Austrian GP 2014 – Practice 1 – Results

Nico Rosberg sets the pace in free practice one for the Austrian GP of 2014.

Nico Rosberg managed to keep ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton in a rain-affected practice season after having some issues with the car. He was 0.14 seconds clear of Hamilton, with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso third ahead of Williams’ Felipe Massa.

The was session punctuated by many incidents, including a spectacular double-spin by world champion Sebastian Vettel.

Jenson Button took fifth for McLaren, while Force Indias of Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg were sixth and seventh. Eighth place was taken by Valtteri Bottas ahead of Kevin Magnussen and the top ten was closed by Jean-Eric Vergne for Toro Rosso who along side Fernando Alonso was the only non Mercedes powered driver to make it in the top ten.

The Red Bulls of Canadian Grand Prix winner Daniel Ricciardo and Vettel were only 13th and 15th. Alonso’s team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was 11th, nearly 0.7secs down on the Spaniard.

Pos.	Drivers	Teams	Time	Laps
01.	06 – Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:11.295	19
02.	44 – Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:11.435	32
03.	14 – Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:11.606	23
04.	19 – Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:11.756	27
05.	22 – Jenson Button	McLaren F1	1:11.839	33
06.	11 – Sergio Perez	Sahara Force India	1:12.009	33
07.	27 – Nico Hulkenberg	Sahara Force India	1:12.072	20
08.	77 – Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:12.114	21
09.	20 – Kevin Magnussen	McLaren F1	1:12.313	36
10.	25 – Jean-Eric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:12.364	30
11.	07 – Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:12.365	21
12.	26 – Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:12.372	35
13.	03 – Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:12.570	28
14.	21 – Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber F1 Team	1:12.984	29
15.	01 – Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:12.988	25
16.	08 – Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:13.168	28
17.	13 – Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:13.642	27
18.	17 – Jules Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team	1:13.738	26
19.	04 – Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	1:13.857	28
20.	10 – Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham F1 Team	1:14.611	24
21.	99 – Adrian Sutil	Sauber F1 Team	1:14.691	9
22.	09 – Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team	1:17.501	8