“Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the opening practice session for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix.
Mercedes duo Hamilton and Nico Rosberg dominated the opening period, finishing well ahead of the chasing pack.
Hamilton was 0.415 seconds faster than Rosberg, who was over a second ahead of the Lotus of Romain Grosjean in third.
Mercedes-powered cars dominated practice at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, which is characterised by three long straights. Four of the top five fastest cars in the session were powered by the Mercedes powerplant.
Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg was fourth fastest, followed by the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel and the Williams of Felipe Massa,” wrote James Roberts on Friday June 5, 2015 for Autosport.
Roberts continued, “Hamilton set the early pace on the soft tyre and remained at the top of the timing sheets for the next 90 minutes.
When pushing harder with half an hour to go he spun at the Turn 10 hairpin but was able to continue unharmed.
Shortly afterwards he mentioned on his team radio that he was losing time with his upshifts.”
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Raymond Matt, CFP, CLU, TEP, CHS
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