Max second in Interlagos opener

Published on 11 November 2016 by Stefan Meens

Max Verstappen had a positive start to his Brazilian Grand Prix weekend with a second place in FP1. The Dutchman split the two Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton setting the fastest quick around the Autódromo José Carlos Pace.

It is a slow start to the session. Max, apart from an installation lap, does not hit the track until half an hour into FP1. When he does steer his car out of the box, he does so on the medium compound. The youngster shows encouraging pace, setting the third quickest time with a 1:13.4.

With half an hour to go, Red Bull Racing mount a set of the soft Pirellis under Max’ RB12. The youngster makes the most of the quickest compound available this weekend. His 1:11.991 is faster than his team mate’s quickest time and Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes. In the end, only Lewis Hamilton clocks a faster lap, meaning Max finishes the first practice session in second, ahead of Nico Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo.

Brazilian Grand Prix - Autódromo José Carlos Pace - Friday 11 November

FREE PRACTICE 1 RESULTS

01 44 Lewis Hamilton      Mercedes                    1:11.895           32
02 33 Max Verstappen      Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:11.991  +0.096s  29
03  6 Nico Rosberg        Mercedes                    1:12.125  +0.230s  26
04  3 Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer   1:12.371  +0.476s  27
05 77 Valtteri Bottas     Williams Mercedes           1:13.129  +1.234s  36
06 11 Sergio Perez        Force India Mercedes        1:13.289  +1.394s  31
07 27 Nico Hulkenberg     Force India Mercedes        1:13.293  +1.398s  33
08 19 Felipe Massa        Williams Mercedes           1:13.318  +1.423s  33
09  5 Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari                     1:13.567  +1.672s  24
10  7 Kimi Räikkönen      Ferrari                     1:13.569  +1.674s  26
11 55 Carlos Sainz        Toro Rosso Ferrari          1:13.711  +1.816s  22
12 26 Daniil Kvyat        Toro Rosso Ferrari          1:14.090  +2.195s  15
13 22 Jenson Button       McLaren Honda               1:14.252  +2.357s  27
14 14 Fernando Alonso     McLaren Honda               1:14.296  +2.401s  26
15  8 Romain Grosjean     Haas Ferrari                1:14.507  +2.612s  25
16 12 Felipe Nasr         Sauber Ferrari              1:14.631  +2.736s  21
17  9 Marcus Ericsson     Sauber Ferrari              1:14.654  +2.759s  23
18 31 Esteban Ocon        MRT Mercedes                1:14.827  +2.932s  30
19 30 Jolyon Palmer       Renault                     1:14.908  +3.013s  32
20 94 Pascal Wehrlein     MRT Mercedes                1:14.948  +3.053s  32
21 50 Charles Leclerc     Haas Ferrari                1:15.391  +3.496s  27
22 46 Sergey Sirotkin     Renault                     1:15.800  +3.905s  10

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