Hamilton tops opening F1 practice in Singapore

Lewis Hamilton topped the first practice for the Singapore Grand Prix for Mercedes in what was largely a track cleaning exercise.

The Briton led the Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Nico Rosberg completed the top four ahead of Lotus team-mates Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean.

Fernando Alonso was the fastest Ferrari in seventh.

Results

Pos Driver Team Time Behind Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m47.055s +0.000s 20
2 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m47.420s +0.365s 20
3 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m47.885s +0.830s 19
4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m48.239s +1.184s 23
5 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m48.354s +1.299s 18
6 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m48.355s +1.300s 12
7 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m48.362s +1.307s 21
8 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m49.267s +2.212s 20
9 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m49.348s +2.293s 23
10 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m49.355s +2.300s 21
11 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m49.481s +2.426s 20
12 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m49.493s +2.438s 16
13 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m49.510s +2.455s 21
14 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m49.608s +2.553s 20
15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m49.887s +2.832s 18
16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m50.092s +3.037s 20
17 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m50.222s +3.167s 17
18 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m50.757s +3.702s 16
19 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m52.359s +5.304s 16
20 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m52.673s +5.618s 15
21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m52.920s +5.865s 24
22 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m53.647s +6.592s 23