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FP1 - Alonso shades Rosberg in opening Shanghai session

Fernando Alonso edged out Mercedes' Nico Rosberg to set the pace in a chilly FP1 session in China on Friday, which was also the first for Ferrari under new team principal Marco Mattiacci.As was the case in 2013, practice got off to a relatively leisurely start as cool ambient temperatures of 14 degrees Celsius kept the times down.Alonso set the pace on 1m 39.783s, 0.398s ahead of Rosberg's Mercedes, but team mate Kimi Raikkonen failed to record a time after being beset my mechanical problems that could not be resolved in the 90 minutes.After Rosberg's 1m 40.181s, Daniel Ricciardo jumped up to third for Red Bull on 1m 40.772s ahead of Jenson Button who lapped his McLaren in 1m 40.970s.Nico...
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