Wet Australian GP Practice Sessions Limit Conclusions About Relative Performance

The 2016 Formula One season started off with a splash—literally—on Friday in Melbourne, Australia. Rain throughout both free practice sessions severely limited the amount of running by all teams, building the suspense for qualifying on Saturday. After weeks of cautioning that we couldn't really tell much about the running order from pre-season testing, everyone was hoping Friday practice would start to answer some questions. The wet weather put paid to most of those hopes. Any Ferrari fans (or just fans pining for a championship not decided by the summer break) hoping to see the Italian team close the gap to Mercedes at the front of the grid will be discouraged by the practice times we did see, though. On a drying track in the ...

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