The first two free practice sessions of the season were run in consistent conditions on a dry track and temperatures which ranged between 35 and 39 degrees Celsius. They were notable for the generally high reliability in the majority of the cars, and enabled most of the teams to sample Pirelli’s hard and medium rubber and to do some useful race running…MercedesLewis Hamilton, No time/1m 29.625s, P1Nico Rosberg, 1m 32.604s, P6/1m 29.782s, P2Mercedes’ day could scarcely have got off to a worse start when Hamilton’s F1 W05 ground to a halt after only 12 minutes when a sensor calibration problem shut things down as a precaution. But by the second session he leapt up to...
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