Hamilton dominates Melbourne practice
24 March 2018 5:06 AM IST
Melbourne: World champion Lewis Hamilton took up where he left off last season with the fastest lap times in opening practice for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix on Friday.
Hamilton followed up his opening practice best time of one minute 24.026 seconds with 1:23.931 in the second session to hold a 0.127sec gap over Red Bull's Max Verstappen (1:24.058).
Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas (1:24.159) was third in Melbourne in the first exchanges of the new Formula One season.
The Ferrari duo of Kimi Raikonnen and Sebastian Vettel were fourth and fifth respectively and between 0.3-0.5secs down on Hamilton's time ahead of Saturday's qualifying.
Australia's big hope Daniel Ricciardo in a Red Bull was seventh fastest in 1:24.721.
Hamilton's long-run pace looked superior on the ultrasoft tyres, reeling off a steady run of 1:28s.
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