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F1 Australian Grand Prix preview
10.03.2016: This year the F1 teams had just eight days of running in which to prepare
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This year the F1 teams had just eight days of running in which to prepare their cars for the season-opener in Australia, but who made the best use of the limited track time and who came up short?
What shape are World Champions Mercedes in? And how about newcomers Haas?
According to 888sport.com the biggest chance to win the 20th Australian Grand Prix 2016 is still with Mercedes, Hamilton on top followed by Rosberg, Ferrari with Vettel followed by Raikkonen, Red Bull with Ricciardo followed by Williams with Bottas.
As the dust settles in Barcelona, we take a team-by-team look at all of the action from the shortest pre-season in history:
Mercedes
Nico Rosberg, 1:23.022, 656 laps
Lewis Hamilton, 1:23.622, 638 laps
Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen, 1:22.765, 403 laps
Sebastian Vettel, 1:22.810, 488 laps
Force India
Nico Hulkenberg, 1:23.110, 357 laps
Sergio Perez, 1:23.650, 289 laps
Alfonso Celis, 1:24.840, 133 laps
Toro Rosso
Carlos Sainz, 1:23.134, 515 laps
Max Verstappen, 1:23.382, 534 laps
Williams
Felipe Massa, 1:23.193, 411 laps
Valtteri Bottas, 1:23.229, 445 laps
Red Bull
Daniel Ricciardo , 1:23.525, 457 laps
Daniil Kvyat, 1:24.293, 360 laps
Renault
Kevin Magnussen, 1:23.933, 509 laps
Jolyon Palmer, 1:24.859, 267 laps
McLaren
Jenson Button, 1:24.714, 377 laps
Fernando Alonso, 1:24.735, 333 laps
Sauber
Felipe Nasr, 1:24.760, 455 laps
Marcus Ericsson, 1:25.031, 383 laps
Manor
Pascal Wehrlein, 1:24.913, 252 laps
Rio Haryanto, 1:25.899, 232 laps
Haas
Romain Grosjean, 1:25.255, 257 laps
Esteban Gutierrez, 1:25.422, 217 laps
Top 5 aggregate test times from Barcelona 2016:
1 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari SF16-H 1:22.765 403
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF16-H 1:22.810 0.045 488
3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid 1:23.022 0.257 656
4 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes VJM09 1:23.110 0.345 357
5 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR11 1:23.134 0.369 515
- by Maggy Parries - photo Australian GP
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