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Rosberg, fastest in FP1

Nico Rosberg was fastest in the first practice session of Formula 1 in the circuit of  Sao Paulo (Brazil). The German was followed in the top 3 by the championship leader Lewis Hamilton and Kvyat.


 

The session has not started well at all for Jenson Button who could only make a lap and had to leave the meeting because of mechanical problems. Pastor Maldonado, also troubled, found out his DRS would not work. Esteban Gutierrez has failed to make more than 6 laps with his car, that made him finish last.

But they were not the only ones with problems, many drivers have been off the track in Turn 1 and Turn 6 especially, as is the case of Verstappen, Sutil, Juncadella, Hamilton, Nasr, Maldonado… and this has caused the drivers to complain for poor adhesion of the track, which this year has new asphalt. But Hamilton said that the track was improving rapidly.

Lacking a hour of session Rosberg took the lead, being the first to make a time with 1min12seg. But the yellow flag was caused by Juncadella when he hit the wall in Turn 8, this caused the red flag and therefore, the drivers were unable to take advantage.

Results:

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 6 Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes 30 1:12,764
2 44 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 32 1:12,985 + 0,221
3 26 Daniil Kvyat RUS Toro Rosso-Renault 39 1:13,723 + 0,959
4 14 Fernando Alonso SPA Ferrari 30 1:13,742 + 0,978
5 19 Felipe Massa BRA Williams-Mercedes 28 1:13,811 + 1,047
6 38 Max Verstappen NED Toro Rosso-Renault 26 1:13,827 + 1,063
7 13 Pastor Maldonado VEN Lotus-Renault 31 1:14,034 + 1,270
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen FIN Ferrari 32 1:14,114 + 1,350
9 20 Kevin Magnussen DAN McLaren-Mercedes 30 1:14,136 + 1,372
10 3 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull Racing-Renault 27 1:14,197 + 1,433
11 99 Adrian Sutil GER Sauber-Ferrari 31 1:14,434 + 1,670
12 40 Felipe Nasr BRA Williams-Mercedes 22 1:14,522 + 1,758
13 27 Nico Hulkenberg GER Force India-Mercedes 33 1:14,678 + 1,914
14 1 Sebastian Vettel GER Red Bull Racing-Renault 24 1:14,902 + 2,138
15 8 Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus-Renault 23 1:15,109 + 2,345
16 34 Daniel Juncadella SPA Force India-Mercedes 17 1:16,030 + 3,266
17 22 Jenson Button GBR McLaren-Mercedes 1 0,000 + 0,000
18 21 Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Sauber-Ferrari 6 0,000 + 0,000