(UTV|COLOMBO) – Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes were in imperious form in the first practice session of the new Formula 1 season.
The world champion was 0.551secs clear of team-mate Valtteri Bottas and 0.745 clear of Max Verstappen’s Red Bull.
However, the Dutchman did not run the fastest ultra-soft tyre and neither did Ferrari drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in fourth and fifth.
Fernando Alonso recovered from reliability problems to be eighth quickest, behind Haas’ Romain Grosjean.
Courtesy: BBC Sport
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