Monaco: Rosberg tops opening practice
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| Nico Rosberg |
Having won the last two pole positions, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg led a close first free practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix on Thursday morning with a time of 1m16.195s.
That was enough to edge out Fernando Alonso's Ferrari by just 0.087 seconds.
Romain Grosjean put his Lotus third on the charts ahead of the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa.
Lewis Hamilton completed the top five in the second Mercedes.
The Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were back in seventh and 10th.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m16.195s | +0.000s | 30 |
| 2. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m16.282s | +0.087s | 26 |
| 3. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m16.380s | +0.185s | 20 |
| 4. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m16.394s | +0.199s | 22 |
| 5. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m16.469s | +0.274s | 27 |
| 6. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m16.993s | +0.798s | 26 |
| 7. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m17.020s | +0.825s | 26 |
| 8. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m17.129s | +0.934s | 28 |
| 9. | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m17.378s | +1.183s | 24 |
| 10. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m17.380s | +1.185s | 22 |
| 11. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m17.509s | +1.314s | 25 |
| 12. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m17.548s | +1.353s | 26 |
| 13. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m17.625s | +1.430s | 20 |
| 14. | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m18.193s | +1.998s | 25 |
| 15. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m18.454s | +2.259s | 24 |
| 16. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m18.754s | +2.559s | 27 |
| 17. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1m18.830s | +2.635s | 27 |
| 18. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m19.067s | +2.872s | 24 |
| 19. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1m19.203s | +3.008s | 20 |
| 20. | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1m19.438s | +3.243s | 27 |
| 21. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m19.773s | +3.578s | 19 |
| 22. | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m20.225s | +4.030s | 20 |