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