Yet his time of one minute, 23.022 seconds was still marginally slower than that achieved by team-mate and 2014 driver’s championship rival, Nico Rosberg on the soft tires on Friday.
The Englishman later told reporters he would have liked more laps having missed last week’s practice session due to illness but was content with how the car was performing.
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The F1 season gets underway in Melbourne on March 15.
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