D’Ambrosio satisfied with first day

Lotus stand-in Jerome d'Ambrosio declared himself satisfied with his first day in the cockpit after finishing Friday practice at Monza within 0.6 seconds of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. Reserve driver d'Ambrosio is deputising for Romain Grosjean in Italy this weekend due to the Frenchman's one-race ban for causing the dramatic Belgian Grand Prix start accident. "It's definitely a challenge," said d'Ambrosio when asked by AUTOSPORT how he rated his Friday progress.

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