Vettel heads up FP3, Stroll crashes
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Sebastian Vettel was fastest in this morning’s FP3 session, by half a second from the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas, after an incident for Lance Stroll curtailed running at the end of the session.
Felipe Massa was disappointed to miss the majority of FP2 with a technical problem, but is confident the team will be able to come back stronger tomorrow.
Jolyon Palmer had limited running during the practice sessions in Australia on Friday, as he was forced to sit out the majority of FP1 with a technical issue, before a crash ended his FP2 session early.
Max Verstappen was happy with where the team ended up after the two Friday practice sessions, but feels there is still room for improvement.
Home boy Daniel Ricciardo was pleased with the teams performance during FP1 this morning, but feels they need to look at what happened in FP2 to take them off the pace.
James Allison believes Mercedes have a strong package for the Australian Grand Prix, and is confident of a top result on Sunday.
Valtteri Bottas was pleased with his first day of running during practice for the Australian Grand Prix on Friday, despite being half a second off the pace of team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
Lewis Hamilton: “I'm super happy to be back in the car, particularly after a first day like that!”
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Lewis Hamilton was pleased with the teams performance on Friday in Australia, after the Brit topped the times in FP2 by five tenths of a second.
Yusuke Hasegawa of Honda, admits he is worried about reliability ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, as well as other weaknesses with the car.
The rule put in place to placate drivers following complaints about a certain drivers movement whilst defending track position last year, has been dropped by the FIA for 2017.
Mercedes and Red Bull were asked to alter the designs of their suspension systems ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, as they did not adhere to the rules.
Bob Bell is looking forward to a strong weekend for the Renault Sport Formula 1 Team, in Australia.
Jolyon Palmer is ready to get the new season under way at the Australian Grand Prix this weekend.
Nico Hulkenberg is looking forward to contesting his first grand prix with the Renault Sport Formula 1 Team, in Australia this weekend.
Daniil Kvyat is excited that the racing will be getting underway again, with the Australian Grand Prix this weekend.
Carlos Sainz Jr is raring to go in Australia, after a long winter break without competition, has left him hungry for some racing action.
Watch Daniel Ricciardo as he previews this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix for Mobil 1 The Grid.
