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Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets in
both blustery sessions at Albert Park but Vettel could find no
adequate break in the rain to make any impression.
The German was first out of the garage in the opening session
but was unable to post a lap time due to the inclement weather.
Confined to wet-weather tyres in the second session, Vettel
recorded the eighth-fastest time.
His team mate and fellow former world champion Kimi Raikkonen
was third fastest in the second session after clocking a slow
lap and taking a spin in the first.
Both completed just a single run of seven laps during free
practice two.
Hamilton remarked that he felt Ferrari had something "up their
sleeve" in Melbourne, but Vettel denied he had anything to hide.
“I was trying (to post a time) but every time I got out it
started to rain,” he said in the paddock at Albert Park.
“I think there were a lot of people that were struggling today
with the conditions.
“Sometimes it's like this,” he added. “It was supposed to rain
all day, it didn't but it was raining every now and then which
was enough to wet parts of the track. There was not much we
could learn today.
"It was not ideal but in the end what can you do? It's the same
for everyone. It was good to get some laps at least to feel the
car."
(Editing by Nick Mulvenney)
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