Monaco, FP1: Hamilton quickest in first practice

Hamilton heads Rosberg

By Franck Drui

22 May 2014 - 11:35
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Mercedes were fastest in the first practice session ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton claiming top spot, just three hundredths of a second ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg. Daniel Ricciardo was third for Red Bull Racing.

There was little to separate the Mercedes pair as they traded fastest laps through the session but at the end of the 90 minutes it was Hamilton who took the honours, his lap of 1:18.271 good enough to relegate Rosberg to second spot.

Ricciardo, a two-time winner here in Formula Renault 3.5, in 2010 and 2011, finished just over two tenths adrift of Hamilton’s best time. The Australian’s team-mate Sebastian Vettel, a Monaco winner in 2011, was fifth-fastest, half a second down on Ricciardo.

The Red Bull Racing duo were split by Fernando Alonso. The Ferrari driver, who was four tenths of a second behind Ricciardo, had a nervous moment late in the session when he outbraked himself at the Mirabeau corner and was forced to take an escape road before reversing back onto the circuit.

The corner caught a number of drivers out during the session, with Sauber’s Adrian Sutil hitting the barriers there in the final 15 minutes of the session. Max Chilton had earlier hit the wall in the same spot to bring his session to an early end.

Kimi Räikkönen took sixth in the second Ferrari, ahead of Williams’ driver Valtteri Bottas.
Force India saw both cars finish in the top ten, with Sergio Pérez eighth and Nico Hulkenberg tenth. They were separated by McLaren’s Kevin Magnussen.


Pos.DriverTeamTimeLaps
01 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG 1:18.271 31
02 Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:18.303 31
03 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Renault 1:18.506 37
04 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:18.930 31
05 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Renault 1:19.043 33
06 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:19.467 31
07 Valtteri Bottas Williams Mercedes 1:19.494 31
08 Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes 1:19.666 29
09 Kevin Magnussen McLaren Mercedes 1:19.789 29
10 Nico Hulkenberg Force India Mercedes 1:19.856 38
11 Jenson Button McLaren Mercedes 1:20.033 35
12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber Ferrari 1:20.118 33
13 Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 1:20.207 33
14 Pastor Maldonado Lotus Renault 1:20.241 38
15 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso Renault 1:20.260 36
16 Felipe Massa Williams Mercedes 1:20.517 25
17 Adrian Sutil Sauber Ferrari 1:20.736 18
18 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso Renault 1:20.914 37
19 Jules Bianchi Marussia Ferrari 1:21.310 27
20 Marcus Ericsson Caterham Renault 1:22.063 40
21 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham Renault 1:22.492 37
22 Max Chilton Marussia Ferrari 1:25.817 7

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