 1m 22.756s