It must be obvious to say now this season, but Mercedes AMG Petronas has finished fastest in the first Free Practice session at the British Grand Prix. Setting a time of 1:35.424, Nico Rosberg was easily the fastest man on track – indeed he was the only driver to break the 1:35 barrier – team mate Lewis Hamilton could only manage 1:36.155 as he fell behind the German. It was a close run thing for Rosberg at points as his ERS system suffered a failure for five minutes during the middle of the session, thankfully for the team it turned out to be a non issue. In third place, and looking longingly towards Sunday was Fernando Alonso in a Ferrari that seems to be on the money. He was...
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