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FRIDAY PRACTICE MELBOURNE - OPINION

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Friday practice came and went. After 4 months of waiting, it was gone in a flash. FP1 didn't really show us much again as the medium tires held up well in the hot temperatures (which is good). Lewis was 4th fastest in the Mercedes, not too far away from Vettel. As expected, after all that sandbagging in testing, red Bull unleashed their power in both practice session and topped the timesheets with Vettel leading the way on both. FP2 was where the supersofts came out as the teams needed to understand how they're going to attack qualifying with those. And how to go for a longer first stint with full fuel. Lewis set the 8th fastest time although his running was hampered by a crash that ruined his attempts. For a full report on FP1 click here . For full FP1 times, click here . For a full report on FP1 click here . For full FP1 times, click here . Now what worries me more is not Mercedes' reliability as Rosberg had to stop just before the end of FP2 with a gearbox prob...