The first Free Practice session often gets off to a slow start, and Monaco was no different, despite the need to clean up the track. Esteban Gutiérrez headed out first, and gradually others joined him to help the rubbering in effort. Fernando Alonso set an early benchmark but was beaten by Nico Rosberg. Romain Grosjean put in a healthy third fastest time. Adrian Sutil suffered a spin that saw him just miss out on hitting the barriers, and he was able to continue.