FP1: Rosberg miles ahead of Hamilton in Russia

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FP1: Rosberg miles ahead of Hamilton in Russia

Published on 29 Apr 2016 10:32
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By: Rob Veenstra

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg kept his momentum going in first free practice for the Russian Grand Prix. He set a fastest lap time of 1:38.127 and was much faster than team mate Lewis Hamilton in second place. The gap was more thans even tenths. Sebastian Vettel completed the top three. The Ferrari driver spun twice, while Hamilton, Jenson Button and Daniil Kvyat also had a spin during this session. Felipe Massa suffered clutch problems in the first half of practice.

F1Grand Prix Russian - Free practice 1

Sochi Autodrom - 29 April 2016

Driver

Team

Time

Difference

#
1

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

1:38.127

32
2

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:38.849

+0.722

31
3

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

1:39.175

+1.048

19
4

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

1:39.332

+1.205

18
5

Felipe Massa

Williams

1:39.365

+1.238

14
6

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing

1:39.650

+1.523

24
7

Valtteri Bottas

Williams

1:39.802

+1.675

34
8

Daniil Kvyat

Red Bull Racing

1:40.218

+2.091

26
9

Sergio Perez

Force India

1:40.287

+2.160

22
10

Carlos Sainz jr

Toro Rosso

1:40.654

+2.527

21
11

Jenson Button

McLaren

1:40.663

+2.536

19
12

Fernando Alonso

McLaren

1:40.771

+2.644

18
13

Sergey Sirotkin

Renault

1:40.898

+2.771

24
14

Felipe Nasr

Sauber

1:41.085

+2.958

21
15

Max Verstappen

Toro Rosso

1:41.134

+3.007

22
16

Esteban Gutierrez

Haas F1

1:41.238

+3.111

18
17

Romain Grosjean

Haas F1

1:41.385

+3.258

20
18

Jolyon Palmer

Renault

1:41.671

+3.544

25
19

Marcus Ericsson

Sauber

1:41.962

+3.835

22
20

Pascal Wehrlein

Manor F1

1:42.483

+4.356

21
21

Rio Haryanto

Manor F1

1:42.687

+4.560

8
22

Alfonso Celis jr

Force India

1:43.432

+5.305

23

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