{"id":236909,"date":"2014-03-13T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/formula-one-alonso-hamilton-fastest-in-first-friday-of-2014\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T01:53:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T23:53:04","slug":"formula-one-alonso-hamilton-fastest-in-first-friday-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/en\/blog\/formula-one-alonso-hamilton-fastest-in-first-friday-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula One: Alonso &amp; Hamilton fastest in first Friday of 2014!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a long off-season following last year&#8217;s season finale at <strong>Brazil,<\/strong> F1 is finally back for an exciting 2014 championship as the first practice sessions of the year got under way in <strong>Australia<\/strong> for <strong>Friday<\/strong> practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fernando Alonso<\/strong> ended the first 90 minute session fastest in his Ferrari and was 4.6 seconds slower than the equivalent time set in last year&#8217;s <strong>Australian FP1<\/strong>. He\u00a0was half a second clear of <strong>Jenson Button<\/strong> in the <strong>Mobil<\/strong> sponsored <strong>McLaren,<\/strong> with the Briton managing the 2nd fastest time despite an early problem with his engine.<\/p>\n<p>The two <strong>Williams<\/strong> cars set the 3rd and 4th best times in their new <strong>Martini<\/strong> livery. <strong>Valtteri Bottas<\/strong> and <strong>Felipe Massa<\/strong> was less than half a tenth of a second slower than <strong>Jenson Button<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhat surprisingly, <strong>Daniel Ricciardo<\/strong> managed to set the 5th fastest time in front of his home crowd after <strong>Red Bull<\/strong> struggled throughout pre-season testing. Ricciardo managed 26 laps with team-mate and reigning champion Sebastian Vettel completing 10 laps with the 7th fastest time in the sister <strong>Red Bull<\/strong>. Nico Rosberg split the Red Bull pair in his <strong>Silver Arrow<\/strong> in 6th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kevin Magnussen<\/strong> ended his first<strong> Formula One<\/strong> practice session in 8th ahead of Ferrari returnee Kimi Raikkonen. Jean-Eric Vergne was 10th fastest in his Toro Rosso and was visibly struggling with his brakes, as was team-mate Daniil Kvyat who set the 13th fastest time. The two Force India drivers, Nico Hulkenburg and Sergio Perez, were in between the <strong>Toro Rossos<\/strong> in 11th and 12th respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Sauber cars of <strong>Gutierrez<\/strong> and Sutil ended FP1 in the 14th and 15th places ahead of the Marussia cars who only completed 10 laps between them.<\/p>\n<p>A number of other drivers struggled along with the Marussia drivers. Team rivals Marcus Ericsson and Kamui Kobayashi didn&#8217;t complete a full lap in their <strong>Caterham<\/strong> cars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis Hamilton<\/strong> was a big name who had struggled in the first practice session. The pre-season favourite to take the title only managed half a lap before his engine shut-down following an oil pressure sensor warning.<\/p>\n<p>Lotus had a poor first practice with <strong>Pastor Maldonad<\/strong>o not setting a time after an off track excursion on his only lap. Team-mate <strong>Grosjean<\/strong> didn&#8217;t even leave the garage during the session.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">POS<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Driver<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Team<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">Time<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">Laps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Fernando Alonso<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Ferrari<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201931.840<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Jenson Button<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">McLaren<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201932.357<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Valtteri Bottas<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Williams<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201932.403<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">4<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Felipe Massa<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Williams<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201932.431<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Daniel Ricciardo<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Red Bull<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201932.599<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">6<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Nico Rosberg<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Mercedes<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201932.604<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">7<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Sebastian Vettel<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Red Bull<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201932.793<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">8<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Kevin Magnussen<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">McLaren<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201932.847<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">9<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Kimi Raikkonen<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Ferrari<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201932.977<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">10<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Jean-Eric Vergne<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Toro Rosso<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201933.446<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">11<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Nico Hulkenburg<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Force India<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201933.533<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">12<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Sergio Perez<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Force India<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201933.855<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">13<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Daniil Kvyat<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Toro Rosso<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201934.272<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">14<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Esteban Gutierrez<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Sauber<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201935.578<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">15<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Adrian Sutil<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Sauber<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201936.445<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">16<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Jules Bianchi<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Marussia<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201940.859<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">17<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Max Chilton<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Marussia<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201946.922<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">18<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Marcus Ericsson<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Caterham<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">No Time<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">19<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Lewis Hamilton<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Mercedes<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">No Time<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">20<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Kamui Kobayashi<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Caterham<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">No Time<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">21<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Pastor Maldonado<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Lotus<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">No Time<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">22<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Romain Grosjean<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Lotus<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">No Time<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Mercedes had been the team to beat throughout pre-season testing but had dropped back in <strong>FP1.<\/strong> They returned to the top of the time-sheets in the second practice session with an ominous 1-2 with <strong>Lewis Hamilton<\/strong> a tenth ahead of team-mate <strong>Nico Rosberg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Having topped the first session of the year, <strong>Fernando Alonso<\/strong> took the 3rd fastest time ahead of Sebastian Vettel in 4th, who continued the upward trend of the Red Bull team following their diabolical pre-season. Vettel&#8217;s team-mate Ricciardo was 6th fastest in his RB10 just behind Jenson Button in 5th.<\/p>\n<p>Kimi Raikkonen was 7th fastest in his Ferrari ahead of <strong>Valtteri Bottas<\/strong> and <strong>Kevin Magnussen<\/strong>. <strong>Nico Hulkenburg<\/strong> completed the top 10 in his Force India following a spin during the session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vergne<\/strong> was 11th fastest ahead of <strong>Massa, Perez<\/strong> and the <strong>Sauber<\/strong> cars of <strong>Sutil<\/strong> and <strong>Gutierrez.<\/strong> <strong>Daniil Kvyat<\/strong> was 16th fastest after having appeared to have held up a few cars during the 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jules Bianchi<\/strong> was 17th fastest with team-mate <strong>Chilton<\/strong> in 19th. <strong>Romain<\/strong> Grosjean was 18th and in the <strong>Marussia<\/strong> sandwich after having completed 12 laps, 12 laps more than team-mate <strong>Pastor Maldonado<\/strong> who didn&#8217;t set a time. Neither <strong>Caterham<\/strong> completed a lap or set a time with fuel and hydraulic problems.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">POS<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Driver<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Team<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">Time<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">Laps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Lewis Hamilton<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Mercedes<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201929.625<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Nico Rosberg<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Mercedes<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201929.782<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Fernando Alonso<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Ferrari<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201930.132<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">4<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Sebastian Vettel<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Red Bull<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201930.381<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Jenson Button<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">McLaren<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201930.510<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">6<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Daniel Ricciardo<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Red Bull<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201930.538<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">7<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Kimi Raikkonen<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Ferrari<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201930.898<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">8<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Valtteri Bottas<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Williams<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201930.920<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">9<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Kevin Magnussen<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">McLaren<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201931.031<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">10<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Nico Hulkenburg<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Force India<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201931.054<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">11<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Jean-Eric Vergne<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Toro Rosso<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201931.060<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">12<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Felipe Massa<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Williams<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201931.119<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">13<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Sergio Perez<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Force India<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201931.283<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">14<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Adrian Sutil<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Sauber<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201932.355<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">15<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Esteban Gutierrez<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Sauber<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201932.468<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">16<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Daniil Kvyat<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Toro Rosso<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201932.495<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">17<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Jules Bianchi<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Marussia<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201933.486<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">18<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Romain Grosjean<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Lotus<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201933.646<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">19<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Max Chilton<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Marussia<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">1\u201934.757<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">20<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Marcus Ericsson<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Caterham<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">No Time<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">21<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Kamui Kobayashi<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Caterham<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">No Time<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"42\">22<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"129\">Pastor Maldonado<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"85\">Lotus<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"76\">No Time<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<pre>By Jordan Groves\nFormula 1 correspondent for <a title=\"Sports Marketing\" href=\"https:\/\/rtrsports.com\/en\">RTR Sports Marketing<\/a><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long off-season following last year&#8217;s season finale at Brazil, F1 is finally back for an exciting 2014 championship as the first practice sessions of the year got under way in Australia for Friday practice. 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