Malaysian GP first practice comments and results!
Results:
1.Max Verstappen NED Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1m 48.962s
2.Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1m 49.719s
3.Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren-Honda 1m 50.597s
4.Kimi Raikkonen FIN Scuderia Ferrari 1m 50.734s
5.Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari 1m 51.009s
6.Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 1m 51.518s
7.Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 1m 52.007s
8.Lance Stroll CAN Williams Martini Racing-Mercedes 1m 52.295s
9.Pierre Gasly FRA Scuderia Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 52.380s
10.Sergey Sirotkin RUS Renault Sport F1 1m 53.521s
11.Jolyon Palmer GBR Renault Sport F1 1m 53.625s
12.Stoffel Vandoorne BEL McLaren-Honda 1m 53.771s
13.Esteban Ocon FRA Sahara Force India-Mercedes 1m 53.896s
14.Seal Gelael IDN Scuderia Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 54.610s
15.Sergio Perez MEX Sahara Force India-Mercedes 1m 54.669s
16.Charles Leclerc MON Sauber-Ferrari 1m 55.280s
17.Pascal Wehrlein GER Sauber-Ferrari 1m 55.652s
18.Romain Grosjean FRA Haas-Ferrari 1m 56.211s
19.Antonio Giovinazzi ITA Haas-Ferrari 1m 56.339s
20.Felipe Massa BRA Williams Martini Racing-Mercedes No time set
04:42
“Everything is good, track is good as well, not so much standing water,” says Gasly
04:40
Just Mercedes, Red Bull and Force India yet to head out
04:37
Gasly now heads out for his first lap as a Formula 1 race driver!
04:36
Giovinazzi is told to be careful due to “very cold” brakes
04:34
Raikkonen reports some “cutting” from the engine
04:33
Alonso is running the ‘halo’ on his installation lap
04:32
Alonso, Raikkonen and Vettel are quick to head out – all of them obviously on the Full Wet tyre
04:31
Green light! FP1 is (finally) go
04:27
Nonetheless, we will soon be underway!
04:18
It’s still very, very wet…
04:18
Bernd Maylander has taken the Safety Car back out to assess the current conditions
04:12
Rain is lingering and moving very slowly westwards
04:12
An improvement in conditions is expected by 11:30-12:00 local time
04:04
But it does not look as though the session will be starting anytime soon…
04:04
Antonio Giovinazzi (Haas), Sergey Sirotkin (Renault) and Sean Gelael (Toro Rosso) are also set to run
04:03
Charles Leclerc was ready to go for his first of four runs with Sauber – he is now speaking with his manager, Nicolas Todt
04:01
04:01
Drivers are now hopping out of their cars – Bottas takes a seat at the back of the Mercedes garage
03:57
The start of FP1 has been delayed “indefinitely” due to the rain
03:56
That is not good news for Gasly and the host of Friday runners, who would have been looking for representative dry running
03:55
It is still raining heavily out there
03:55
An update on the weather as the session start approaches:
03:55
Gasly will compete in Malaysia and Japan (back-to-back sequence), but plans beyond that have not yet been confirmed
03:52
03:50
Sepang was the first of the new breed of Formula 1 tracks, designed by Hermann Tilke, and hosted its first race back in 1999
03:49
Malaysia is hosting its final Grand Prix this weekend, after reaching an agreement with F1 chiefs to end its deal a year early
03:48
And the rain is only getting heavier…
03:45
We’re set for a wet opening session at the Sepang International Circuit:
03:44
Hello and welcome to live coverage of first practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix!
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