Posted on 5th September 2015
In the first FP1 session in Monza, Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets ahead of his team mate Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel and has carried on where he left off in Belgium two weeks ago.
During the session, we saw Carlos Sainz Jr spinning off the circuit at the Parabolica corner. Sainz Jr suffered with gearbox problems during the session as he headed to brake at the Parabolica corner, the car spun at the rear, beeched him into the gravel and he had to jump out of the car as a result of this. Sainz Jr got out of the car okay and the session was red flag in order to recover Sainz Jr’s Toro Rosso.
We also saw in the last ten minutes of the session Felipe Massa going off the track at the second Lesmo corner but was able to continue on during the session and we also saw Sebastian Vettel spinning at Turn 1 but was able to get going again.
But it was Lewis Hamilton who topped the timesheets with a lap time of 1.24.670. ahead of his team mate Nico Rosberg in second place who was 0.463 seconds behind him but was ahead of Sebastian Vettel who finished in third place who was 1.588 seconds behind the Mercedes of Hamilton.
Nico Hulkenberg finished the session in fourth place ahead of his team mate Aergio Perez in fifth place, Kimi Raikkonen in sixth place and Daniel Ricciardo in seventh place. Felipe Massa ended the session in eighth place ahead of his team mate Valteri Bottas in ninth place and Pastor Maldonado who rounds off the top ten finishers.
Fellipe Nasr ended the session in eleventh place ahead of Daniil Kvyat in twelfth place, Marcus Ericsson in thirteenth place, Max Verstappen in fourteenth place and Jolyon Palmer in fifteenth place.
As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Carlos Sainz Jr finished the session in sixteenth place despite his spin on the track ahead of Fernando Alonso in seventeenth place, Jenson Button in eighteenth place and the two Manor drivers of Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi finishing in nineteenth and twentieth places.
The classification of FP1 for the Italian GP is as follows:-
1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1.24.670
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 0.463s
3. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1.588s
4. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, 1.942s
5. Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, 2.060s
6. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 2.252s
7. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, 2.252s
8. Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 2.266s
9. Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, 2.405s
10. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes, 2.448s
11. Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, 2.562s
12. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull Renault, 2.605s
13. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari, 2.784s
14. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 2.921s
15. Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso, 2.060s
16. Jolyon Palmer, Lotus-Mercedes, 2.999s
17. Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, 3.353s
18. Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda, 3.753s
19. Will Stevens, Manor, 5.183s
20. Roberto Merhi, Manor, 5.241s
Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa
