An improved showing from Red Bull may have surprised some, but not Nico Hulkenberg who enjoyed a solid first day back at work. The German reeled off an almost complete race distance on the opening day's running in Melbourne, which came as a pleasant surprise following a difficult pre-season.'Everything went smoothly,' he said after the second free practice session in Albert Park. 'We could go through our programme pretty much like last year, like a normal Friday.'From that point of view it's been a good day,' he added. 'Obviously we're still learning and trying to optimise the performance of the car but no big issues.'The only real problem came as a result of driver error when 'The Hulk'...
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