Mercedes 1-2 in opening German GP practice
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| Nico Rosberg |
Once again this weekend in Germany, Mercedes is proving their cars are the only ones that can win in F1 thanks to Aldo Costa’s genius design. Nico Rosberg set the pace in first practice for his home Formula 1 grand prix in Germany ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton. They comprised the Mercedes row a full 1-second clear of the rest.
Its nearest challenger was Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was just over a second back in third with his teammate 2/10th back in 4th completing the Ferrari row.
The Red Bull pair Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo were fifth and sixth quickest, separated by 0.162s to make up the Red Bull third row.
Fernando Alonso was seventh fastest in his McLaren, followed by teammate Jenson Button, to complete the 4th row – the McLaren row.
Toro Rosso pair Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz Jr rounded out the top 10, to complete the 5th row – the Toro Rosso row.
With all the cars lined up by team order it’s clear F1 is 99% car and 1 % driver.
RESULTS:
| Pos | Driver | Car/Engine | Time | Behind | Laps | F1 99% car 1% driver check |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes/Mercedes | 1m15.517s | 0.000s | 32 | Mercedes Row |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes/Mercedes | 1m15.843s | 0.326s | 30 | Mercedes Row |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari/Ferrari | 1m16.667s | 1.150s | 29 | Ferrari Row |
| 4 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari/Ferrari | 1m16.852s | 1.335s | 23 | Ferrari Row |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Renault | 1m16.927s | 1.410s | 29 | Red Bull Row |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m17.089s | 1.572s | 30 | Red Bull Row |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1m17.183s | 1.666s | 18 | McLaren Row |
| 8 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 1m17.612s | 2.095s | 15 | McLaren Row |
| 9 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1m18.008s | 2.491s | 25 | Toro Rosso Row |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1m18.044s | 2.527s | 22 | Toro Rosso Row |
| 11 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m18.198s | 2.681s | 28 | |
| 12 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m18.210s | 2.693s | 37 | Williams Row |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m18.322s | 2.805s | 33 | Williams Row |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | Haas/Ferrari | 1m18.589s | 3.072s | 20 | Haas Row but Leclerc new |
| 15 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m18.591s | 3.074s | 35 | Force India Row |
| 16 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m18.628s | 3.111s | 29 | Force India Row |
| 17 | Charles Leclerc | Haas/Ferrari | 1m18.882s | 3.365s | 32 | |
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault/Renault | 1m18.933s | 3.416s | 35 | |
| 19 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m18.961s | 3.444s | 22 | Oops a Sauber split the Renault row |
| 20 | Esteban Ocon | Renault/Renault | 1m18.981s | 3.464s | 30 | |
| 21 | Rio Haryanto | Manor/Mercedes | 1m19.167s | 3.650s | 34 | Manor Row |
| 22 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor/Mercedes | 1m19.975s | 4.458s | 33 | Manor Row |