Nico Rosberg fastest in Valencia practice 1 (European grand prix)
Hamilton second fastest, Button third.
Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg has clocked the fastest lap in the first free practice session for Sunday’s European Grand Prix at the Valencia street circuit.
The German completed 16 laps and clocked a best time of 1:41.175, 0.164 seconds quicker than McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1:41.339).
Third time in the session for reigning world champion Jenson Button in the other McLaren (1:41.383) ahead of Renault’s Robert Kubica (1:41.715), Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:42.182), Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (1:42.216), team-mate Mark Webber (1:42.275) and Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher (1:42.312).
Ninth time for Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, tenth for Williams’ Rubens Barrichello, 11th for Nico Hulkenberg, 12th for Vitaly Petrov, 13th for Sebastien Buemi and 14th for Tonio Liuzzi.
2010 European Grand Prix, first free Practice results:
| Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:41.175 | 16 | |
| 2 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41.339 | 0.164 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41.383 | 0.208 | 21 |
| 4 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:41.715 | 0.540 | 20 |
| 5 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:42.182 | 1.007 | 21 |
| 6 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:42.216 | 1.041 | 24 |
| 7 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:42.275 | 1.100 | 17 |
| 8 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:42.312 | 1.137 | 18 |
| 9 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:42.421 | 1.246 | 22 |
| 10 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:42.463 | 1.288 | 21 |
| 11 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:42.707 | 1.532 | 23 |
| 12 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:42.962 | 1.787 | 17 |
| 13 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:43.310 | 2.135 | 23 |
| 14 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:43.380 | 2.205 | 19 |
| 15 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:43.397 | 2.222 | 21 |
| 16 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:43.437 | 2.262 | 18 |
| 17 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:43.729 | 2.554 | 21 |
| 18 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:44.183 | 3.008 | 21 |
| 19 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:44.491 | 3.316 | 21 |
| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:45.653 | 4.478 | 23 |
| 21 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:47.123 | 5.948 | 17 |
| 22 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:47.285 | 6.110 | 18 |
| 23 | 20 | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | 1:47.343 | 6.168 | 14 |
| 24 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:47.356 | 6.181 | 24 |
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