Waiting for a weekend that promises eventful Japan – weather forces – the hierarchy has hardly been shaken in the first free practice sessions on Friday. Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton are costarred on Mercedes. And competition has not been spared.
It is 15:30 Suzuka ends when the second session of free practice for the Grand Prix of Japan. At this time, no one knows the context of Sunday’s race, while the typhoon threat Phanfone the Japanese coast. Expected Sunday night in the Kansai region, near Nagoya, disruption worries paddocks but not Bernie Ecclestone, with all costs keep the Grand Prix to its original schedule, ie 15h 8h so here in France. No question of the great financier of the F1 race forward and put in jeopardy the European audiences …
Until a formal decision – probably not until Saturday morning – the first sessions Japanese free have been held normally on Friday. With lessons hardly surprising since Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, both drivers pledged under, have once again dominated the copiously, offering a session each driving their Mercedes. If Fernando Alonso had a say in the first instance, not failing at the first named five tenths in the morning, no one could compete with rival brothers in the afternoon.
Ferrari fell to the 6th and 7th place, about 1 “5 time reference signed by Lewis Hamilton (1’35″ 078), behind Valtteri Bottas (Williams), Jenson Button (McLaren) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), which in turn were pushed to more than one second and two tenths. This means if Mercedes promises once again to crush the competition. Especially since Daniel Ricciardo, the only man to have made a place at the top this season noses and beards protected Brackley (in Canada, Hungary and Belgium), is made a mistake in the second session Japanese, seriously damaging his RB10 straight out in a turn.
A concern also met by Kamui Kobayashi, a huge guilty of misconduct from his third round when his stable, Caterham, accused of serious financial problems, and Esteban Gutierrez Sauber. Jean-Eric Vergne, he was not bad either. Supplemented this morning announced the prodigy Max Verstappen youngest driver ever observed in F1, the Francilien initially inherited a Toro Rosso in broken engine, losing a few minutes early in the session. Victim of an electronic whim just joined the fray, “JEV” finally managed to cover 19 laps and invite in 11th (1’37 “219), however, ending his session at the stop, the engine … A smoking symptom that does not bode well for the rest of the weekend.
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