La historia se repite y da igual en qué parte del mundo o en qué circuito nos encontremos. Hoy, también los Mercedes han sido los más rápidos en las sesiones de entrenamientos libres del GP de Rusia.
En los libres 1 la tabla de tiempos ha quedado de la siguiente forma:
| Posición | Nº | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Gap | Vueltas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:42.311 | 29 | |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:42.376 | 0.065 | 25 |
| 3 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:42.507 | 0.196 | 28 |
| 4 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:42.720 | 0.409 | 27 |
| 5 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:43.026 | 0.715 | 28 |
| 6 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:43.129 | 0.818 | 26 |
| 7 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 1:43.164 | 0.853 | 29 |
| 8 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:43.212 | 0.901 | 23 |
| 9 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 1:43.327 | 1.016 | 24 |
| 10 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:43.542 | 1.231 | 9 |
| 11 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:43.741 | 1.430 | 22 |
| 12 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:43.821 | 1.510 | 25 |
| 13 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:43.976 | 1.665 | 21 |
| 14 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:44.506 | 2.195 | 30 |
| 15 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:44.625 | 2.314 | 26 |
| 16 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1:44.876 | 2.565 | 26 |
| 17 | 37 | Sergey Sirotkin | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:45.032 | 2.721 | 22 |
| 18 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:45.190 | 2.879 | 25 |
| 19 | 45 | Roberto Merhi | Caterham-Renault | 1:46.782 | 4.471 | 18 |
| 20 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1:46.922 | 4.611 | 18 |
| 21 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:47.284 | 4.973 | 26 |
Por su parte, los libres 2 han quedado así:
| Posición | Nº | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Gap | Vueltas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:39.630 | 27 | |
| 2 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.494 | 0.864 | 32 |
| 3 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.504 | 0.874 | 32 |
| 4 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:40.542 | 0.912 | 30 |
| 5 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:40.573 | 0.943 | 33 |
| 6 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.718 | 1.088 | 32 |
| 7 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:40.731 | 1.101 | 30 |
| 8 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 1:41.108 | 1.478 | 32 |
| 9 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:41.396 | 1.766 | 30 |
| 10 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 1:41.531 | 1.901 | 33 |
| 11 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:41.630 | 2.000 | 24 |
| 12 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.677 | 2.047 | 27 |
| 13 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:42.061 | 2.431 | 25 |
| 14 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:42.090 | 2.460 | 29 |
| 15 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:42.233 | 2.603 | 31 |
| 16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:42.892 | 3.262 | 30 |
| 17 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1:42.905 | 3.275 | 33 |
| 18 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:43.055 | 3.425 | 33 |
| 19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1:44.135 | 4.505 | 22 |
| 20 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:44.530 | 4.900 | 29 |
| 21 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:44.952 | 5.322 | 27 |