Lewis Hamilton set the pace in practice for the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday as Formula One world champions Mercedes responded to the challenge of Ferrari with aerodynamic upgrades. That was a mere 0.029 seconds quicker than Finnish team mate Valtteri Bottas, but nearly a second ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in third place on a sunny morning. "Hopefully the second session can be better and we recover this time. Red Bull's Max Verstappen, last year's winner in Spain on his team debut, was fifth fastest ahead of Australian team mate Daniel Ricciardo. The team had also been hoping for a big step up with aerodynamic upgrades.

Source: dna May 12, 2017 10:17 UTC