FP1 in Russia: Mercedes on top of Button

Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg claimed the early initiative as the action got underway at the brand new Sochi Autodrom on Friday morning.

Nico Rosberg set the fastest time during the first-ever Formula 1 practice session at the Sochi Autodrom. Rosberg’s time of 1:42.311 was 0.065s quicker than Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton as drivers received their first experience of the 5.8km semi-permanent street circuit.

Further down the track you have Ricciardo leading the way for Red Bull in P12 with Vettel down in 14th. Caterham won the battle of the backmarkers in the end with Merhi posting a 1:46.782 with Ericsson next and Chilton completing the 21.

 

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:42.311
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:42.376 0.065
3 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:42.507 0.196
4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:42.720 0.409
5 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:43.026 0.715
6 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:43.129 0.818
7 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:43.164 0.853
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:43.212 0.901
9 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:43.327 1.016
10 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:43.542 1.231
11 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:43.741 1.430
12 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:43.821 1.510
13 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:43.976 1.665
14 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:44.506 2.195
15 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:44.625 2.314
16 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:44.876 2.565
17 37 Sergey Sirotkin Sauber-Ferrari 1:45.032 2.721
18 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:45.190 2.879
19 45 Roberto Merhi Caterham-Renault 1:46.782 4.471
20 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:46.922 4.611
21 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:47.284 4.973