Lewis Hamilton was easily the fastest man in Canada on Friday morning as he posted a 1:16.212 to outpace team-mate Nico Rosberg by more than four-tenths.
Key Points from FP1:
– Mercedes dominated the field, with Hamilton more than 1.5 seconds ahead of Lotus’s Romain Grosjean.
– Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg was fourth fastest, putting Mercedes power from three different teams inside the top four.
– Sebastian Vettel was highest-placed non-Mercedes powered car. The Ferrari driver was almost 1.7s back on the fastest time.
– Hamilton span at the final hairpin, but continued round.
– Meanwhile several cars had to negotiate the new bollards at the the final chicane which are aimed at stopping drivers from gaining an advantage.
– Toro Ross’s Carlos Sainz Jr span at Turn 1 and then 10 minutes later he came to halt at the end of the pit lane and had to be wheeled back to his garage.
– Jenson Button also suffered gearbox problems, reducing his running time to just 45 minutes.
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 01 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:16.212 | – | 34 |
| 02 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:16.627 | 0.415 | 38 |
| 03 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:17.721 | 1.509 | 35 |
| 04 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:17.871 | 1.659 | 34 |
| 05 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:17.905 | 1.693 | 25 |
| 06 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:17.985 | 1.773 | 28 |
| 07 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:18.021 | 1.809 | 30 |
| 08 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 1:18.026 | 1.814 | 41 |
| 09 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:18.128 | 1.916 | 34 |
| 10 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:18.257 | 2.045 | 24 |
| 11 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:18.325 | 2.113 | 40 |
| 12 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:18.439 | 2.227 | 26 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 1:18.503 | 2.291 | 28 |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:18.775 | 2.563 | 24 |
| 15 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:18.786 | 2.574 | 25 |
| 16 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:18.948 | 2.736 | 30 |
| 17 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:19.065 | 2.853 | 23 |
| 18 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:19.165 | 2.953 | 32 |
| 19 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia | 1:20.616 | 4.404 | 33 |
| 20 | Will Stevens | Marussia | 1:20.624 | 4.412 | 27 |
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