Australian GP: Positive start for Williams Martini in FP1


By Andrew Hooper
March 24 2017

It would be a positive start to the 2017 Australian GP weekend for the Williams Martin team. Both Felipe Massa and rookie Lance Stroll were able to complete the session with an impressive number of laps as they worked through their programme. Apart from a few rookie mistakes Lance was impressive on his first run in a F1 practice session. Felipe and Lance would finsih in 7th and 13th positions. Quickest was Hamilton.

 
 Williams Martini Australian GP Friday 1st Practice
 
Massa
 

Team Summary:
The Williams Martini team would see Felipe Massa and rookie Lance Stroll finish in seventh and thirteenth positions in the opening Friday practice for the 2017 Australian GP. Both Williams drivers would have a productive session with Felipe and Lance completing twenty eight and twenty nine laps respectively. It was an impressive opening session for Lance but he would make a few rookie mistakes that should be corrected very quickly. Lance would set the first timer of the day so he would briefly be quickest in his first ever F1 practice session. Felipe's first lap would see him second and Lance now fifth.

The Williams drivers would return to the pits after the completion of the first forty minutes of the session. With the end of the session both Williams drivers would complete practice pit stops. Quickest was Hamilton with a 1m:24.220 followed by Bottas and Ricciardo.
 
Stroll
 
Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m24.220s - 22
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1m24.803s 0.583s 25
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m24.886s 0.666s 19
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Renault 1m25.246s 1.026s 19
5 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m25.372s 1.152s 16
6 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m25.464s 1.244s 10
7 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m26.142s 1.922s 28
8 Romain Grosjean Haas/Ferrari 1m26.168s 1.948s 20
9 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1m26.183s 1.963s 15
10 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m26.276s 2.056s 29
11 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Renault 1m26.450s 2.230s 24
12 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso/Renault 1m26.514s 2.294s 25
13 Lance Stroll Williams/Mercedes 1m26.734s 2.514s 29
14 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m27.116s 2.896s 18
15 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m27.348s 3.128s 30
16 Esteban Ocon Force India/Mercedes 1m27.656s 3.436s 23
17 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1m27.667s 3.447s 20
18 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber/Ferrari 1m28.539s 4.319s 22
19 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1m28.585s 4.365s 6
20 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren/Honda 1m28.695s 4.475s 14
 
Massa
 

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