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For the Williams
Martini team Friday practice for the 2014 United States Grand Prix would see
Felipe Nasr take the place of regular driver Valtteri Bottas. He would join
Felipe Massa as the session got under way. Both Williams drivers would
complete their installation laps. For this session the drivers would again
have an extra set of medium tyres to use and after eight minutes of the
session it would be Button fastest with a 1m:41.158 while for Williams
Felipe Nasr was third, 1m:42.127, and Felipe Massa fourth, 1m:42.587.Second
was Magnussen followed by Raikkonen. But Alonso would improve to be second
with a time of 1m:41.323. Other drivers would also improve with Hamilton now
fifth having led the times early on.
Magnussen would move to the top of the times with a 1m:41.078. Rosberg was
now sixth, 1m:42.027, while Nasr had pitted currently seventh. Massa had
dropped to ninth as Nasr quickly returned to the track. Another new face
running in the session was Max Verstappen running with Torro Rosso. He was
down in eleventh with a 1m:42.956. Both Williams cars had pitted along with the rest of the field
with the drivers coming in to return their set of Pirelli tyres. The top ten
was Magnussen followed by Button, Alonso, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Rosberg,
Nasr, Kvyat, Massa, and Ricciardo. Button would be the first to return to
the track going fastest in sector one. Button would complete his lap going
fastest with a 1m:40.319. Button would pit briefly returning to the track
along with the bulk of the field.
Rosberg was able to move up to second, 1m:40.675, but Hamilton would move to
the top of the times with a 1m:40.106. Kvyat was now third followed by
Magnussen and Alonso. Nasr and Massa were both back on the track with the
pair eleventh and fifteenth. Vettel was seventh while his team-mate was
still in his pit as his mechanics worked on an engine related issue with his
car. Rosberg was able to move into second with a 1m:40.233 to be behind his
team-mate. But Hamilton would improve his quickest time setting a
1m:40.044.Felipe was able to improve with a 1m:41.907 to be tenth. Nasr was
still eleventh but he was on a quicker lap finishing with a 1m:41.545 to be eighth. Massa had dropped to eleventh one
place behind Verstappen. Hamilton would again improve with a 1m:40.004 to
maintain his position at the top of the times. Alonso would pit taking on a
new front wing currently sixth.
Massa would pit with just over twenty two minutes remaining as Hamilton set
a new fastest first sector time. Hamilton would complete his lap setting a
1m:39.941 on a track that only had three cars running. Hamilton would pit as
Rosberg returned to the track joining Alonso and Vettel. Kvyat was also back
out followed shortly after by Verstappen. Both Williams cars had only
complete fourteen laps at this point with ten minutes remaining. Both
Mercedes cars were on the track but neither of the Williams drivers had
returned. But it would be Massa first to return after some changes were made
to his car. With five minutes remaining only Nasr and Ricciardo were still
in the pits. But both Vettel and Alonso would also come in. Alonso's stop
would be brief with just a few minutes remaining. Nasr would finally return
to the track as Hulkenberg pitted briefly.
The session would come to an end with Hamilton remaining fastest from
Rosberg, Button, Kvyat, Magnussen, Alonso, Vettel, Nasr, Hulkenberg, and
Verstappen. Massa would remain eleventh but he was close to two seconds off
the quickest time. |