Carlos Sainz fourth and seventh in his debut in free practice in Australia
First Practice Session Best lap: 1:31.014, pos. 4th, 32 laps Second Practice Session Best lap: 1:30.071, pos. 7th, 41 laps
Carlos Sainz:""I'm happy with today, I had been waiting for this day for a very long time and it was definitely a decent first day. We covered a lot of mileage, which was obviously our target for today as I am a rookie and new to this circuit. I enjoyed it a lot out there. Now we need to go through all the data we gathered today and keep improving. I feel very comfortable in the car. It's a challenging track, but I like it and all in all it's been a positive day".