Spanish Grand Prix 2018 FP1 results: Bottas and Hamilton deliver in Barcelona
LEWIS HAMILTON finished the first practice session in Barcelona in second place - behind team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
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Bottas produced a time of 1:18.148 to give himself a 0.849s gap from the field.
Hamilton is followed by the usual faces of Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen in third and fourth.
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo crashed out and may struggle to get running again for the second session later today.
We've seen quite a few cars going off there. There is a bit of a tailwind and a bit gusty there and it looks like it's caught him out unfortunately," Christian Horner says of Ricciardo's crash.
"It's obviously not ideal. He will miss the rest of this session and the guys will get turned round for the next session. But it won't compromise his car-spec.
"The wind is the big issue, especially into Turn 4. Tailwinds with these cars look quite sensitive."
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Spanish Grand Prix P1 results
1. Bottas 1:18.148
2. Hamilton
3. Vettel
4. Verstappen
5. Raikkonen
6. Alonso
7. Ricciardo
8. Grosjean
9. Vandoorne
10. Gasly
Spanish Grand Prix schedule
Free Practice 1, Friday May 11, 10am-11.30am
FP2, Friday May 11, 2pm-3.30pm
FP3, Saturday May 12, 11am-midday
Qualifying, Saturday May 12, 2pm-3pm
Race, Sunday May 13, 2.10pm-4.10pm