News Details

FP1: Vettel draws first blood ahead of Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel put in a late effort to start the final race of the season with a P1 as he edged Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Friday's first practice may have signalled the beginning of the end for the 2017 F1 season but that didn't stop teams are running updates. Ferrari trialed a new diffuser that came with a crazy array of aero sensors on Kimi Raikkonen's car while Mercedes ran a new front wing.  Lewis Hamilton on the soft tyres led the way at the start before losing out to Raikkonen, running without the sensors, and Daniel Ricciardo. With the ultrasoft Pirellis bolted onto his SF70H, Raikkonen clocked a 1:40.638 before lowering the benchmark time to a 1:39.841....
Full Story »
8y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Abu Dhabi the last race of good looking F1 cars -...

Lewis Hamilton says the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be the last time good...
8y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Hamilton: The last race of F1 cars looking good

Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo have accepted the...
8y ago from Crash.net

Vettel and Hamilton joke about Baku clash

There was a relaxed atmosphere at the final drivers' press conference of...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Rivals Hamilton, Vettel United Over Halo Fitted 2018...

The two four-time F1 champions Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Can Aprilia dethrone Ducati in the 2026 MotoGP title...

The conclusion of the 2025 MotoGP season saw an unprecedented level of...
45m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Aprilia Racing presents 2026 MotoGP livery

Aprilia Racing kicked off 2026 by unveiling its newest MotoGP livery in...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou delivers takedown of McLaren F1 drivers...

IndyCar champion Alex Palou has delivered a takedown of both McLaren...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal’s power statement shows this time they have...

st-leg victory at Stamford Bridge displayed the hallmarks of another...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

Paul Merson predicts Manchester United vs Manchester...

Arsenal failed to win against Liverpool last time out in the Premier...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“My pocket was empty the last year” - Arsenal...

Arsenal defender William Saliba said he is ‘tired’ of finishing the...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.