Brazilian GP: Rosberg leads superior Mercedes 1-2 in P2

Nico Rosberg has the early edge on Lewis Hamilton at this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix

After setting this morning's practice session, Mercedes AMG Petronas driver Nico Rosberg stayed on top in this afternoon’s free practice 2 for the Brazilian Grand Prix. With a lap time of 1:12.123, the German outpaced teammate and World Championship standings leader Lewis Hamilton by 0.213 seconds.

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was best of the rest with the third fastest time, 0.573 seconds behind Rosberg. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and Williams’ Valtteri Bottas rounded out the top-5.

Local favorite and two-time Brazilian Grand Prix winner Felipe Massa was sixth followed by Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in seventh. Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat who was third in the morning session was eighth quick in P2. Defending race winner and four-time reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel was ninth, nearly four-tenths behind teammate Ricciardo. McLaren’s Kevin Magnussen rounded out the top-10.

Results

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Behind	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m12.123s	0.000s	36
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1m12.336s	0.213s	36
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m12.696s	0.573s	32
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1m12.956s	0.833s	24
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1m13.035s	0.912s	31
6	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m13.099s	0.976s	27
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m13.122s	0.999s	20
8	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m13.254s	1.131s	35
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull/Renault	1m13.333s	1.210s	28
10	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren/Mercedes	1m13.479s	1.356s	33
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Renault	1m13.497s	1.374s	33
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Renault	1m13.714s	1.591s	37
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m13.882s	1.759s	32
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber/Ferrari	1m13.902s	1.779s	25
15	Adrian Sutil	Sauber/Ferrari	1m14.204s	2.081s	36
16	Jenson Button	McLaren/Mercedes	1m14.209s	2.086s	31
17	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m17.171s	5.048s	5

AR1 Staff Report