Ricciardo’s presence on track at least prompted a late flurry of activity,
with 11 drivers overall bothering to post a time.
Ricciardo’s best time was a one minute 54.249secs, followed by Nico Hulkenberg
in his Sauber, Williams’ Pastor Maldonado and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, the
latter 1.209secs adrift.
The others to clock a time were Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez, Valtteri Bottas in
his Williams, Vergne, Caterham’s Giedo van der Garde, Max Chilton for
Marussia and team-mate Jules Bianchi, along with Felipe Massa in his
Ferrari.
Charles Pic would likely have set a time, but he was the one driver who
managed to crash in the woeful conditions, losing his front wing at Club
corner.
Raikkonen was the only driver who bothered not to venture out at all.
First practice times:
1 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Toro Rosso 1:54.249
2 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Sauber 1:55.033
3 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Williams 1:55.354
4 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes 1:55.458
5 Esteban Gutierrez (Mex) Sauber 1:55.825
6 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Williams 1:56.361
7 Jean-Eric Vergne (Fra) Toro Rosso 1:57.891
8 Giedo van der Garde (Ned) Caterham 1:58.859
9 Max Chilton (Gbr) Marussia 1:59.719
10 Jules Bianchi (Fra) Marussia 1:59.876
11 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 2:06.534
12 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes No time
13 Paul Di Resta (Gbr) Force India No time
14 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Lotus No time
15 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren No time
16 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India No time
17 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari No time
18 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull No time
19 Sergio Perez (Mex) McLaren No time
20 Charles Pic (Fra) Caterham No time
21 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull No time
22 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Lotus No time
(Edited by Giles Mole)