Button and Schumacher won first F1 practice 

 

The Formula 1 season 2012 has begun with the training for the Australian Grand Prix. When the little practice rounds was meaningful in the first practice McLaren driver Jenson Button followed by his team mate Lewis Hamilton, the fastest in the second pass Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) in front of Niko Hulkenberg (Force India). World champion Sebastian Vettel showed places eleven and ten.

The Formula 1 season 2012 has begun with the training for the Australian Grand Prix. When the little practice rounds was meaningful in the first practice McLaren driver Jenson Button followed by his team mate Lewis Hamilton, the fastest in the second pass Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) in front of Niko Hulkenberg (Force India). World champion Sebastian Vettel showed places eleven and ten.

Before the second session there was another downpour. Behind Schumacher and Hulkenberg finished Sauber driver Sergio Perez in third place.

Vettel was in the stands with eleven and 10/2 is about right, but saw a need for improvement. "We need to define a bit and learn more about the car," said the 24-year-old German. His team-mate Mark Webber ended up in fifth and eleven.

The rise of Mercedes - last year not a single time in the top four - including a technical trick is owed to the declared the International Automobile Federation (FIA) in Melbourne to conform to the rules. The DRS will activate while overtaking a car through the air shaft, which provides for a stall and higher top speed. Other teams should be forced to retrofit.

Schumacher's teammate Nico Rosberg was significantly more fuel on board was en route to the ranks six and nine. Returnees Kimi Raikkonen, in the tests of the fastest, drove the Lotus on the 9th and 18th places Insight into the true balance of power but should only qualifying on Saturday (7:00 GMT clock / live one ORF, RTL and Sky).

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