Alonso on top in Montreal 2014

Fernando Alonso edged out Lewis Hamilton during the opening 90 minute practice session ahead of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix.

Alonso set a time of 1:17.238 in his Ferrari F14T to edge out Mercedes rival Hamilton by 0.016s. Championship leader Nico Rosberg was third.

World champion Sebastian Vettel was fourth fastest in his Red Bull ahead of Valtteri Bottas’s Williams and his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo.

The Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve is characterised by long straights and slow corners and it was the Mercedes-powered cars that filled most of the top ten positions, with both McLaren and Williams impressing early on in the weekend.

 

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:17.238 21
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:17.254 0.016 25
3 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:17.384 0.146 32
4 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:18.131 0.893 28
5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:18.361 1.123 20
6 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:18.435 1.197 26
7 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.446 1.208 33
8 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.514 1.276 31
9 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:18.578 1.340 15
10 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:18.643 1.405 14
11 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:18.733 1.495 30
12 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:18.959 1.721 22
13 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:19.108 1.870 24
14 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:19.142 1.904 32
15 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:19.177 1.939 21
16 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:19.340 2.102 37
17 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:19.575 2.337 7
18 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:19.804 2.566 15
19 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:20.200 2.962 15
20 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:20.844 3.606 26
21 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:21.404 4.166 33
22 45 Alexander Rossi Caterham-Renault 1:21.757 4.519 27