article_snippet.sent: To some extent the duo took it easy in FP1 as the team focused on a particular plan given the session was hardly representative of what all the drivers will face in qualifying and the race.
article_snippet.sent: Come the start of FP2 at 6pm local time,when qualifying and the race commence under the hundreds of lights around the circuit, both temperatures had dropped considerably and that is when Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg came to the fore.
article_snippet.sent: In FP1 pace was not Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg concern as the duo finished 15th and 16th, 1.466secs and 1.705secs adrift respectively of Kimi Raikkonen in Kimi Raikkonen .
article_snippet.sent: In FP2, and with the natural order restored as they finished first and second at the top of the timesheet, just 0.115secs was the gap at the end of they runs on the soft Pirelli tyre, the quicker of the two compounds this weekend.
article_snippet.sent: Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg had Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg issues throughout the day, though, initially in FP1 as Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg car suffered a loss of power at one point, but with enough time in hand to ensure Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg returned to the circuit.
highlights_snippet.sent: Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were 15th and 16th in FP1 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton came to the fore in FP1, finishing first and second respectively .
  