Kimi Raikkonen celebrated the extension of his contract with Ferrari by topping the Belgian Grand Prix timesheet on Friday mornings first practice session.
The Finn clocked in with 1:45.502, just edging out Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and team mate Sebastian Vettel in a sunny and dry session.
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Raikkonen’s fastest lap was achieved on the ultra-soft Pirelli compound while Hamilton, just 0.053s adrift was set on the soft tyre, making the Brit’s performance all that more impressive.
Red Bull Racing duo Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen rounded out the top five while Valtteri Bottas ended his morning in P6 after a slight mishap at the exit of Fagnes when the W08 brushed the barrier, subsequently requiring minor repairs.
The same couldn’t be said for Felipe Massa’s Williams however. The Brazilian lost the rear end at the exit of Les Combes, wiping off the right corner of his FW40 and putting his afternoon free practice session in jeopardy as the team contemplated a chassis change.
Carlos Sainz and Dany Kvyat both put Toro Rosso in the top ten along with Esteban Ocon’s Force India and Stoffel Vandoorne’s McLaren.
Belgian Grand Prix – Free Practice 1 results
1
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
1:45.502s
13
2
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:45.555s
+ 0.053s
19
3
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1:45.647s
+ 0.145s
13
4
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:46.302s
+ 0.800s
18
5
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull
1:46.352s
+ 0.850s
22
6
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
1:46.424s
+ 0.922s
20
7
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso
1:47.446s
+ 1.944s
22
8
Esteban Ocon
Force India
1:47.670s
+ 2.168s
27
9
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso
1:47.851s
+ 2.349s
20
10
Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren
1:47.865s
+ 2.363s
18
11
Jolyon Palmer
Renault
1:47.930s
+ 2.428s
14
12
Nico Hülkenberg
Renault
1:48.037s
+ 2.535s
15
13
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
1:48.252s
+ 2.750s
18
14
Sergio Pérez
Force India
1:48.452s
+ 2.950s
19
15
Lance Stroll
Williams
1:48.541s
+ 3.039s
24
16
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
1:48.615s
+ 3.113s
20
17
Romain Grosjean
Haas
1:48.626s
+ 3.124s
20
18
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber
1:50.160s
+ 4.658s
21
19
Pascal Wehrlein
Sauber
1:51.263s
+ 5.761s
13
20
Felipe Massa
Williams
3
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