Lewis Hamilton returned to the Mercedes cockpit today after handing over his car to Nico Rosberg on Wednesday. The 2008 world champion completed 62 laps today with the fastest time of 1 minute and 23.952 seconds. His former teammate, Jenson Button, who drove the MP4-29 in the morning, before paving way for Magnussen in the afternoon was fourth fastest. Fernando Alonso managed solid mileage on his first outing with F14 T as he finished fifth in the time sheets with 1 minute and 25.495 seconds. Force India had a troubled day at the office with returnee Nico Hulkenberg just managing 17 laps of the circuit. Adrian Sutil, who took his place at Sauber, spun on track due to an apparent loss of tyre temperature.“I accelerated out of the corner, shifting up from third to fourth on a straight line, and suddenly the car snapped and I went off,” Sutil told reporters after the session.Marussia MR03 finally made its debut late in the afternoon and completed five laps – two more than defending world champions Red Bull.
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