Malaysian GP Practice 1: Hamilton fastest as Mercedes challenges
Lewis Hamilton took up where McLaren left off in Melbourne when he headed the first session of free practice for Sunday's Malaysian GP.
Hamilton lapped just over half a second quicker than Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull.
The Mercedes F1 W03s of Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher were third and fourth quickest.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m38.021s | +0.000s | 19 |
| 2. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m38.535s | +0.514 | 21 |
| 3. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m38.813s | +0.792 | 21 |
| 4. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m38.826s | +0.805 | 19 |
| 5. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m38.919s | +0.898 | 17 |
| 6. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m39.092s | +1.071 | 20 |
| 7. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m39.128s | +1.107 | 22 |
| 8. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m39.298s | +1.277 | 23 |
| 9. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m39.323s | +1.302 | 15 |
| 10. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m39.440s | +1.419 | 19 |
| 11. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1m39.724s | +1.703 | 23 |
| 12. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m39.783s | +1.762 | 23 |
| 13. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m39.896s | +1.875 | 16 |
| 14. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m39.910s | +1.889 | 21 |
| 15. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m39.980s | +1.959 | 23 |
| 16. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m40.099s | +2.078 | 23 |
| 17. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m40.247s | +2.226 | 19 |
| 18. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m40.469s | +2.448 | 23 |
| 19. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m40.857s | +2.836 | 25 |
| 20. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m41.085s | +3.064 | 23 |
| 21. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m43.170s | +5.149 | 18 |
| 22. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m44.580s | +6.559 | 14 |
| 23. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m45.360s | +7.339 | 8 |
| 24. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1m45.528s | +7.507 | 18 |