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F1 2018 Testing Day 5/ Week 2 Day 1 (F1 2018 News)

1,256 views · Published 6 March 2018 · 8:28 · Indexed 10 November 2026

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Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly ended the day fifth fastest, behind Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari, Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas, Red Bull's Max Verstappen and world champion Lewis Hamilton, who took over the Mercedes from Bottas at lunch time.

However, Toro Rosso apears to have potentially hit trouble on Tuesday, the car failing to get out of the pits at all in the afternoon session.

And Verstappen was another driver to stop on track in the afternoon.

Vettel's fastest time of one minute 20.396 seconds was set on the 'medium' tyre and put him 0.2secs ahead of Bottas on the theoretically faster 'soft' tyre. Verstappen was just 0.053secs slower than the Mercedes on the medium.

The opening race of the 2018 season is the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne's Albert Park on 23-25 March.

Fastest times, first day, morning session

1. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:20.396

2. Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes 1:20.596 *

3. Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull-Renault 1:20.649

4. Lewis Hamilton (GB) Mercedes 1:20.808 *

5. Pierre Gasly (Fra) Toro Rosso-Honda 1:20.973 *

6. Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas-Ferrari 1:21.298 *

7. Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:21.432

8. Carlos Sainz (Spa) Renault 1:21.455 *

9. Sergey Sirotkin (Rus) Williams-Mercedes 1:21.588 *

10. Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India-Mercedes 1:21.643 *

11. Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:21.706 **

12. Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel) McLaren-Renault 1:21.946 **

13. Lance Stroll (Can) Williams-Mercedes 1:22.937 ****

**** = time set on hyper-soft tyre; ** = super-soft tyre; * = soft; all others medium

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