The video of the post-race press conference was quickly transmitted back home, but the hype from the Australia Station had already died down. Once again, only hardcore racing fans were paying attention to the sport.
On Friday, March 27th, two practice sessions were held, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Williams had too many ideas they wanted to test on the car, so the importance of the three practice sessions was unquestionable.
At the Sepang International Circuit, due to the extreme heat, Pirelli had prepared the two hardest compounds—the white medium tyres and the orange hard tyres.
When FP1 began in the morning, both Wu Shi and Massa equipped hard tyres to first establish a baseline lap time for comparison.
After merely ten laps, Wu Shi drove back into the pits.
