FP1: Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 in Bahrain
Lewis Hamilton continued his Malaysian dominance to top the times during first free practice in Bahrain on Friday. The Briton’s quickest lap was two-tenths faster than team-mate Nico Rosberg to give Mercedes a 1-2, whilst Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso was almost half a second slower than Hamilton. Alonso had to abort an early run after he was sent out on three medium tyres and one soft, but the problem was quickly fixed as he returned to the garage for a matching set. Nico Hulkenberg looked set to challenge Alonso’s third, but narrowly missed out with Jenson Button coming in fifth ahead of the second Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen. FP1 Full Times - 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix:
#DriverTeamTimeGapLaps
01 L. Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.502 14
02 N. Rosberg Mercedes 1:37.733 0.231 13
03 F. Alonso Ferrari 1:37.953 0.451 17
04 N. Hulkenberg Force India 1:38.122 0.620 10
05 J. Button McLaren 1:38.636 1.134 16
06 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:38.783 1.281 12
07 K. Magnussen McLaren 1:38.949 1.447 15
08 D. Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:39.056 1.554 24
09 S. Perez Force India 1:39.102 1.600 21
10 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:39.389 1.887 16
11 F. Massa Williams 1:39.533 2.031 11
12 J. Vergne Toro Rosso 1:39.862 2.360 26
13 F. Nasr Williams 1:40.078 2.576 14
14 D. Ricciardo Red Bull 1:40.406 2.904 19
15 A. Sutil Sauber 1:40.652 3.150 20
16 P. Maldonado Lotus 1:40.793 3.291 31
17 J. Bianchi Marussia 1:40.889 3.387 20
18 G. van der Garde Sauber 1:40.913 3.411 20
19 R. Grosjean Lotus 1:41.036 3.534 24
20 M. Chilton Marussia 1:41.794 4.292 20
21 R. Frijns Caterham 1:42.417 4.915 35
22 M. Ericsson Caterham 1:42.711 5.209 21
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