Malaysian GP: Hamilton tops practice 1
Lewis Hamilton |
Despite ending up in the gravel trap at the end of the first practice session for the Malaysian GP in Sepang, Lewis Hamilton turned the fastest lap in his superior Mercedes. Kimi Raikkonen was 2nd for Ferrari ahead of Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg in 3rd.
The Briton recorded his fastest time, a 1m40.691s lap, 0.152 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
Jenson Button was 4th for McLaren and his teammate Kevin Magnussen rounded out the top-5.
Sebastian Vettel was a respectable 7th for Red Bull-Renault, 0.832s behind Hamilton as Mercedes powered cars dominated the top-10.
Results
Pos | Driver | Team/Car | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m40.691s | +0.000s | 19 |
2. | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m40.843s | +0.152s | 20 |
3. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m41.028s | +0.337s | 19 |
4. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m41.111s | +0.420s | 20 |
5. | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m41.274s | +0.583s | 18 |
6. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m41.402s | +0.711s | 15 |
7. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m41.523s | +0.832s | 9 |
8. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m41.642s | +0.951s | 19 |
9. | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1m41.686s | +0.995s | 23 |
10. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1m41.830s | +1.139s | 22 |
11. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m41.923s | +1.232s | 14 |
12. | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1m42.117s | +1.426s | 20 |
13. | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m42.365s | +1.674s | 21 |
14. | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m42.869s | +2.178s | 21 |
15. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m42.904s | +2.213s | 23 |
16. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m43.825s | +3.134s | 18 |
17. | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1m45.775s | +5.084s | 24 |
18. | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m46.911s | +6.220s | 10 |
19. | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1m51.180s | +10.489s | 5 |
20. | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | N/A | N/A | 2 |
21. | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | N/A | N/A | 2 |
22. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | N/A | N/A | 4 |