Vettel takes the lead during Australian FP1
F1 Grand Prix, GP Australia, Albert Park
As most might have expected, the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel has run the quickest lap on Friday morning during FP1, with the German followed by two Ferrari's of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso. All three front runners were on the prime (medium) compound and mainly ran towards the end of the free practice session.
Results
Pos. | Driver | Team | /Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
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1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m27.211s | - | 16 | |
2. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m27.289s | + 0.078s | 17 | |
3. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m27.547s | + 0.336s | 16 | |
4. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m27.552s | + 0.341s | 18 | |
5. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m27.668s | + 0.457s | 18 | |
6. | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1m27.877s | + 0.666s | 17 | |
7. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m28.013s | + 0.802s | 17 | |
8. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m28.426s | + 1.215s | 19 | |
9. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m28.440s | + 1.229s | 19 | |
10. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m28.520s | + 1.309s | 15 | |
11. | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m28.597s | + 1.386s | 19 | |
12. | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m28.786s | + 1.575s | 19 | |
13. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m28.910s | + 1.699s | 18 | |
14. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m29.443s | + 2.232s | 20 | |
15. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1m29.928s | + 2.717s | 19 | |
16. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m30.203s | + 2.992s | 17 | |
17. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m30.729s | + 3.518s | 17 | |
18. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m30.969s | + 3.758s | 19 | |
19. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m31.263s | + 4.052s | 24 | |
20. | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m32.176s | + 4.965s | 23 | |
21. | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1m32.274s | + 5.063s | 21 | |
22. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1m32.388s | + 5.177s | 18 |