Nico Rosberg topped the timesheet at the end of first practice, going marginally faster tha his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton. The 90 minute session was however interrupted twice due to red flag situations. Ferrari were once again the closest challengers to the Mercedes, even though the latter seemed not to have their usual trouble free session. Hamilton notably spun twice while Nico Rosberg ended the session with an apparent power unit problem. This came on top of Mercedes finding a gearbox issue on Hamilton's car, requiring them to change gearboxes and accept a 5-place grid penalty for him on Sunday. Little more than 25 minutes into the session, Felipe Massa caused the first red flag...
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