#F1 2017 AUSTRALIA DRIVERS#

Max Verstappen reported an early gear selection problem in the other Red Bull but wound up fourth, just clear of the two Ferraris.

No other team bothered to run the softest-compound Pirellis, with Red Bull leading the super-soft charge.ĭaniel Ricciardo kicked off his home grand prix with the third-fastest time, 0.6s slower than Hamilton and the only non-Mercedes driver to dip below the 1m25s barrier. Hamilton made no such error when his turn came, and the three-time champion ended up more than half a second clear as he vaulted to the top on a 1m24.220s. The Finn was the first to switch to ultra-soft tyres, and he improved to a 1m24.803s despite a mistake in the final sector on his best lap. Constructors' Championships: 1 ()Drivers' Championships: 1 (Lewis Hamilton, 2017)The Mercedes AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+ was a Mercedes-Benz Formula One racing car designed and developed under the direction of Paddy Lowe, Aldo Costa, Geoff Willis, Loc Serra, Russell Cooley, John Owen, Mike Elliott and Jarrod Murphy to compete during the 2017 Formula One World Championship.

#F1 2017 AUSTRALIA DRIVERS#

The Mercedes drivers led as soon as the class of 2017 started, posting representative laptimes, with Bottas holding the early advantage with a 1m25.142s on super-softs.

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