Renault F1 Team completed a positive day of practice in preparation for the Heineken Chinese Grand Prix, the 1,000th race in the history of Formula 1. Nico Hülkenberg claimed the fifth fastest time of the day, a 1min 34.096secs, in the afternoon session at the Shanghai International Circuit, with teammate, Daniel Ricciardo 0.340secs down in ninth. Both cars ran to the planned programme, with the morning focused on assessing various aero and mechanical test items. Alan Permane Technical programme notes Free Practice 1 took place in cooler, dusty conditions with both cars working through a programme to test new aero and mechanical items. In FP1 Nico completed 22 laps on Pirelli’s Soft...
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