Hamilton fastest in F1 Shanghai GP 1st practice
World champion Lewis Hamilton set the pace in the first practice of F1 Chinese Grand Prix Friday ahead of his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg.
Hamilton's best lap of 1 minute 39.033 seconds was over half a second quicker than Rosberg.
The Mercedes demonstrated their dominant power over rivals Ferrari, with Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen both trailing over a secondhbehind.
Vettel came in at 1 minute 40.157 seconds, some 1.124 seconds slower than Hamilton, followed by Raikkonen who clocked the fourth-fastest
time.
Felipe Nasr for Sauber come in fifth, and the Red Bull duo of Daniel Riccardo and Daniil Kvyat were sixth and seventh fastest, some 2 seconds behind Hamilton's pace.
