SEPANG, Malaysia -- Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton to the fastest time by 0.494s during first practice at the Malaysian Grand Prix in a session interrupted by a fire on Kevin Magnussens Renault.The Mercedes drivers were closely matched earlier in the session but on his sixth lap on a set of soft tyres, Rosberg extended his advantage by over 0.5s. Hamilton improved using the slower medium tyre, but did not hook up all his best sectors on one lap and ended up 0.494s shy of his teammate. However, a long run on the medium tyres looked particularly impressive, suggesting Hamilton has yet to show his true pace over one lap.Kimi Raikkonen was third fastest in the Ferrari, a further 0.594s off Hamilton and just 0.016s ahead of teammate Sebastian Vettel. Last years race winner complained of vibrations when he set his time on a set of soft tyres early in the session and later returned to the pits to rectify the issue, before completing another seven laps on the same set of tyres.Fernando Alonso was fifth fastest as he debuted Hondas latest power unit upgrade in the back of the McLaren. He will revert to the old-spec engine for qualifying and the race, but will take some satisfaction from being just 0.179s off Vettels Ferrari using the same tyre compound.Daniel Ricciardo was sixth fastest but set his best time on used hard tyres after Red Bull opted not to complete a time on the softs. Max Verstappen was 0.220s off Ricciardo despite using the faster medium tyres, but it is unlikely Red Bull showed anything approaching its true pace during the session.The Force Indias of Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez were eighth and ninth fastest after they also steered clear of the soft tyres and focused entirely on longer runs using the mediums and hards. Jenson Button, whose McLaren is not equipped with the updated Honda, was tenth fastest after sticking exclusively to the mediums throughout the session.Outside the top ten, only Felipe Nasr set his fastest time on the soft tyres, with the rest clocking their best effort on the mediums. Williams stayed true to its usual Friday form of being well off the pace, with Felipe Massa down in 18th.The fire on Magnussens car occurred as he returned to the pits after just his second lap. The airbox became engulfed in flames as mechanics started to push the car back into the garage, forcing Magnussen to leap from the cockpit as the rest of Renaults pit crew moved in to extinguish the fire. The car had to be drained of fuel before the fire could be brought under control, resulting in the session being suspended for 15 minutes under red flags. Telvin Smith Youth Jersey . The head of USA Boxing came out swinging Tuesday with an open letter to Tyson -- a former Olympic hopeful himself -- that accuses the former heavyweight champion of trying to poach fighters who might be candidates for the U. Telvin Smith Jaguars Jersey . -- Jonathan Drouin gave Halifax the boost it needed to edge host Sherbrooke Phoenix 3-2 in a shootout in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. http://www.officialjacksonvillejaguarspro.com/Marqise-lee-jaguars-jersey/ . -- Quarterback Will Finch threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Yannick Harou rushed in two scores as the No. Nick Foles Womens Jersey . Fellow centre Pavel Datsyuk remains out because of a concussion. Zetterberg has 11 goals and 19 assists for a team-high 30 points, and Datsyuk has a team-high 12 goals and 11 assists. Leonard Fournette Jersey .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. MINNEAPOLIS -- Two Twitter users have admitted they started a false rumor that the Minnesota Vikings were opening their new stadium to the homeless during this weekends extreme cold.Marketer Jake Nyberg and fitness coach David Dellanave (del-lah-NAH-vay) say their tweets were a hoax meant to push the idea that taxpayer-funded U.S. Bank Stadium could be used to keep the homeless warm. Dellanave told The Associated Press it was a stupid way to do it and hhes sorry.dddddddddddd Nyberg has since deactivated his account and didnt immediately return messages from the AP.Yahoo Sports and CBS Sports posted stories that assumed the tweets were true.But it appears no homeless people fell for the hoax. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority says nobody sought shelter at the stadium. ' ' '
