News Details

Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 in French GP FP1

Lewis Hamilton headed up a one-two finish for Mercedes in opening practice for the French Grand Prix on Friday as Formula 1 made its long-awaited official return to Paul Ricard. Ahead of the first French Grand Prix since 2008, and the first to be held at Paul Ricard since 1990, F1 kicked off its track running with FP1 as Hamilton charged to the top of the timesheets, leading home Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton recorded a fastest lap time of 1m32.231s around the full Paul Ricard layout, finishing 0.140 seconds clear of Bottas in second place as a number of drivers got caught out by windy track conditions. Hamilton himself had a brief scare early in the session when he came...
Full Story »
7y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Paul Ricard FP1: Hamilton heads Mercedes one-two

Did they have the updated engine? Did they not? Whatever the case...
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Hamilton tops red-flagged opening session at Paul...

French Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton lead a Mercedes one-two in a...
7y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Hamilton tops French GP First Practice as fiery...

Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport led the way in free practice one at the...

Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 in opening session

Ahead of today's opening session as F1 returns to Paul Ricard following a...
7y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Ducati anticipates ‘2024 version’ of Francesco...

Ducati Team Manager Davide Tardozzi is “very confident” Francesco...
53m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event

Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'In active talks' – Fabrizio Romano provides...

Fabrizio Romano says Chelsea are in active talks over signing a new...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

League position not a factor as we face another tricky...

Morning all. After our midweek exploits, it's another away trip today,...
2h ago from Arseblog.com

Report: Arsenal rival Bayern Munich for transfer of...

Arsenal are reportedly up against Bayern Munich for the potential transfer...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal now set to target £120m double transfer after...

Arsenal are now reportedly set to switch their focus to Eintracht...
3m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

F1: Ford v Cadillac

Before a wheel has turned in anger, American... Read More »
1h ago from Pitpass.com

Red Bull boss admits they are at the 'very limit' over...

Red Bull powertrains director Ben Hodgkinson has... Read More »
23m ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.