Rosberg tops first practice as Massa crashes Williams

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F1 Grand Prix, GP Great Britain, Silverstone Circuitgb

Nico Rosberg easily topped the first practice session at Silverstone, edging out team mate Lewis Hamilton by a comfortable 7 tenths. Fernando Alonso went third fastest, just a tenth shy of Hamilton.

Daniel Ricciardo was the fastest Renault powered runner, posting the 4th best time of the morning, 1.2s down on the fastest Mercedes.

Most attention however went to Felipe Massa as he heavily crashed his Williams FW36 on the exit of Stowe. He spun into the opposite wall and did considerably damage to his car. The Brazilian though was left unhurt, but it's a disappointing beginning of the weekend ahead of his 200th race start.

Just minutes before, Susie Wolff went fastest in the opening stages of the session before coming to a halt with a drop of oil pressure. It was immediately the end of her session, having completed just one timed lap.

Other FP1-only drivers included Daniel Juncadella in the Force India of Nico Hulkenberg. He went 14th fastest, positioning himself ahead of Giedo van der Garde who ran the session in Adrian Sutil's Sauber. Robin Frijns was also in action, taking the wheel of Kamui Kobayashi's Caterham, although only for a short while as the team investigated problems. The same was true, once again, for Pastor Maldonado as he failed to set a time following an early issue on his Lotus E22.

Results

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGapLaps
16Nico RosbergMercedes1:35.424-25
244Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:36.1550.73122
314Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:36.2630.83923
43Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-Renault1:36.6231.19921
57Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:36.7031.27923
61Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing-Renault1:36.9211.49720
722Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:36.9631.53925
826Daniil KvyatStr-Renault1:37.1751.75129
925Jean-Eric VergneStr-Renault1:37.2271.80325
1020Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes1:37.2311.80730
1111Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:37.7202.29622
128Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:37.9102.48621
1321Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari1:38.0562.63218
1434Daniel JuncadellaForce India-Mercedes1:38.0832.65923
1536Giedo van der GardeSauber-Ferrari1:38.3282.90419
1617Jules BianchiMarussia-Ferrari1:38.9173.49312
1719Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:39.4614.0377
184Max ChiltonMarussia-Ferrari1:39.8144.39024
199Marcus EricssonCaterham-Renault1:40.5975.17319
2046Robin FrijnsCaterham-Renault1:42.2616.83711
2141Susie WolffWilliams-Mercedes1:44.2128.7884
2213Pastor MaldonadoLotus-RenaultNo time2