Shanghai, 18 April

Mixed fortunes for Ferrari in the first practice for the Chinese Grand Prix, as Fernando Alonso was fastest in 1.39.783, the only man under the 1m 40s barrier, beating Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes by four tenths. Third was Daniel Ricciardo in the Red Bull, in a session where several teams seemed to be playing their cards close to their chest.
In the other F14 T, Kimi Raikkonen failed to set a timed lap, only managing one installation lap before having to spend the rest of the 90 minutes in the garage with a technical problem.
Alonso managed 20 laps working on set-up and tyre evaluation. Towards the end, he also did a first long run on a morning when air and track temperatures were particularly low.


Pos
No
Driver
Team
Time/Retired
Gap
Laps
1
14
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:39.783

20
2
6
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:40.181
0.398
16
3
3
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing-Renault
1:40.772
0.989
23
4
22
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:40.970
1.187
23
5
27
Nico Hulkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
1:41.175
1.392
16
6
20
Kevin Magnussen
McLaren-Mercedes
1:41.366
1.583
20
7
25
Jean-Eric Vergne
STR-Renault
1:41.505
1.722
26
8
44
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:41.560
1.777
9
9
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing-Renault
1:41.629
1.846
19
10
19
Felipe Massa
William-Mercedes
1:41.699
1.916
14
11
26
Daniil Kvyat
STR-Renault
1:41.977
2.194
23
12
8
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:42.090
2.307
24
13
40
Felipe Nasr
William-Mercedes
1:42.265
2.482
13
14
36
Giedo van der Garde
Sauber-Ferrari
1:42.615
2.832
16
15
11
Sergio Perez
Force India-Mercedes
1:42.733
2.950
13
16
13
Pastor Maldonado
Lotus-Renault
1:43.731
3.948
22
17
10
Kamui Kobayashi
Caterham-Renault
1:44.038
4.255
16
18
21
Esteban Gutierrez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:44.162
4.379
17
19
17
Jules Bianchi
Marussia-Ferrari
1:44.270
4.487
7
20
4
Max Chilton
Marussia-Ferrari
1:44.782
4.999
20
21
9
Marcus Ericsson
Caterham-Renault
1:44.835
5.052
22
22
7
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari


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