Chinese GP: Alonso and Ferrari lead first Friday practice
 |
| Alonso led the Friday track cleaning session |
Fernando Alonso set the early pace for the Ferrari in the opening 'track cleaning' session for this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.
The two-time world champion was 0.398 seconds faster than Nico Rosberg's Mercedes, but the times are meaningless and the Mercedes team will certainly lead session 2.
Australian Daniel Ricciardo was third quickest in his Red Bull ahead of Jenson Button's McLaren.
Nico Hulkenberg was fifth fastest for Force India, one place in front of the other McLaren of Kevin Magnussen.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team/Car | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m39.783s | +0.000s | 20 |
| 2. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m40.181s | +0.398s | 16 |
| 3. | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1m40.772s | +0.989s | 23 |
| 4. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m40.970s | +1.187s | 23 |
| 5. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m41.175s | +1.392s | 16 |
| 6. | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m41.366s | +1.583s | 20 |
| 7. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m41.505s | +1.722s | 26 |
| 8. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m41.560s | +1.777s | 9 |
| 9. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m41.629s | +1.846s | 19 |
| 10. | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1m41.699s | +1.916s | 14 |
| 11. | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1m41.977s | +2.194s | 23 |
| 12. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m42.090s | +2.307s | 24 |
| 13. | Felipe Nasr | Williams-Mercedes | 1m42.265s | +2.482s | 13 |
| 14. | Giedo van der Garde | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m42.615s | +2.832s | 16 |
| 15. | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1m42.733s | +2.950s | 13 |
| 16. | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1m43.731s | +3.948s | 22 |
| 17. | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1m44.038s | +4.255s | 16 |
| 18. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m44.162s | +4.379s | 17 |
| 19. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m44.270s | +4.487s | 7 |
| 20. | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1m44.782s | +4.999s | 20 |
| 21. | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1m44.835s | +5.052s | 22 |
| 22. | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | No Time | No Time | 1 |