Free Practice 1 results - Monaco 2014 - The Rosberg and Hamilton battle heats up in first Monte Carlo session

Published 22 May 2014 by Christine

Hamilton late to start first practice session, yet fastest at the finish — Credit: Daimler AG

Nico Rosberg was the early pacesetter in first practice, and he led for most of the way until teammate Lewis Hamilton pipped him towards the end of the ninety minute run. Daniel Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso were also up near the sharp end, as they continue to try and close the gap to Mercedes.

Max Chilton spun his Marussia on track, and Adrian Sutil also had a spin that ended his morning run in the barriers. Fernando Alonso followed at the same point on track as Sutil, but avoided contact and continued his lap.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:18.271	32
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:18.303	31
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:18.506	37
4	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:18.930	31
5	Sebastian Vettel	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:19.043	33
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:19.467	31
7	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:19.494	31
8	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:19.666	29
9	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren Mercedes	1:19.789	29
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:19.856	38
11	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	1:20.033	35
12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber F1 Team	1:20.118	33
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:20.207	33
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:20.241	38
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:20.260	36
16	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:20.517	25
17	Adrian Sutil	Sauber F1 Team	1:20.736	18
18	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:20.914	37
19	Jules Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team	1:21.310	27
20	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team	1:22.063	40
21	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham F1 Team	1:22.492	38
22	Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	1:25.817	7