Lewis Hamilton continued his Malaysian dominance to top the times during first free practice in Bahrain on Friday.
The Briton’s quickest lap was two-tenths faster than team-mate Nico Rosberg to give Mercedes a 1-2, whilst Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso was almost half a second slower than Hamilton.
Alonso had to abort an early run after he was sent out on three medium tyres and one soft, but the problem was quickly fixed as he returned to the garage for a matching set.
Nico Hulkenberg looked set to challenge Alonso’s third, but narrowly missed out with Jenson Button coming in fifth ahead of the second Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen.
FP1 Full Times – 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix:
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37.502 | 14 | |
| 02 | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:37.733 | 0.231 | 13 |
| 03 | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37.953 | 0.451 | 17 |
| 04 | N. Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:38.122 | 0.620 | 10 |
| 05 | J. Button | McLaren | 1:38.636 | 1.134 | 16 |
| 06 | K. Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:38.783 | 1.281 | 12 |
| 07 | K. Magnussen | McLaren | 1:38.949 | 1.447 | 15 |
| 08 | D. Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:39.056 | 1.554 | 24 |
| 09 | S. Perez | Force India | 1:39.102 | 1.600 | 21 |
| 10 | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.389 | 1.887 | 16 |
| 11 | F. Massa | Williams | 1:39.533 | 2.031 | 11 |
| 12 | J. Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:39.862 | 2.360 | 26 |
| 13 | F. Nasr | Williams | 1:40.078 | 2.576 | 14 |
| 14 | D. Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:40.406 | 2.904 | 19 |
| 15 | A. Sutil | Sauber | 1:40.652 | 3.150 | 20 |
| 16 | P. Maldonado | Lotus | 1:40.793 | 3.291 | 31 |
| 17 | J. Bianchi | Marussia | 1:40.889 | 3.387 | 20 |
| 18 | G. van der Garde | Sauber | 1:40.913 | 3.411 | 20 |
| 19 | R. Grosjean | Lotus | 1:41.036 | 3.534 | 24 |
| 20 | M. Chilton | Marussia | 1:41.794 | 4.292 | 20 |
| 21 | R. Frijns | Caterham | 1:42.417 | 4.915 | 35 |
| 22 | M. Ericsson | Caterham | 1:42.711 | 5.209 | 21 |
