27 Mar 2015

Nico tops Sepang P1 - where was Lewis?

JOHN O’BRIEN

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<b>ROSBERG SETS THE PACE:</b> Mercedes' Nico Rosberg put in the fastest lap of first practice on March 27 for the 2015 Malaysian F1 GP.<i> AFP< / Moed Rasfan</i>

SEPANG, Malaysia - Nico Rosberg dominated the first free practice session ahead of the 2015 Malaysian Formula 1 GP on Friday (March 27) but Mercedes was left scratching its corporate head after team mate Lewis Hamilton had a major engine problem.

Rosberg clocked 1min40.124 around the 5.54km Sepang International Circuit (Hamilton's qualifying time in 2014 was 1min559.431) to finish ahead of the resurgent Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel on a sweltering morning in Malaysia.

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