Team Summary:
With the start of the first Friday practice session for the 2016 German GP both Williams Martini drivers would complete their installation laps. Both Williams drivers would be running the new floor with Felipe running the new front wing and Valtteri the old. The first time would be set by Alonso with a 1m:18.817 running on the supersoft tyre. A 1m:19.409 from Verstappen to be second, only to see Ricciardo move ahead with a 1m:19.170. Hamilton was now quickest with a 1m:17.947 with Ricciardo now second followed by Alonso. The times continued to fall with Raikkonen now quickest with a 1m:17.863 running the supersoft tyre. Ricciardo would go faster with a 1m:17.698. Rosberg would move into fourth but would drop a place as Vettel went quickest with a 1m:17.409 running on the supersoft tyres.

After their first runs Valtteri and Felipe were seventh and eighth. At the front Rosberg would improve with a 1m:17.136 to be quickest. With just over and hour remaining the tope ten was Rosberg, Vettel, Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Hamilton, Alonso, Valtteri, Felipe, Perez, and Grosjean. But Hamilton would move up to third. With Button moving into sixth Valtteri and Felipe would drop to eighth and ninth. A 1m:17.030 from Rosberg to remain quickest as the Williams drivers were ninth and tenth. Both Williams drivers were on longer runs on the soft tyre prior to pitting with the pair having completed thirty laps.

The track would empty as drivers returned to their pits to return their Pirelli tyres. With just over forty minutes remaining Rosberg would be first back out running on the supersoft tyres. He would finish with a 1m:15.517 to be quickest by 1.892s. Hamilton was also out on a supersoft tyre run finishing with a 1m:15.843 to be second. Alonso was up to fourth also on the supersoft tyre but he would drop to fifth behind Ricciardo. Valtteri and Felipe were tenth and eleventh with twenty six minutes remaining. Verstappen was now fourth followed by Ricciardo, Alonso, Button, and Raikkonen eighth. The top ninth were all on the supersoft tyre while in tenth Valtteri was on the soft tyre.

Having dropped to eleventh and twelfth Valtteri would lead Felipe by just 0.112s. With fifteen minutes remaining the order was Rosberg, Hamilton, Vettel, Raikkonen, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Alonso, Button, Kvyat and Sainz. Valtteri and Felipe would drop to twelfth and thirteenth with ten minutes remaining. Both Williams drivers were on long runs on the used soft tyres. With the end of the session both Williams drivers would remain in their current positions.

Valtteri Bottas:
Valtteri would be first out for Williams running on new soft tyres. Valtteri would complete just a single lap and after a short break would return still on the soft tyre. Valtteri would go fifth fastest with a 1m:19.184 then follow this up with a 1m:18.959 to be sixth. As others went faster he would drop to eighth. Valtteri would go off at Turn one but would continue. Valtteri would drop to eleventh prior to pitting having completed sixteen laps. Valtteri would return running on new soft tyres. Valtteri would improve with a 1m:18.322 to be eighth but he was 2.8s off the quickest time. Valtteri would improve with a 1m:18.210 to be tenth prior to pitting. Currently eleventh Valtteri would return running on used soft tyres. Valtteri would again go off at Turn one but would continue only to follow this again a few minutes later at the same corner. With the end of the session Valtteri would pit having completed twenty laps on the soft tyre.

Felipe Massa:
Felipe would follow his team-mate out except he was on the supersoft tyre. On his return Felipe was also on the soft tyre and would set a 1m:19.061 to be seventh. This would become ninth then eleventh as he also pitted. Felipe would also return to the track with thirty five minutes remaining running on a new soft tyre set. He was currently thirteenth and with his first lap on the new tyres he would set a 1m:18.664 to only be twelfth. Felipe would also improve with a 1m:18.322 to be eleventh. Felipe would pit after six laps. He would follow his team-mate back out also on used soft tyres. Felipe would pit having completed eighteen laps on the soft tyre.

Pos  Driver         	Team		        Time     Laps
1   Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes 		1m15.517s  32 
2   Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes 		1m15.843s  30
3   Sebastian Vettel 	Ferrari 		1m16.667s  29 
4   Kimi Raikkonen 	Ferrari 		1m16.852s  23 
5   Max Verstappen 	Red Bull-Renault	1m16.927s  29 
6   Daniel Ricciardo 	Red Bull-Renault 	1m17.089s  30 
7   Fernando Alonso 	McLaren-Honda 		1m17.183s  18 
8   Jenson Button 	McLaren-Honda 		1m17.612s  15 
9   Daniil Kvyat 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	1m18.008s  25 
10  Carlos Sainz 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	1m18.044s  22 
11  Marcus Ericsson 	Sauber-Ferrari 		1m18.198s  28 
12  Valtteri Bottas 	Williams-Mercedes 	1m18.210s  37 
13  Felipe Massa 	Williams-Mercedes 	1m18.322s  33 
14  Romain Grosjean 	Haas-Ferrari 		1m18.589s  20 
15  Nico Hulkenberg 	Force India-Mercedes 	1m18.591s  35 
16  Sergio Perez 	Force India-Mercedes 	1m18.628s  29 
17  Charles Leclerc 	Haas-Ferrari 		1m18.882s  32 
18  Kevin Magnussen 	Renault 		1m18.933s  35 
19  Felipe Nasr 	Sauber-Ferrari 		1m18.961s  22 
20  Esteban Ocon 	Renault 		1m18.981s  30 
21  Rio Haryanto 	Manor-Mercedes 		1m19.167s  34 
22  Pascal Wehrlein 	Manor-Mercedes 		1m19.975s  33