MALAYSIA GP – FRIDAY PRACTICE RESULTS

PRACTICE TWO

Scuderia Ferrari: Once again, Kimi Raikkonen posted the second fastest time at the Sepang circuit, in the second free practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix. And also just like in the morning, it was a Mercedes that was fastest, this time that of Lewis Hamilton (1.39.790.) Kimi did a 1.40.163, while in the other SF15-T, Sebastian Vettel was seventh with a 1.40.652. Both Ferrari men worked on a programme that focused on a comparison of the Hard and Medium tyres and some set-up work.

FP2 Times:

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1m39.790s	–	16
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m40.163s	0.373s	29
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m40.218s	0.428s	26
4	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1m40.346s	0.556s	17
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1m40.450s	0.660s	31
6	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m40.560s	0.770s	27
7	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1m40.652s	0.862s	29
8	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m41.220s	1.430s	30
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1m41.261s	1.471s	30
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1m41.799s	2.009s	8
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	1m41.877s	2.087s	15
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1m41.988s	2.198s	30
13	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m42.242s	2.452s	24
14	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m42.291s	2.501s	31
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m42.330s	2.540s	28
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	1m42.506s	2.716s	25
17	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1m42.637s	2.847s	24
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	1m42.948s	3.158s	7
19	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	1m45.704s	5.914s	12
20	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	1m47.229s	7.439s	6

QUOTES

Kimi Raikkonen: “Today we did all we were supposed to do. In the morning the feeling with the car was better, in the afternoon was a bit more tricky, we had some handling issues and some problems with the wind and the heat, but the laptime were not so bad. Unluckily we had red flag when we went out with new softer tyres.The car is still not perfect, but I’m sure we can improve for tomorrow. We have some work to do on the set up to make everything easier, but we’ll do our best and we’ll see where we end up in qualifying”.

From ESPN: “I don’t know what the others did. I just jumped out of the car and I am here. I will have to look at what the others did, but we have more to do and I think we have to still improve because we are struggling a bit. The car is still not perfect.”

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PRACTICE ONE

Scuderia Ferrari: The Ferraris finished the first free practice session of the Malaysian Grand Prix in second and third places. Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes was fastest in this first bit of action for the second race weekend of the season, with a time of 1.40.124. The two Ferrari men split an aerodynamic evaluation programme, running two sets of the Hard tyre on the demanding Malaysian track. Kimi Raikkonen completed 17 laps, to finish behind Rosberg with a 1.40.497, while team-mate Sebastian Vettel managed just 13, (1.40.985) after having to spend much of the session in the garage while the cooling system was checked.

FP1 Times:

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m40.124s	–	20
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m40.497s	0.373s	17
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1m40.985s	0.861s	13
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	1m41.543s	1.419s	14
5	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m41.596s	1.472s	26
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1m41.787s	1.663s	15
7	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m41.803s	1.679s	23
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1m41.882s	1.758s	23
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1m42.055s	1.931s	18
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1m42.064s	1.940s	16
11	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m42.103s	1.979s	23
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	1m42.567s	2.443s	19
13	Raffaele Marciello	Sauber/Ferrari	1m42.621s	2.497s	13
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	1m42.885s	2.761s	20
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m42.893s	2.769s	13
16	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m43.054s	2.930s	15
17	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1m43.100s	2.976s	19
18	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	1m46.686s	6.562s	8
19	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	1m47.683s	7.559s	8
20	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	–	–	4