Kimi Raikkonen headed a Ferrari one-two in definite practice at the Spanish Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton third snappiest for Mercedes. Ferrari, with Sebastian Vettel 0.242 seconds slower than Raikkonen, turned the tables on Mercedes after Hamilton set the pace in both Friday sessions.
Hamilton was 0.381 seconds slower than Raikkonen, with Bottas a further 0.273secs off after engine issues. The Finn missed seventy five percent of the session as Mercedes changed his engine.
The team found a water spill in the new engine that had been designated for Bottas this end of the week and expected to supplant it with the one he utilized as a part of the initial four races. Bottas got out toward the finish of the session for one run.
Vettel likewise kept running into engine issues toward the finish of the session – the German, who is driving the title by 13 focuses, ceased in the pit path when taking off for a last run and must be pushed back to the carport.
Ferrari said there was “no genuine engine issue, however we are supplanting a few sections precautionally” before qualifying, which begins at 13:00 BST.
The silver cars commanded Friday running, speediest on both one lap and with a considerably a greater amount of favorable position on the long keeps running, on which teams mimic race pace.
Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg took seventh, 0.645secs off the Red Bulls and in front of Williams’ Felipe Massa, Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz and McLaren’s Fernando Alonso.
The Spaniard was only 1.879secs off the pace, a vastly improved begin to the day for McLaren and engine accomplice Honda than on Friday, when Alonso endured a huge engine disappointment on his initially lap out of the pits.
A short time later, the Spaniard forgotten about an endeavor by Honda F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa to converse with him, as his disappointments with Honda’s under-execution mount.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fifth speediest from team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, the Dutchman who won this race a year ago only 0.157secs off Bottas and 0.654secs slower than Raikkonen, obviously affirming that the team have made a noteworthy stride towards the pace with a redesign for this race.
