Finally what happened today was just awesome! Nico Rosberg beat team-mate Lewis Hamilton in first practice at the Belgian GP regardless of a troublesome session. Rosberg endured a motor issue at an early stage and did not record a period until part of the way through the session yet wound up 0.242 seconds snappier than Hamilton in second. Daniel Ricciardo underlined the progression forward Red Bull have made with their car in late races by taking third. The session was hindered by an accident for Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado. The Venezuelan lost control at the Malmedy right-hander at the highest point of the circuit and spun into the boundary within the track, harming the front of the car. The episode legitimized Lotus’ choice to spare their sole illustration of another front-wing outline they have conveyed to this race for his team-mate Romain Grosjean, who won’t drive until the second session in the wake of giving his car to save driver Jolyon Palmer for the first. The Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel were fourth and fifth, in front of the second Red Bull of Daniil Kvyat and the Toro Rosso cars of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr.
Power India’s Sergio Perez and Williams’ Valtteri Bottas finished the main 10. The updated Honda motor in the McLarens was a failure, with Fernando Alonso setting the sixteenth speediest time and Jenson Button eighteenth. The Spaniard was 0.723secs unmistakable of the Englishman. Honda F1 boss Yasuhisa Arai had said he trusted the burning move up to the motor for this race would carry the Japanese organization level with the motor execution of Ferrari, viewed as a nearby second to standard-setters Mercedes. Be that as it may, the pace trap times demonstrated that, in any event in the particular in which it was running on Friday morning, the Honda was still far off that. Alonso was around 15km/h slower than Hamilton’s Mercedes through the pace trap toward the end of the long straight after Eau Rouge.
By difference, he coordinated the pace of the speediest car, Ricciardo’s Red Bull, at the second speed trap, which is between the Stavelot and Paul Frere corners toward the end of the second area, and is a measure of corner way out speed more than motor force. Ricciardo’s pace was to a great degree noteworthy – the Australian was only 0.049secs slower than Hamilton over the lap on the track where he took his third and latest F1 triumph in this race a year ago. Red Bull have gained critical ground with their car taking after an update at the British Grand Prix two races back and they are currently competing with Mercedes for the honor of best frame in F1.
