08:21
Just shy of 20 laps for the afternoon already and Lewis Hamilton now moves into fourth place with a time of 1:23.398. Within 0.3s of new team-mate Bottas, giving Mercedes a timesheet three-four at the moment.
Mercedes are also now on their 100th lap of the opening day!
08:22
But it's Felipe Massa who jumps from second to first on the timesheet with a new quickest lap of the day of 1:22.727 - which is several tenths faster than we saw at Barcelona testing at any point last winter. ON SOFTS
Williams carrying some fuel in that car. You can tell from the way its accelerating.
We get on the power later than some of the other cars after the chicane. That is not a good news, but maybe they can improve it.
Vettel's out on softs :)
15:38 The Ferrari looking OK. Vettel seems to have a level of grip that is similar to Hamilton. So that's promising for Ferrari, as the car certainly wasn't running out of grip. Still early days but from what we are seeing right now, which is only a few laps at Turn 3, Ferrari could be on a position to give Mercedes a bit of a fight.
Gary Anderson
LAST YEAR'S TIME BEATEN
Massa had already beaten the fastest testing time from last year, but this latest time now means he's now gone two tenths faster than the fastest lap set from last year's pre-season testing!
He's the only man on the circuit currently.
Drive it like you stole it!
08:49
Faster again for Felipe Massa
The Brazilian veteran puts in a 1:22.536 on the soft tyres
He's now two tenths clear at the top of the charts - and faster than any car managed to go last year in testing at Barcelona
Vettel Ferrari SF70-H 1:22.475 71 ●
And still with medium tyres
Drive it like you stole it!
Vettel Ferrari SF70-H 1:22.475 71 , still on the mediums :)
VETTEL RETURNS TO THE TOP!
Despite not setting a personal best in sectors one or two, Vettel does a big personal best final sector to take P1 away from Williams and Felipe Massa.
A 1:22.475 is enough for a half-tenth lead on the time sheet.
Update posted on 16:57:06
Drive it like you stole it!
they seem to have found some decent setup for sector 3 => Vettel returns to the top!
Despite not setting a personal best in sectors one or two, Vettel does a big personal best final sector to take P1 away from Williams and Felipe Massa.
Looks like Arrivabene and Resta have told about menu earlier :)
Vettel Ferrari SF70-H 1:22.370 75 Faster again
and still on mediums
RedBull is out the rest of the afternoon due to battery issues(Ricci's car)........Max?????
now hamilton got excited :) Hamilton Mercedes W08 1:21.765 24 , ON SOFTS
Another fastest lap of the day from Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari.
Still running on medium tyres, the former world champion bolts round in a time of 1:22.370
His next lap is a 1:23.421
Racing is life and life is a risk - Michael schumacher
Ferrari with led lights under the floor of the car!
Probably checking tyre deformation
F1 show biz 2016 :
Toto - "Ferrari are a real threat" .... Nico - "Awesome, everything is just awesome" .....Lulu - "Mental strength man, lifestyle man, I'll drive at 400% as ever man".... and then suddenly a wild Bull out of nowhere slams into a Ferrari.
DRIVER TEAM CHASSIS TIME DIFF. #
1. Hamilton Mercedes W08 1:21.765 24 ●
2. Massa Williams FW40 1:22.076 +0.311 64 ●
3. Vettel Ferrari SF70-H 1:22.370 +0.605 75 ●
4. Bottas Mercedes W08 1:23.169 +1.404 79 ● PIT
5. Perez Force India VJM10 1:23.709 +1.944 39 ● PIT
6. Sainz jr Toro Rosso STR12 1:24.830 +3.065 42 ● PIT
7. Magnussen Haas F1 VF-17 1:25.260 +3.495 29 ● PIT
8. Hülkenberg Renault RS17 1:25.966 +4.201 32 ● PIT
9. Ericsson Sauber C36 1:26.841 +5.076 65 ● PIT
10. Ricciardo Red Bull Racing RB13 1:27.881 +6.116 8 ● PIT
11. Alonso McLaren MCL32 no time 1 ● PIT
Vettel: 283.4 max speed. The Maranello engine 3D printer is working
We have good max speed, good looking lap time... I'd kill for knowledge about this year PP time on this track :)
Mclaren is out(alonso)......engine problems....they just did 2 laps
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