Nico Rosberg's Mercedes beat McLaren's Lewis Hamilton to set the pace in first practice at the European Grand Prix.
Rosberg set a best lap of one minute 41.175 seconds to head Hamilton, the world championship leader, by 0.164secs at the Valencia street track in Spain.
Jenson Button was third, 0.208secs off the pace, ahead of Renault's Robert Kubica and Ferrari's Felipe Massa, whose teams are trying major new parts.
The Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were sixth and seventh.
Much attention is focused on Ferrari, who have fitted to their car a new exhaust system that follows the trend set by pace-setters Red Bull.
This is estimated to improve the car's pace by at least 0.5secs a lap, and BBC F1 pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz said that the indications were the new parts were working well.
Kravitz added that the teams believed that McLaren, Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes were all evenly matched in Valencia.
Renault and Mercedes have also brought their versions of the system to Valencia.
Second practice starts at 1300 BST.
More to follow.
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