Rosberg leads Mercedes 1-2 in opening Chinese GP practice
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| Nico Rosberg (L) and Esteban Gutierrez |
Nico Rosberg continued his dominance of F1 by leading opening practice for the Chinese GP in Shanghai Friday morning.
Lewis Hamilton was 2nd in the sister Mercedes just over 1/10th of a second behind.
Sebastian Vettel was a further 1/2-second back in his Ferrari despite having an upgraded Ferrari engine.
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) and Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) rounded out the top-5.
There were two red flag periods following punctures for Felipe Massa and Kevin Magnussen. Pirelli said investigations on both failures showed no sign of a puncture.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Car-Engine | Time |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | GER | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 38.037s |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 38.183s |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | GER | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 38.665s |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1m 39.061s |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | FIN | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 39.155s |
| 6 | Daniil Kvyat | RUS | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1m 39.625s |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz Jr | ESP | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 39.676s |
| 8 | Jenson Button | GBR | McLaren-Honda | 1m 39.974s |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | Force India-Mercedes | 1m 40.169s |
| 10 | Max Verstappen | NED | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 40.232s |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Force India-Mercedes | 1m 40.347s |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | McLaren-Honda | 1m 40.538s |
| 13 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Williams-Mercedes | 1m 40.828s |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | FRA | Haas-Ferrari | 1m 41.358s |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | SWE | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 41.393s |
| 16 | Rio Haryanto | INA | MRT-Mercedes | 1m 41.614s |
| 17 | Jolyon Palmer | GBR | Renault-Renault | 1m 41.816s |
| 18 | Pascal Wehrlein | GER | MRT-Mercedes | 1m 42.908s |
| 19 | Felipe Nasr | BRZ | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 42.980s |
| 20 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | Renault-Renault | No time |
| 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | MEX | Haas-Ferrari | No time |
| 22 | Felipe Massa | BRZ | Williams-Mercedes | No time |