Formula 1’s development war roars into life this weekend, as all ten teams have brought significant upgrades to their cars in a bid to close the gap to their rivals.
Friday’s practice sessions don’t truly represent which teams have made the biggest gains but there are many early indications and clues to find which teams have made the biggest strides.
Lewis Hamilton was fastest in both of Friday’s practice sessions, and his long run pace backed up what was an impressive day for Mercedes.
It was a far from the ideal day for Ferrari, but their pain is simply short term and nothing compared to McLaren-Honda at the other end of the scale, who’s miserable season continued when home hero Fernando Alonso’s power unit blew on his outlap.
Here are five things we learnt from the opening day of the fifth round of the 2017 F1 season:
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