Vettel dominates in the first China training session

With a harder tire compound, the four-time Formula 1 world champion was 0,207 seconds faster on his best lap than second-placed world champion Lewis Hamilton (England/Mercedes).

In the first session before the 1000th Formula 1 race on Sunday in Shanghai (8.10:21 a.m. CET), Vettel also clearly left his strong new teammate Charles Leclerc behind. The 0,256-year-old from Monegasse, who like Vettel exclusively used the medium tire, was XNUMX seconds slower than his teammate, who was ten years older.

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen (Netherlands/+0,423) came fourth ahead of World Championship leader Valtteri Bottas (Finland/+0,742) in the second Mercedes. Like Hamilton, the duo achieved their best lap with the softest tire compound available.

Vettel is under pressure after two weak performances at the start of the season in Shanghai, where he only won in 2009. In the World Cup, the Heppenheimer only takes fifth place with 22 points. Leclerc is four points ahead of him. At the front are Bottas (44), Hamilton (43) and Verstappen (27). Vettel's 52nd and last victory was on August 26, 2018.

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Vettel dominates in the first China training session

The famous Ferrari star Sebastian Vettel dominated the first training session for the Chinese Grand Prix.

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