Russian GP 2014 – Practice 1 – Results

Nico Rosberg leads Lewis Hamilton in first free practice of the inaugural Russian GP at Sochi.

The new track proved to be a tricky challenge with Turn 2 and Turn 13 catching a number of drivers out over the course of the session. Turn 3 is an impressive sweeping left hander and the high-speed back straight ends with a tricky braking zone into Turn 13. It was no surprise to see both Mercedes drivers on top, but Jenson Button’s McLaren was just 0.196s off the pace in third. But even Button’s session did not pass without incident as he had a spin at Turn 8.

Fernando Alonso set his usual Friday morning quick lap with the fourth fastest time, 0.409s off Rosberg and head of the second McLaren of Kevin Magnussen. Sergio Perez was sixth fastest after setting an impressive time in the Force India, while Daniil Kvyat in the Toro Rosso managed to finish the session seventh in front of his home fans.

Pos.	Drivers	Teams	Time	Laps
01.	06 – Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:42.311	29
02.	44 – Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:42.376	25
03.	22 – Jenson Button	McLaren F1	1:42.507	28
04.	14 – Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:42.720	27
05.	20 – Kevin Magnussen	McLaren F1	1:43.026	28
06.	11 – Sergio Perez	Sahara Force India	1:43.129	26
07.	26 – Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:43.164	29
08.	07 – Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:43.212	23
09.	25 – Jean-Eric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:43.327	24
10.	77 – Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:43.542	9
11.	19 – Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:43.741	22
12.	03 – Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:43.821	25
13.	27 – Nico Hulkenberg	Sahara Force India	1:43.976	21
14.	01 – Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:44.506	18
15.	99 – Adrian Sutil	Sauber F1 Team	1:44.625	30
16.	13 – Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:44.876	26
17.	37 – Sergey Sirotkin	Sauber F1 Team	1:45.032	26
18.	08 – Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:45.190	22
19.	45 – Roberto Merhi	Caterham F1 Team	1:46.782	25
20.	09 – Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team	1:46.922	18
21.	04 – Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	1:47.284	18