After his morning woes Mercedes gout Hamilton back on track 40 minutes into the second session. He jumped to sixth fastest with his first flying lap but more problems struck when he lost telemetry a problem that had also affected his first outing in the morning session. He rejoined the action with 20 minutes left on the clock and soon went fastest with a time of 1:39,.790 set on medium tyres. That put him ahead of Raikkonen and also Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who after leading the morning session dropped back in the afternoon on the medium tyres runs after running quickest early in FP2 on the hard tyres. He finished the session 0.428s behind his team-mate.
Daniil Kvyat, who had spent the first part of the session garage-bound, impressed with the afternoon’s fourth fastest run but the good feeling at Red Bull resulting from his quali sim was short-lived as the Russian encountered engine problems. It was a similarly difficult afternoon for team-mate Daniel Ricciardo who complained of problems with his car and then spent a lengthy period in the garage. He finished the session in 10th place.
Behind Kvyat came the Williams cars of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, with Sebastian Vettel seventh. The Ferrari man was one a number of drivers to be caught out by lack of grip in the extremely hot conditions and he spun on his qualifying simulation. He then chose not to complete another run on the medium tyre and for the rest of the session focused on longer runs.
Eighth place went Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen, the Dutch teenager finishing 1.4s behind Hamilton but over a second faster than team-mate Carlos Sainz, who had eclipsed the youngster in the morning session. Ninth ahead of Ricciardo in FP2 was Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson. Lotus’ Romain Grosjean reported a power loss during the session and eventually was sidelined 30 minutes before the end of the day’s running. He completed just seven laps.
FIRST FREE PRACTICE
P. DRIVER TEAM TIME GAP LAPS
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:40.124 20
2. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:40.497 + 0.373 17
3. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:40.985 + 0.861 13
4. Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:41.543 + 1.419 14
5. Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1:41.596 + 1.472 26
6. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:41.787 + 1.663 15
7. Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 1:41.803 + 1.679 23
8. Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:41.882 + 1.758 23
9. Daniil Kvyat Red Bull 1:42.055 + 1.931 18
10. Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1:42.064 + 1.940 16
11. Felipe Massa Williams 1:42.103 + 1.979 23
12. Pastor Maldonado Lotus 1:42.567 + 2.443 19
13. Raffaele Marciello Sauber 1:42.621 + 2.497 13
14. Fernando Alonso McLaren 1:42.885 + 2.761 20
15. Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:42.893 + 2.769 13
16. Sergio Perez Force India 1:43.054 + 2.930 15
17. Jenson Button McLaren 1:43.100 + 2.976 19
18. Will Stevens Marussia 1:46.686 + 6.562 8
19. Roberto Merhi Marussia 1:47.683 + 7.559 8
20. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG no time 4
* 2014 Fastest time: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG - 1:40.691
SECOND FREE PRACTICE
P. DRIVER TEAM TIME GAP LAPS
1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG 1m39.790 16
2. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m40.163 + 0.373 29
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1m40.218 + 0.428 26
4. Daniil Kvyat Red Bull 1m40.346 + 0.556 17
5. Valtteri Bottas Williams 1m40.450 + 0.660 31
6. Felipe Massa Williams 1m40.560 + 0.770 27
7. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m40.652 + 0.862 29
8. Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 1m41.220 + 1.430 30
9. Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1m41.261 + 1.471 30
10. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m41.799 + 2.009 8
11. Pastor Maldonado Lotus 1m41.877 + 2.087 15
12. Felipe Nasr Sauber 1m41.988 + 2.198 30
13. Sergio Perez Force India 1m42.242 + 2.452 24
14. Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1m42.291 + 2.501 31
15. Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1m42.330 + 2.540 28
16. Fernando Alonso McLaren 1m42.506 + 2.716 25
17. Jenson Button McLaren 1m42.637 + 2.847 24
18. Romain Grosjean Lotus 1m42.948 + 3.158 7
19. Will Stevens Marussia 1m45.704 + 5.914 12
20. Roberto Merhi Marussia 1m47.229 + 7.439 6
* 2014 Fastest time: Nico Rosberg - Mercedes AMG - 1:39.909
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