Ahead of today's opening session the air temperature is 25 degrees C, while the track temperature is 37 degrees. More than most other GP weekends, this opening practice session is pretty unrepresentative and meaningless, what with it taking much earlier in the day than both qualifying and the race. Nonetheless, with new bits to try and four drivers making the Melbourne debut, there is some work to do. On the other hand, with rain showers and even thunderstorms forecast for Saturday and Sunday, the teams may want to get in some dry testing for Bahrain and China before conditions deteriorate tomorrow. The lights go green and Vettel leads the way followed by Grosjean, Ericsson and Alonso....
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