▁last ed ▁half ▁an ▁hour . ▁A ▁half ▁an ▁hour ▁un tim ed ▁sh aked own ▁session ▁was ▁held ▁on ▁Friday ▁afternoon ▁to ▁enable ▁teams ▁to ▁check ▁the ▁reli ability ▁of ▁their ▁cars ▁and ▁their ▁electronic ▁systems . ▁A ▁post - sh aked own ▁fine ▁of ▁€ 1 0 0 0 ▁was ▁issued ▁to ▁Fil ippi ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁observed ▁speed ing ▁in ▁the ▁pit ▁l ane . ▁Nick ▁He id feld ▁( M ah ind ra ) ▁was ▁fast est ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁practice ▁session ▁with ▁a ▁ ▁lap ▁of ▁one ▁minute ▁and ▁ 9 . 6 6 7 ▁seconds ▁at ▁the ▁close ▁of ▁the ▁session . ▁His ▁closest ▁ch allen ger ▁was ▁Bu emi ▁who ▁was ▁ 0 . 4 7 4 ▁seconds ▁off ▁He id feld ' s ▁pace ▁in ▁second ▁with ▁Ver g ne ▁in ▁third ▁and ▁Rosen q v ist ▁fourth . ▁Tur vey , ▁Alex ▁Lyn n ▁( V ir gin ), ▁F éli x ▁da ▁Costa , ▁di ▁Gr ass i , ▁Mitch ▁Evans ▁( J agu ar ), ▁N ico ▁Pro st ▁( e . D ams - R en ault ) ▁and ▁Ab t ▁placed ▁fifth ▁through ▁t enth . ▁Sar raz in ▁caused ▁the ▁session ▁to ▁be ▁stopped ▁for ▁fifteen ▁minutes ▁when ▁he ▁under ste ered ▁straight ▁into ▁the ▁turn ▁one ▁bar rier ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁thro tt le ▁being ▁partially ▁engaged ▁under ▁bra king . ▁This ▁necess itated ▁officials ▁to ▁extract ▁his ▁dam aged ▁car ▁from ▁the ▁track ▁via ▁a ▁c rane