Nico Rosberg has set the fastest time in the first free practice session in Silverstone ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.

This was the debut session for two drivers: Susie Wolff (first woman in an official session since 1992) with Williams and Dani Juncadella with Force India. Moreover, Robin Frijns has taken Kobayashi’s seat in Caterham and Giedo van der Garde drove Sutil’s car in Sauber. Bad luck for Wolff, who had to stop her car just after four laps due to a problem with the oil pressure. She will be back on track in the FP1 of the German GP.

 

Felipe Massa made the session even worse for Williams after making a mistake and hitting the wall. The session was red-flagged for 15 minutes. Marcus Ericsson had a spin and wasn’t able to finish either. Pastor Maldonado couldn’t even make a single lap after he was told to stop the car before exiting the pit lane.

 

Lewis Hamilton finished 0,7s. behind his teammate in the first session of his home GP. After having lost so many points in the last races, he needs a good result this weekend. After the Mercedes, Alonso has been 3rd followed by Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Vettel, Button, Kvyat, Vergne, Magnussen, Pérez, Grosjean, Gutiérrez, Juncadella, Van der Garde, Bianchi, Massa, Chilton, Ericsson, Frijns, Wolff, Maldonado.

 

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 6 Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes 25 1:35,424
2 44 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 22 1:36,155 + 0,731
3 14 Fernando Alonso SPA Ferrari 23 1:36,263 + 0,839
4 3 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull Racing – Renault 21 1:36,623 + 1,199
5 7 Kimi Räikkönen FIN Ferrari 23 1:36,703 + 1,279
6 1 Sebastian Vettel GER Red Bull Racing – Renault 20 1:36,921 + 1,497
7 22 Jenson Button GBR McLaren – Mercedes 25 1:36,963 + 1,539
8 26 Daniil Kvyat RUS Toro Rosso – Renault 29 1:37,175 + 1,751
9 25 Jean-Eric Vergne FRA Toro Rosso – Renault 25 1:37,227 + 1,803
10 20 Kevin Magnussen DAN McLaren – Mercedes 30 1:37,231 + 1,807
11 11 Sergio Pérez MEX Force India – Mercedes 22 1:37,720 + 2,296
12 8 Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus – Renault 21 1:37,910 + 2,486
13 21 Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Sauber – Ferrari 18 1:38,056 + 2,632
14 34 Daniel Juncadella SPA Force India – Mercedes 23 1:38,083 + 2,659
15 36 Giedo Van der Garde NED Sauber – Ferrari 19 1:38,328 + 2,904
16 17 Jules Bianchi FRA Marussia – Ferrari 12 1:38,917 + 3,493
17 19 Felipe Massa BRA Williams – Mercedes 7 1:39,461 + 4,037
18 4 Max Chilton GBR Marussia – Ferrari 24 1:39,814 + 4,390
19 9 Marcus Ericsson SWE Caterham – Renault 19 1:40,597 + 5,173
20 46 Robin Frijns NED Caterham – Renault 11 1:42,261 + 6,837
21 41 Susie Wolff GBR Williams – Mercedes 4 1:44,212 + 8,788
22 13 Pastor Maldonado VEN Lotus – Renault 2 No time