Nico Rosberg tops the timesheets in FP1 at Silverstone

This morning in Silverstone, Nico Rosberg topped the timesheets in FP1 ahead of his team mate Lewis Hamilton and Toro Rosso rookie Max Verstappen.

In the first 15 minutes of the session, Lewis Hamilton while going through the Stowe corner got onto the kerb and spun his car but he was able to continue running in the session unlike his team mate.

Nico Rosberg on the entry to Maggots corner had to stop after the team instructed him to after losing hydraulic pressure in the car.

Also, we saw Felipe Nasr going into Turns 3 and 4 losing the rear of his Sauber while braking but he was able to continue on running during the session.

But it was Nico Rosberg who topped the timesheets with a laptime of 1.34.274 ahead of Lewis Hamilton who finished in second place 0.070 seconds behind him but was ahead of Max Verstappen in third place who was 1.256 seconds behind the Mercedes of Rosberg.

Kimi Raikkonen finished the session in fourth place ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr in fifth place and Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo who finished in sixth and seventh places. Daniil Kvyat ended the session in eighth place ahead of Nico Hulkenberg in ninth place and Felipe Massa who rounded off the top ten finishers.

Felipe Nasr ended the session in eleventh place ahead of Sergio Perez in twelfth place, Susie Wolff in thirteenth place, Jolyon Palmer in fourteenth place and Rafaelle Marciello in fifteenth place.

As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Pastor Maldonado finished the session in sixteenth place, Fernando Alonso finished in seventeenth place ahead of his team mate Jenson Button in eighteenth place, who suffered a leak in his car during
the session and only managed 10 laps in the session.

But Button was ahead of the two Manor F1 drivers of Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi who finished the session in eighteenth and nineteenth places ahead of Sebastian Vettel who finished in last place.

The classification of FP1 for the British GP is as follows:-

1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1.34.274
2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 0.070s
3. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1.256s
4. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1.314s
5. Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso, 1.395s
6. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1.465s
7. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, 1.544s
8. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull-Renault, 1.602s
9. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, 1.883s
10. Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 2.195s
11. Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, 2.615s
12. Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, 2.615s
13. Susie Wolff, Williams-Mercedes, 2.908s
14. Jolyon Palmer, Lotus-Mercedes, 2.988s
15. Rafaelle Marciello, Sauber-Ferrari, 3.088s
16. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Mercedes, 3.806s
17. Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, 3.948s
18. Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda, 4.586s
19. Will Stevens, Manor, 4.707s
20. Roberto Merhi, Manor, 6.203s

Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa