MONTMELO, Spain -- Sebastian Vettels practice session at the Spanish Grand Prix ended with the four-time defending Formula One champion hitching a ride on a scooter after his Red Bull puttered out. Vapormax Outlet Sverige . Lewis Hamilton had no such problems, finishing Fridays opening day of practice with the top times from both training sessions as the dominating Mercedes team showed no signs of slowing down. The British driver is looking for his fourth straight win this season. Mercedes teammate and F1 leader Nico Rosberg was right behind, setting the afternoons second best time after his crew fixed a cooling issue. Vettel was running through his fifth lap on the sunny and dry 4.6-kilometre (2.9-mile) Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya when his Red Bull came to a halt. He then helped push his RB10 out of the path of his rivals before a group of fans gathered at the fence to take photographs of the champion using a fire extinguisher on the rear of his malfunctioning car. After Vettel was whisked back to the paddock on the back of a scooter, Hamilton clocked the fastest lap time in the opening session and then bettered that by almost 1.5 seconds in the afternoon with a mark of 1 minute, 25.524 seconds. Red Bull said an electrical problem that "damaged the wiring" of Vettels car meant he couldnt return for the afternoon practice session. That left Vettel with only one session on Saturday before qualifying. "Its a small failure, but a big consequence," Vettel said. Red Bull had given Vettels car an older chassis in a move the German called a "sanity check" to try to find an elusive answer to his cars lack of pace. The Austrian team renowned for its design had a bigger problem than speed, however, when Vettel was left stranded just after the fifth turn. Vettel is having his worst season at Red Bull with only one podium finish so far and sits in a distant fifth place in the standings. He has even had to let new teammate Daniel Ricciardo pass him twice during the last two races. And Ricciardo emerged from the opening day of practice as the closest thing the grid can offer as a threat to the Mercedes duo by recording the third best time in both sessions at almost a second behind Hamilton. Hamilton trails Rosberg by four points despite having won the last three races in front of his teammate. The pair have won all four races and taken all four pole positions this year. Hamilton hasnt lost a step after a three-week break and showed that the other teams have yet to make headway despite their upgrades for the start of the seasons run of European events. "Its been a great day today and Im happy to be back in the car after what feels like quite a long break," said Hamilton. "Our two practice sessions today went very smoothly, in fact Ive not had such a good Friday for a very long time." Last years race winner, Fernando Alonso, had the fourth best effort in both sessions, while Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen could do no better than fifth in the afternoon. Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo said he was "not happy" with his team and that he would work closely with new team principal Marco Mattiacci to "improve the situation as soon as possible." Pablo Maldonado of Lotus recorded the most laps through both 90-minute sessions with a total of 76. The early session to prepare for Sundays race featured some close calls. Sergio Perez had to box when the left mirror on his Force India car became detached. The Mexican driver had to grab it and drive one-handed while coming in. Sauber test driver Giedo Van der Garde survived a bigger scare when he told his team he had "a break failure" and ran off course, barely missing the wall. In the second session, Romain Grosjeans Lotus stalled at the end of the pitlane, while Jean-Eric Vergne lost the right rear wheel of his Toro Rosso. 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EVERTON Manager: Roberto Martinez Last Season: 21-9-8 (Fifth in Premier League – Qualified for Europa League) In his first season on the touch line for Everton, manager Roberto Martinez led his charges to their highest Premier League points haul in team history. This season they are setting their sights on being the next team to break into the top four and earn a place in the Champions League and havent been afraid to spend the money to show that intention. After both players starred in loan spells last season, Romelu Lukaku and Gareth Barry have been brought in on permanent transfers and both will be leaned on to lead both on and off the field. (The Canadian Press) Leighton Baines and Seamus Coleman are two to the best attacking defenders in the game and midfielder Ross Barkley has shown his skills both domestically and internationally. TOTTENHAM Manager: Mauricio Pochettino Last Season: 21-6-11 (Sixth in Premier League – Qualified for Europa League) Mauricio Pochettino is the eighth manager in 13 years to take charge at White Hart Lane and as always it will be interesting to see how long his leash will be, especially if the team doesnt have a strong start to the season. The managers hard working approach paid dividends at his last stop at Southampton and if he can bring his fitness first style to Tottenham, they will be a hard team to play against. Not many changes were made to the squad that secured a top six finish last season despite the fact that most of the return they received from their transfer of Gareth Bale underperformed. Paulinho and Roberto Soldado are two players that did not settle well in their first seasons in North London and will need to have better sophomore campaigns for this team to progress towaards the goal of returning to the Champions League. Nike Vapormax Plus Sverige. SOUTHAMPTON Manager: Ronald Koeman Last Season: 15-11-12 (Eighth in Premier League) Normally there would be nothing but optimism following one of the great breakout seasons in the Premier League like Southampton enjoyed last season. The problem for them heading into the new season is that most of the reasons for that success will be plying their trade in other organizations. Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Dejan Lovren, Luke Shaw, Calum Chambers and manager Mauricio Pochettino have all moved on to other teams and opportunities. Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are all that are really left to try to lead this team back to at the very least a top half finish, but even that could be optimistic considering transfer rumours continue to surround them as well. STOKE CITY Manager: Mark Hughes Last Season: 13-11-14 (Ninth in Premier League) After enjoying their best Premier League finish, Stoke City are hoping that manager Mark Hughes can continue the trajectory hes created since taking over for long time boss Tony Pulis. Captain Ryan Shawcross is going to once again be the key man for the Potters as they rely on him to control the action of the team going both forward and back to set the pace of the game. (The Canadian Press) They also count on him offensively to provide a key goal from time to time and if he can make that even more a part of his game, they will show marked improvement on the field and in the standings. NEWCASTLE UNITED Manager: Alan Pardew Last Season: 15-4-19 (10th in Premier League) Following a controversial season, long time Newcastle manager Alan Pardew will be hoping to have a much more normal and straightforward campaign. Remy Cabella and Emmanuel Riviere have both been brought in to strengthen the strike force and provide more offensive punch. Players like Moussa Sissoko, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and Hatem Ben Arfa underachieved for Newcastle last year and will need to show a little more creativity to help this team make the leap Pardew has set forth for the team as a goal for the season. ' ' '