Lewis Hamilton topped the timing screens for first practice from an overcast but dry Monaco, but team-mate Nico Rosberg certainly wasn’t far behind.
The Briton’s time was just three hundredths quicker than his team-mate’s best lap around the principality on Thursday morning.
Daniel Ricciardo meanwhile was third quickest ahead of Fernando Alonso and his own team-mate Sebastian Vettel – all of which were within a second of Hamilton’s time.
Alonso out-braked himself at Mirabeau but managed to recover, however 17th placed Adrian Sutil wasn’t so lucky and span his Sauber with the rear tapping the barriers and causing light damage.
Max Chilton and Kimi Raikkonen were the only other spinners whilst a few others ran wide at turn one.
FP1 Full Times – 2014 Monaco Grand Prix:
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18.271 | 32 | |
| 02 | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:18.303 | 0.032 | 31 |
| 03 | D. Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:18.506 | 0.235 | 37 |
| 04 | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 1:18.930 | 0.659 | 31 |
| 05 | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 1:19.043 | 0.772 | 33 |
| 06 | K. Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:19.467 | 1.196 | 31 |
| 07 | V. Bottas | Williams | 1:19.494 | 1.229 | 31 |
| 08 | S. Perez | Force India | 1:19.666 | 1.395 | 29 |
| 09 | K. Magnussen | McLaren | 1:19.789 | 1.518 | 29 |
| 10 | N. Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:19.856 | 1.585 | 38 |
| 11 | J. Button | McLaren | 1:20.033 | 1.762 | 35 |
| 12 | E. Gutierrez | Sauber | 1:20.118 | 1.847 | 33 |
| 13 | R. Grosjean | Lotus | 1:20.207 | 1.936 | 33 |
| 14 | P. Maldonado | Lotus | 1:20.241 | 1.970 | 38 |
| 15 | J. Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:20.260 | 1.989 | 36 |
| 16 | F. Massa | Williams | 1:20.517 | 2.246 | 25 |
| 17 | A. Sutil | Sauber | 1:20.736 | 2.465 | 18 |
| 18 | D. Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:20.914 | 2.643 | 37 |
| 19 | J. Bianchi | Marussia | 1:21.310 | 3.039 | 27 |
| 20 | M. Ericsson | Caterham | 1:22.063 | 3.792 | 40 |
| 21 | K. Kobayashi | Caterham | 1:22.492 | 4.221 | 38 |
| 22 | M. Chilton | Marussia | 1:25.817 | 7.546 | 7 |
