Nico Rosberg topped the opening practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday morning whilst Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel hit trouble when his Ferrari stopped on-track after just a handful of laps.
Key points from FP1:
– Rosberg’s early 1:10.401 was good enough to keep him top despite it being set within the first 30 minutes of the session.
– The German beat team-mate Lewis Hamilton by more than three-tenths as the Briton went wide on his final attempt at displacing Rosberg.
– Sebastian Vettel was slowest after problems struck his Ferrari after just four laps.
– Kimi Raikkonen was third ahead of Valtteri Bottas and the Sauber of Felipe Nasr.
– Fernando Alonso was another driver to suffer mechanical problems. The Spaniard was told to stop his engine but eventually returned to the track to set another nine timed laps.
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 01 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:10.401 | – | 36 |
| 02 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:10.709 | 0.308 | 28 |
| 03 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:11.028 | 0.627 | 22 |
| 04 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:11.452 | 1.051 | 26 |
| 05 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:11.633 | 1.232 | 28 |
| 06 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:11.642 | 1.241 | 31 |
| 07 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:11.724 | 1.323 | 29 |
| 08 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:11.825 | 1.424 | 38 |
| 09 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:11.890 | 1.489 | 29 |
| 10 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 1:11.905 | 1.504 | 37 |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:11.948 | 1.547 | 32 |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 1:12.004 | 1.603 | 34 |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:12.031 | 1.630 | 36 |
| 14 | Jolyon Palmer | Lotus | 1:12.050 | 1.649 | 27 |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:12.159 | 1.758 | 30 |
| 16 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:12.920 | 2.519 | 30 |
| 17 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:13.272 | 2.871 | 10 |
| 18 | Will Stevens | Marussia | 1:13.937 | 3.536 | 29 |
| 19 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia | 1:15.459 | 5.058 | 11 |
| 20 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:15.684 | 5.283 | 4 |
