Lotus Renault driver Romain Grosjean has set the quickest time in the first practice of the British Grand Prix track at Silverstone.

The 26-year-old set the time of 1:56.552 in a drenched opening practice, which saw Fernando Alonso, Paul Di Resta and Jules Bianchi fail to set a time after deciding against finishing the practice because of the weather.

Daniel Ricciardo set the second-fastest time, while McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton finished the track with the third-quickest pace, which was shortly followed by Sauber's Sergio Perez.

Meanwhile, Jenson Button could only manage the 17th fastest time on the circuit.