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Lewis Hamilton tops opening Brazil practice

Published on 11 Nov 2016 14:29
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By: Dominik Wilde

Lewis Hamilton topped the opening practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix, lapping the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in One minute, 11.895 seconds, just under a tenth of a second faster than Max Verstappen.

The Brit, sporting a special Senna-inspired helmet for this weekend, was two spots ahead of team mate and championship rival Nico Rosberg who was third fastest.

Daniel Ricciardo was fourth fastest for Red Bull Racing, with Valtteri Bottas, celebrating being retained by Williams for 2017, completing the top five.

Sergio Perez was sixth, one spot ahead of team mate Nico Hulkenberg.

Felipe Massa was eighth fastest in what is the first session of his final home Grand Prix, while the Ferrari duo Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen rounded out the top 10, despite a late spin for the German.

The Toro Rosso pair Carlos Sainz and Daniil Kvyat were next up, ahead of the McLarens of Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso.

Romain Grosjean was 15th fastest for Haas, reportedly testing new brake material following a spate of failures.

The second Brazilian driver on the grid, Felipe Nasr, was 16th fastest, ahead of Sauber team mate Marcus Ericsson, Esteban Ocon, Jolyon Palmer and Pascal Wehrlein.

Free practice drivers Charles Leclerc for Haas and Renault's Sergey Sirotkin completed the field.

Sirotkin's session ended earlier than expected due to a technical problem.

F1Grand Prix Brazil - Free practice 1

Interlagos - 11 November 2016

Driver

Team

Time

Difference

#
1

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:11.895

32
2

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

1:11.991

+0.096

29
3

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

1:12.125

+0.230

26
4

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing

1:12.371

+0.476

27
5

Valtteri Bottas

Williams

1:13.129

+1.234

36
6

Sergio Perez

Force India

1:13.289

+1.394

31
7

Nico Hülkenberg

Force India

1:13.293

+1.398

33
8

Felipe Massa

Williams

1:13.318

+1.423

33
9

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

1:13.567

+1.672

24
10

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

1:13.569

+1.674

26
11

Carlos Sainz jr

Toro Rosso

1:13.711

+1.816

22
12

Daniil Kvyat

Toro Rosso

1:14.090

+2.195

15
13

Jenson Button

McLaren

1:14.252

+2.357

27
14

Fernando Alonso

McLaren

1:14.296

+2.401

26
15

Romain Grosjean

Haas F1

1:14.507

+2.612

25
16

Felipe Nasr

Sauber

1:14.631

+2.736

21
17

Marcus Ericsson

Sauber

1:14.654

+2.759

23
18

Esteban Ocon

Manor F1

1:14.827

+2.932

30
19

Jolyon Palmer

Renault

1:14.908

+3.013

32
20

Pascal Wehrlein

Manor F1

1:14.948

+3.053

32
21

Charles Leclerc

Haas F1

1:15.391

+3.496

27
22

Sergey Sirotkin

Renault

1:15.800

+3.905

10

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