Leader of the season Nico Rosberg was fastest in the first session after the summer break, ahead of his team-mate Lewis Hamilton on one-tenth in friday morning at the Belgian Grand Prix. 

 

 

 

 

In friday F1 teams went back to work after a long summer break. In the two teams first training worked reserve drivers – in the Marussia Alexander Rossi temporarily took the wheel car of Max Chilton, and in the Sauber Giedo van der Garde has replaced Esteban Gutierrez.

In Caterham replaced the driver for whole weekend – Le Mans winner Andre Lotterer made his debut in Formula 1, replacing Kamui Kobayashi, and in his first official session was ahead team-mate.

Rosberg took the lead shortly after the start of work on the track and although Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in the session several times was ahead of Nico, in the end, he was the best with a score of 1.51,577. Lewis lost 0.097 seconds, nearly crashed the car in “Bus Stop” at the last minute.

Alonso was third, losing a couple of tenths, and Kimi Raikkonen was pleased their fans the fifth result. Between Ferrari’s drivers located Jenson Button on McLaren, and Force India driver Sergio Perez closed the top six. Ferrari car of Raikkonen had troubles with ERS system.

Many of teams have finalized aerodynamic to reduce drag and achieve the maximum on tracks in Spa and Monza, requiring little downforce. According to tradition, teams began the session with a small aerodynamic clamp, gradually increasing it to optimize grip on the second sector. With these settings, many have not escaped the reversals and departures, but without serious consequences. Vettel had to cut the program because of problems with the car – the German was able to pass only 11 laps.

Drivers of Williams were only the tenth and 15th. Daniil Kvyat, who a year ago opens in the Spa account his victories in the GP3 series, has become the 12th, winning half a second from his partner in STR Jean-Eric Vergne. Alexander Rossi, who will not now drive in the grand prix, was over a second slower than Marussia team-­mate Jules Bianchi.

Results:

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 6 Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes 25 1:51,577
2 44 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 24 1:51,674 + 0,097
3 14 Fernando Alonso SPA Ferrari 16 1:51,805 + 0,228
4 22 Jenson Button GBR McLaren – Mercedes 21 1:52,404 + 0,827
5 7 Kimi Räikkönen FIN Ferrari 17 1:52,818 + 1,241
6 11 Sergio Pérez MEX Force India – Mercedes 24 1:52,903 + 1,326
7 20 Kevin Magnussen (R) DAN McLaren – Mercedes 23 1:52,922 + 1,345
8 27 Nico Hülkenberg GER Force India – Mercedes 22 1:52,937 + 1,360
9 3 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull Racing – Renault 19 1:52,972 + 1,395
10 77 Valtteri Bottas FIN Williams – Mercedes 20 1:53,172 + 1,595
11 1 Sebastian Vettel GER Red Bull Racing – Renault 11 1:53,369 + 1,792
12 26 Daniil Kvyat (R) RUS Toro Rosso – Renault 21 1:53,594 + 2,017
13 8 Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus – Renault 20 1:53,597 + 2,020
14 99 Adrian Sutil GER Sauber – Ferrari 14 1:53,703 + 2,126
15 19 Felipe Massa BRA Williams – Mercedes 20 1:53,968 + 2,391
16 25 Jean-Eric Vergne FRA Toro Rosso – Renault 20 1:54,189 + 2,612
17 36 Giedo Van der Garde NED Sauber – Ferrari 16 1:54,335 + 2,758
18 13 Pastor Maldonado VEN Lotus – Renault 21 1:55,336 + 3,759
19 17 Jules Bianchi FRA Marussia –  Ferrari 19 1:55,782 + 4,205
20 42 Alexander Rossi (R) USA Marussia –  Ferrari 20 1:57,232 + 5,655
21 45 André Lotterer (R) GER Caterham – Renault 24 1:57,886 + 6,309
22 9 Marcus Ericsson (R) SWE Caterham – Renault 24 1:57,977 + 6,400