Crashes for Bottas, Raikkonen and Grosjean
It started so well, at least for the first 30 minutes, and then it went wrong – crash-strewn wrong…
Morning warm-up routine…
Wake up, warm up, get filmed looking silly by the team’s social media person… all in a typical F1 day’s work!#JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/4BHfz48F9e
— Renault Sport F1 (@RenaultSportF1) October 7, 2017
Esteban Ocon was excited to get out on track.
Pierre Gasly looked as if a Mercedes ghost was chasing his Toro Rosso.
Vettel had a moment at the second Degner as he ran through the gravel.
Valtteri Bottas, running P1 at the time, brought out the red flags when he played on the astroturf, went onto the grass and was forced into the barrier. His W08 suffered right side damage.
The damage up close.
📷 @ValtteriBottas‘s car a bit worse for wear… #JapaneseGP 🇯🇵 #F1 pic.twitter.com/oU9As0pwcP
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 7, 2017
Out came the brooms.
Kimi Raikkonen topped them both.
Streuth… Red flag again immediately as #Kimi7 goes off at Degner same corner as #Seb5 but Kimi hits the wall #SkyF1 #JapaneseGP 🏁 🏆 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/iZZjJSEVmz
— Sky F1 Insider (@SkyF1Insider) October 7, 2017
Bottas still finished quickest of all ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
More to follow…