The activities of the Australian Grand Prix began with the launch of the first two free practice sessions. The sessions were dominated by Ferrari drivers: Carlos Sainz remained the leader in practice one, while Charles Leclerc did so in two. On board the RB12 of the Red Bull Racing team, Mexican Sergio Pérez won third and fifth places, respectively.
The 2022 Formula 1 season is now in its third date of the calendar with the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne as the stage. With a time difference of 15 hours compared to Mexico, the cars took to the track during the early hours of this Friday, April 8. Outside the Austrian and Italian teams, Alpine was the most regular with Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon in the first places.
In the first free practice the best time was set by Spaniard Sainz when he stopped the timer at 1:19 .806. His teammate Leclerc followed with +0.571. In third place Checo Perez with +0.593 and in fourth place Verstappen with +0.820. Lando Norris, Esteban Ocon, Lewis Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo, Fernando Alonso and Valtteri Bottas completed the top ten positions.
Already in the second practice, it was Ferrari again who led the session. Leclerc recorded 1:18 .978 to put himself in the first position. On the podium of the second training session it was set up by the same teams as in the first. However, there was a change in order. This time, in second place was Verstappen with +0.245. In the third Sainz with 0.398. Alonso, Perez, Ocon, Bottas, Norris, Gasly and Ricciardo was the order of the rest of the competitors who completed the top 10.
“It's been quite a challenge. We made some changes for this afternoon that we need to analyze. Some things aren't working as expected, so it's been a tough day in terms of mileage. But I think we have very good data for tonight. There is a lot to work on, to try to understand the direction we have taken,” said the Mexican at the end of the activities on the first day of the Australian Grand Prix.
The third, and final, free practice will take place at 22:00 this Friday (13:00 on Saturday in Australia), while qualifying will be three hours later. Finally, the race will start at 00:00 hours on Sunday the 10th of April. Checo is currently ranked seventh in the World Drivers' Championship standings with 12 points. So far this season, the Mexican had a retreat in Bahrain and fourth place in Saudi Arabia.
Australian GP 2019:13th place with Racing Point.
Australian GP 2018:11th place with Force India.
Australian GP 2017:7th place with Force India.
Australian GP 2016:13th place with Force India.
Australian GP 2015:10th place with Force India.
Australian GP 2014:10th place with Force India.
Australian GP 2013:11th place with McLaren.
Australian GP 2012:8th place with Sauber.
Australian GP 2011: disqualified with Sauber.
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