News Details

Alonso tops first practice, Hamilton's Mercedes breaks down

Fernando Alonso was the first driver out on track this season and ended with the quickest time in the first practice session for the Australian Grand Prix on Friday while favourite Lewis Hamilton’s run ended early. Alonso set a time of 1 minute 31.840 seconds around the Albert Park circuit, about half a second quicker than the McLaren of Jenson Button, suggesting Ferrari may have come up with a competitive car in Melbourne. Pre-season testing indicated that Mercedes was on top of the new regulations, which include V6 engines entwined with energy recovery systems, but the factory team suffered a blow in its first Grand Prix outing. Hamilton’s session ended after just five...
Full Story »
11y ago from F1Pulse.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alonso tops opening Melbourne practice

– Fernando Alonso set the standard during Friday's first free...
11y ago from GPUpdate.net

P1: Hamilton out early

Opening practice for world title favourite Lewis Hamilton lasted less than...
11y ago from SkySports.com

Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne - Friday free...

1. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 31.840s 2. Jenson Button...
11y ago from Crash.net

Alonso tops opening practice session of 2014 in...

Fernando Alonso ended the opening session of the 2014 season at the top...
11y ago from RichlandF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marco Bezzecchi explained what ‘key moment' he...

Marco Bezzecchi explained his first lap was the "key moment"...

MotoGP to return to Buenos Aires from 2027 season

MotoGP has officially announced that the Grand Prix of Argentina will...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

O’Ward explains the multiple steps that came...

Pato O’Ward won Sunday’s IndyCar race from the streets of Toronto,...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Kyffin Simpson’s confidence ‘very high right...

When Kyffin Simpson crossed the finish line in Sunday’s Honda Indy...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar Toronto – Race Results

IndyCar completed its sole visit across the border this weekend, with a...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Why is Brazilian Joao Pedro considered homegrown...

A recent report from The Express has outlined why Chelsea's Joao Pedro is...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arteta reveals fascinating restrictions that held...

Mikel Arteta has offered a candid glimpse into the physical and tactical...
1h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Talks this week: Chelsea make club-to-club contact to...

Chelsea are interested in signing Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig during the...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal midfielder could be 'banned' from first-team...

Arsenal midfielder Max Dowman might not be allowed to enter the senior...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.