Nico Rosberg headed the times in a disrupted first practice session at Silverstone which saw a high-speed accident for Felipe Massa.
The Williams driver ran wide at Stowe corner early in the session, lost control of his car on the run-off at the exit, and spun into the barrier on the inside. Massa was uninjured, but the session was stopped for over a quarter of an hour while the accident scene was cleared up.
This proved useful for Williams as their other car had already come to a stop and could now be recovered. Susie Wolff had only completed four laps when the oil pressure dropped in her Mercedes power unit, causing her to stop at Club corner. But although her car was brought back to the pits the team were unable to repair it in time for her to rejoin.
Wolff was one of two drivers participating in an official F1 session for the first time. The other, Force India’s Daniel Juncadella, had a largely problem-free run in Nico Hulkenberg’s car.
Marcus Ericsson spun off in the high-speed Becketts sequences and the yellow flags were out for several laps while his car was recovered. This came at an inconvenient time for Lewis Hamilton as he tried to beat his team mate’s mark.
The result was Rosberg ended the session quickest by over seven tenths of a second from Hamilton, who was just a tenth of a second ahead of Fernando Alonso. As usual Ferrari ran with a lower fuel load in the first session, as indicated by a radio message from Force India to Sergio Perez.
Daniel Ricciardo was fourth fastest for Red Bull despite suffering a gearbox problem. However Pastor Maldonado’s problems in the Lotus were more series – he failed even to set a time.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Best lap | Gap | Laps |
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1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’35.424 | 25 | |
2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’36.155 | 0.731 | 22 |
3 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1’36.263 | 0.839 | 23 |
4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1’36.623 | 1.199 | 21 |
5 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’36.706 | 1.282 | 23 |
6 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1’36.921 | 1.497 | 20 |
7 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’36.963 | 1.539 | 25 |
8 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’37.175 | 1.751 | 29 |
9 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’37.227 | 1.803 | 25 |
10 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’37.231 | 1.807 | 30 |
11 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’37.720 | 2.296 | 22 |
12 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1’37.910 | 2.486 | 21 |
13 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’38.056 | 2.632 | 18 |
14 | 34 | Daniel Juncadella | Force India-Mercedes | 1’38.083 | 2.659 | 23 |
15 | 36 | Giedo van der Garde | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’38.328 | 2.904 | 19 |
16 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1’38.917 | 3.493 | 12 |
17 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’39.461 | 4.037 | 7 |
18 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1’39.814 | 4.390 | 24 |
19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1’40.597 | 5.173 | 19 |
20 | 46 | Robin Frijns | Caterham-Renault | 1’42.261 | 6.837 | 11 |
21 | 41 | Susie Wolff | Williams-Mercedes | 1’44.212 | 8.788 | 4 |
22 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault |
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ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
4th July 2014, 11:38
Really feel bad for Susie Wolff
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
4th July 2014, 11:49
+1 !
DK (@seijakessen)
4th July 2014, 14:06
I don’t. I was ecstatic over it.
Blatant PR stunt.
She’s a hack driver with little to no real ability, and is only there because she is attractive-looking enough to garner eyeballs. Her efforts in the DTM were laughable, and she did nothing there.
UTBowler0407 (@utbowler0407)
4th July 2014, 16:42
Interesting, I’d never looked up her race results before. Certainly doesn’t look like a stand-out driver, although I know nothing about DTM or how competitive her team was. Sounds like Danica 2.0, but I could be wrong. Talented or not, I would’ve liked to have seen how she got on in the car for more than a few laps.
Ah well, all the more reason to be excited about Simona de Silvestro!
Fixy (@)
4th July 2014, 11:39
What a nightmare for Susie :(
davey (@djdaveyp87)
4th July 2014, 23:27
Yeah, I hope she gets another opportunity. Read so much sexism on the internet today, it’s appalling.
Optimaximal (@optimaximal)
4th July 2014, 11:39
I think at least we can take something positive from this event – Susie Wolff is faster than Pastor Maldonaldo!
Magnificent Geoffrey (@magnificent-geoffrey)
4th July 2014, 11:40
Gutted for Susie.
At least she has the opportunity to get a proper run again at Hockenheim.
David Not Coulthard (@davidnotcoulthard)
4th July 2014, 11:40
No guys Susie’s slowness is nothing genetic her engine had a problem.
Hans Herrmann (@twentyseven)
4th July 2014, 11:53
Na, it was her two big womanly X chromosomes weighing her down, probably broke the engine too ;)
Breno (@austus)
4th July 2014, 12:45
She isnt slow because she is a woman.
socksolid (@socksolid)
4th July 2014, 13:49
If susie was fast she would have had won something on her career.
HiPn0tIc (@hipn0tic)
4th July 2014, 14:36
+1
BlueChris (@bluechris)
4th July 2014, 11:41
and Daniel Juncadella is only 0.3 slower than Perez in same car.
Rooney (@rojov123)
4th July 2014, 12:58
Yea, because FP1 is the perfect time to judge the competitiveness of a car/driver!
Breno (@austus)
4th July 2014, 13:40
If it were, Alonso would be dominating this season!
Dan
4th July 2014, 12:15
Man as a Ham fan Ros is really worrying me, did Ham have a problem?
DC (@dc)
4th July 2014, 12:26
I didn’t see anything reported. I wouldn’t make too much of the times. They try a lot of different things in practice sessions so it doesn’t necessarily mean Hamilton is that much slower. If he is out-qualified again then you can start to worry.
TribalTalker (@tribaltalker)
4th July 2014, 12:30
Ericsson’s spin was ahead of Hamilton on his late quick lap – yellows will have been bad for his time.
Robbie (@robbie)
4th July 2014, 12:34
Yeah, no reason NR and LH won’t be within a tenth of each other either way when all is said and done.
matt
4th July 2014, 13:28
red and yellow flags slowed lewis down.
Dan
4th July 2014, 14:34
Thanks guys i got to watch last 10 min. Nico slow down haha. I think this championship will be decided on qualifying, we don’t see merc’s passing eachother do we/
Breno (@austus)
4th July 2014, 12:46
And Massa loses it in Silvestone again! Just like in Canada and… erhm, he didnt lose it in Monaco, did he?
ElBasque (@elbasque)
4th July 2014, 13:23
Who’s that SIMON Wolff at the bottom of the timesheets? I’ve just looked up his DTM and F3 results and im surprised he’s been given a chance at this level.
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Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
5th July 2014, 7:56
@elbasque Could say the same about Maxine Chilton.
ElBasque (@elbasque)
7th July 2014, 13:03
@keithcollantine, aha yes!
Although in this current pandering climate, with the triumvirate of money, British nationality and female gender, I get the feeling Maxine would keep her place even if she drove backwards.
suffolk (@suffolk)
4th July 2014, 21:32
What happened with the live coverage of this session of the British Grand Prix by the British Broadcasting Corporation? The world feed is left with 1 minute and 19 seconds remaining. Lee closes the programme. We then get to see an advert for a radio programme followed by an advert for a railway documentary. Finally the next programme starts, Daily Politics, a full 6 seconds after the chequered flag was due to be shown. Broadcasters losing interest as well…