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Rosberg quickest in FP1

  • Sofía Tera

    • The German driver topped the timesheets. Lewis Hamilton finished second, close to his teammate. 

    Nico Rosberg finished as the fastest man of the first free practice of the Austrian Grand Prix, taking part at Red Bull Ring. Lewis Hamilton completed the Mercedes 1-2, followed by Alonso -the first non-Mercedes driver- and Massa.

    With the Red Bull Ring being an addition to the calendar, the track activity would be more intense than usual. The two Mercedes drivers were leading the timesheets in the early stages of the practice, with Hamilton in first place and Rosberg in second.

    Rosberg took the lead from his teammate. Button went second, with Hamilton being relegated to third. Magnussen was fourth and Raikkonen fifth. In the closing stages of the session, light rain started falling for a couple of minutes, but the track didn’t get wet.

    Vettel suffered a double spin at the main straight, but the German driver could control the car and it suffered no damage. Hamilton went second, Alonso was third and Massa fourth just before the rain started to fall again and the activity stopped.

    The rain was not strong enough and when it stopped, the most part of the drivers returned to the track. Although the position didn’t change, they had enough time to learn the track. Rosberg finished in first place in this practice.

     

    Results:

     

    Pos. Car Driver Team Nation Laps Time Gap
    1 6 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes GBR 19 1:11,295
    2 44 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GER 32 1:11,435 0,140
    3 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari SPA 23 1:11,606 0,311
    4 19 Felipe Massa Williams – Mercedes BRA 27 1:11,756 0,461
    5 22 Jenson Button McLaren – Mercedes GBR 33 1:11,839 0,544
    6 11 Sergio Pérez Force India – Mercedes MEX 33 1:12,009 0,714
    7 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India – Mercedes GER 20 1:12,072 0,777
    8 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams – Mercedes FIN 21 1:12,114 0,819
    9 20 Kevin Magnussen R McLaren – Mercedes DAN 36 1:12,313 1,018
    10 25 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso – Renault FRA 30 1:12,364 1,069
    11 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari FIN 21 1:12,365 1,070
    12 26 Daniil Kvyat R Toro Rosso – Renault RUS 35 1:12,372 1,077
    13 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing – Renault AUS 28 1:12,57 1,275
    14 21 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber – Ferrari MEX 29 1:12,988 1,689
    15 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing – Renault GER 25 1:13,168 1,693
    16 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus – Renault FRA 28 1:13,642 1,873
    17 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus – Renault VEN 27 1:13,738 2,347
    18 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia –  Ferrari FRA 26 1:13,857 2,443
    19 4 Max Chilton Marussia –  Ferrari GBR 28 1:14,611 2,562
    20 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham – Renault JAP 24 1:14,691 3,316
    21 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber – Ferrari GER 9 1:17,501 3,396
    22 9 Marcus Ericsson R Caterham – Renault SWE 8 6,206