Spanish GP: Ferrari 1-2 in Practice 1 as Mercedes sandbags
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| Vettel on the soft Pirellis |
Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen ran 1-2 for Ferrari in the opening practice for the Spanish GP in Barcelona Friday morning. However, whereas Ferrari put up the fast times on soft tires, Mercedes was sandbagging in 3rd (Rosberg) and 4th (Hamilton) on the harder medium tires.
Vettel's lap of 1m23.591s was the only one in the 1m23 sec. range. Raikkonen was not far behind, however, with a time of 1m24.089s.
Rosberg was 1/2-sec. back from Vettel but once they slap on the softer tires they will be in front of the Ferraris.
The Red Bulls were 5th and 6th with Daniel Ricciardo just slightly ahead of Max Verstappen who got his first taste of the Red Bull after being promoted up from Toro Rosso this week.
More to follow….
Results
| Pos | Driver | Car/Engine | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari/Ferrari | 1m23.951s | 0.000s | 22 |
| 2 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari/Ferrari | 1m24.089s | 0.138s | 18 |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes/Mercedes | 1m24.454s | 0.503s | 34 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes/Mercedes | 1m24.611s | 0.660s | 33 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/TAG Heuer | 1m25.416s | 1.465s | 25 |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/TAG Heuer | 1m25.585s | 1.634s | 29 |
| 7 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m25.672s | 1.721s | 36 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1m26.078s | 2.127s | 19 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m26.186s | 2.235s | 32 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1m26.243s | 2.292s | 18 |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault/Renault | 1m26.576s | 2.625s | 30 |
| 12 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1m26.583s | 2.632s | 21 |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m26.938s | 2.987s | 27 |
| 14 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m27.064s | 3.113s | 9 |
| 15 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m27.253s | 3.302s | 27 |
| 16 | Romain Grosjean | Haas/Ferrari | 1m27.258s | 3.307s | 17 |
| 17 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas/Ferrari | 1m27.283s | 3.332s | 18 |
| 18 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m27.392s | 3.441s | 24 |
| 19 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 1m27.610s | 3.659s | 19 |
| 20 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor/Mercedes | 1m28.084s | 4.133s | 29 |
| 21 | Rio Haryanto | Manor/Mercedes | 1m29.052s | 5.101s | 34 |
| 22 | Esteban Ocon | Renault/Renault | – | – | 6 |