Lewis Hamilton seesaw in Melbourne

Lewis Hamilton went through all the emotions during the first practice session for the Australian Grand Prix, but the day ended in any case on a positive sign for Mercedes who achieved the best times with his two W05s. The first session, however, got off to a bad start for the 2008 world champion who encountered an oil pressure problem requiring a complete change of the engine block. After hard work from the team, the Briton was able to return to the track for the second session of the day and set the best time (1'29"625) ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg, not without completing 37 laps of the track. .

If the fatherpine The mechanical problem that occurred during the first session put a damper on Lewis Hamilton, but the performance of his Silver Arrow nevertheless allowed him to remain optimistic for the rest of the weekend. “It was really a day of two parts. While I was obviously disappointed not to race this morning, these setbacks will happen with the new cars and we will have to get used to them. I seemed to get off on the wrong foot, but then we quickly found the speed and balance in the second session. I was pretty comfortable behind the wheel and overall it's a positive start, but now we need to analyze the data to see where we are. We have a good starting point and we can only hope that it continues tomorrow during the last session before qualifying. »

The final free practice session for the Australian Grand Prix will take place from 4 a.m. French time and can be followed live on AUTOhebdo.fr. Discover the photos of the tests on this link.