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The media have taken the time to gather around the Red Bull garage, desperate to get as long a view of the new RB13 for as long as possible as Ricciardo is wheeled back into the garage. After a single installation lap, Ricciardo returns to the pit-lane. Only Ricciardo in the Red Bull, Vettel in the Ferrari and Sainz in the Toro Rosso have yet to venture onto the circuit.Ī short time later, Ricciardo elects to enter the circuit to set his first lap.
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Thereafter the other drivers return to pit-lane after their installation laps, only Bottas in the Mercedes spends some time to set the first flying lap of the day. McLaren look to have once again hit trouble. He immediately gets out of the car to chat with his engineers, the mechanics removing the engine covers from his car. After only a single lap, Alonso's McLaren returns to the pit-lane. Following him out of the pit-lane were Bottas, Massa, Magnussen, Ericsson, Sainz, Pérez and Alonso. Īt the start of the day, Nico Hülkenberg in the Renault became the first driver to exit the pits and begin their installation laps. † Massa and Stroll would have taken part on the fourth day, but terminal damage to the car after Stroll's incidents on the third day meant Williams could not compete.
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* Hamilton was going to participate in the morning session, but after the car suffered an electrical fault that took most of the morning to fix, he decided not to take part, leaving Bottas to use the car in the final minutes before the lunch hour.