SPAIN GP – FRIDAY PRACTICE RESULTS – KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN SPACE

PRACTICE TWO

Sebastian Vettel was second fastest with a 1.27.260 and Kimi Raikkonen was fourth in 1.27.780, in the second free practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix. This afternoon, both drivers used the two compounds available – Medium and Hard – working on set-up and car balance. In general, the high temperatures did not help in terms of grip nor with the way the tyres were standing up to the conditions. Once again, Lewis Hamilton was fastest for Mercedes with a 1.26.852, while his team-mate Nico Rosberg was third in 1.27.616. [ferrari.com]

That phase was interrupted about 15 minutes when Romain Grosjean’s engine cover became dislodged, scattering large chunks of debris across the track. A brief red flag period ensued and after another spell on the hard compound Pirellis, it was the Ferrari drivers who first made the move to medium tyres for a performance run. [fia.com]

FP2 Times:

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1m26.852s	–	26
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1m27.260s	0.408s	37
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m27.616s	0.764s	35
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m27.780s	0.928s	36
5	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1m27.943s	1.091s	25
6	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m28.017s	1.165s	32
7	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1m28.494s	1.642s	31
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1m28.525s	1.673s	39
9	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m28.674s	1.822s	31
10	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m28.712s	1.860s	36
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	1m28.723s	1.871s	28
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	1m29.086s	2.234s	14
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1m29.098s	2.246s	4
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	1m29.217s	2.365s	34
15	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1m29.333s	2.481s	37
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1m29.361s	2.509s	34
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m29.601s	2.749s	38
18	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m29.707s	2.855s	35
19	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	1m31.929s	5.077s	30
20	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	1m32.751s	5.899s	23

QUOTES

From autosport.com – Kimi: “I don’t know if it was the wind conditions or the circuit, but we have a lot of work to do. It’s not too bad on laptime, but I couldn’t put the lap together because it just didn’t feel very nice at all. We have to see what we can do because the feeling was not good.”

Kimi Team Radios:

FP2: ”I get absolutely nothing out of this” – full radios here.
FP1: “The seat is getting very hot”

PRACTICE ONE

The Spanish Grand Prix, the first of the European races on the Formula 1 calendar, got underway this morning, with the first free practice session. Nico Rosberg was fastest round the Catalunya circuit, with a best lap in 1.26.828. Behind the German came his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton (1.26.898.) Next up where the two SF15-Ts of Sebastian Vettel (1.27.806) and Kimi Raikkonen (1.27.832.) Both men ran Hard tyres, as they tackled an initial evaluation of the new aerodynamic package. [ferrari.com]

FP1 Times:

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m26.828s	–	28
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1m26.898s	0.070s	27
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1m27.806s	0.978s	21
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m27.832s	1.004s	16
5	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m28.132s	1.304s	27
6	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m28.529s	1.701s	23
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1m28.785s	1.957s	7
8	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m28.831s	2.003s	21
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1m29.075s	2.247s	9
10	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1m29.140s	2.312s	14
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m29.409s	2.581s	20
12	Raffaele Marciello	Sauber/Ferrari	1m29.630s	2.802s	15
13	Jolyon Palmer	Lotus/Mercedes	1m29.676s	2.848s	21
14	Susie Wolff	Williams/Mercedes	1m29.708s	2.880s	22
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	1m29.813s	2.985s	22
16	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1m29.817s	2.989s	22
17	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m30.096s	3.268s	19
18	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	1m30.110s	3.282s	7
19	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	1m32.471s	5.643s	22
20	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	1m32.647s	5.819s	20