Chinese GP 2014 – Practice 1 – Results

Alonso set the fastest time in first practice for Chinese Grand Prix.

On a cold morning in Shanghai with the track temperatures of just 16’C it was Nico Rosberg who set the early pace with 1:40.840 with a mere 0.464s ahead of Fernando Alonso while Lewis Hamilton was third.

In the second half of the practice session Alonso hit the front as both Mercedes were in the pits he stopped the clock at 1:39.780.  When Hamilton ventured for his new run he was soon forced to head back with an unknown problem which led to the removing the car’s floor. Rosberg run was a problem free one and he set the second best time of the session while Daniel Ricciardo was third for Red Bull.

Pos.	Drivers	Teams	Time	Laps
01.	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:39.783	20
02.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:40.181	16
03.	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:40.772	23
04.	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	1:40.970	23
05.	Nico Hulkenberg	Sahara Force India	1:41.175	16
06.	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren Mercedes	1:41.366	20
07.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:41.505	26
08.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:41.560	9
09.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:41.629	19
10.	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:41.699	14
11.	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:41.977	23
12.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:42.090	24
13.	Felipe Nasr	Williams Martini Racing	1:42.265	13
14.	Giedo van der Garde	Sauber F1 Team	1:42.615	16
15.	Sergio Perez	Sahara Force India	1:42.733	13
16.	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:43.731	22
17.	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham F1 Team	1:44.038	16
18.	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber F1 Team	1:44.162	17
19.	Jules Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team	1:44.270	7
20.	Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	1:44.782	20
21.	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team	1:44.835	22
22.	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	no time	1