Hamilton tops opening practice in Bahrain
Lewis Hamilton continued the Mercedes team's dominance of the 2014 Formula 1 season by topping first practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix in his superior Mercedes. So dominant are the Mercedes car, Hamilton and teammate Nico Rosberg are just playing with the opposition.
The Malaysian GP winner was fastest during the opening half-hour of the 90-minute session. Fernando Alonso ended the session third fastest, four-and-a-half tenths slower than Hamilton and 0.169s ahead of Nico Hulkenberg.
Results
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m37.502s | +0.000s | 14 |
2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m37.733s | +0.231s | 13 |
3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m37.953s | +0.451s | 17 |
4 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m38.122s | +0.620s | 10 |
5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m38.636s | +1.134s | 16 |
6 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m38.783s | +1.281s | 12 |
7 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m38.949s | +1.447s | 15 |
8 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m39.056s | +1.554s | 24 |
9 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1m39.102s | +1.600s | 21 |
10 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m39.389s | +1.887s | 16 |
11 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1m39.533s | +2.031s | 11 |
12 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m39.862s | +2.360s | 26 |
13 | Felipe Nasr | Williams-Mercedes | 1m40.078s | +2.576s | 14 |
14 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1m40.406s | +2.904s | 19 |
15 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m40.652s | +3.150s | 20 |
16 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1m40.793s | +3.291s | 31 |
17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m40.$89s | +3.387s | 20 |
18 | Giedo van der Garde | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m40.913s | +3.411s | 20 |
19 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m41.036s | +3.534s | 24 |
20 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m41.794s | +4.292s | 20 |
21 | Robin Frijns | Caterham-Renault | 1m42.417s | +4.915s | 35 |
22 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1m42.711s | +5.209s | 21 |