Chinese GP: Hamilton tops Practice 2
McLaren continued to set the pace in the second free practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix but this time it was Lewis Hamilton (1:35.217) who headed the time sheets ahead of Nico Rosberg (1:35.465) and McLaren team mate Jenson Button (1:35.593).
Michael Schumacher maintained his level from first practice and finished up fourth quickest (1:35.602), with the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel (1:35.791) and Mark Webber (1:35.995) rounding out the top six.
After the Red Bulls, Adrian Sutil's Force India (1:36.254), Jaime Alguersuari's Toro Rosso (1:36.377), Robert Kubica's Renault (1:36.389) and Fernando Alonso's Ferrari (1:36.604) completed the top 10.
Results
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.217 | +0.000 | 26 |
2. | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:35.465 | +0.248 | 22 |
3. | Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.593 | +0.376 | 26 |
4. | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:35.602 | +0.385 | 28 |
5. | Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:35.791 | +0.574 | 30 |
6. | Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:35.995 | +0.778 | 29 |
7. | Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:36.254 | +1.037 | 31 |
8. | Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:36.377 | +1.160 | 43 |
9. | Kubica | Renault | 1:36.389 | +1.172 | 29 |
10. | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:36.604 | +1.387 | 33 |
11. | Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.944 | +1.727 | 36 |
12. | Petrov | Renault | 1:36.986 | +1.769 | 27 |
13. | de la Rosa | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.421 | +2.204 | 32 |
14. | Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.431 | +2.214 | 33 |
15. | Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:37.657 | +2.440 | 30 |
16. | Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:37.804 | +2.587 | 31 |
17. | Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:37.867 | +2.650 | 29 |
18. | Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:39.624 | +4.407 | 35 |
19. | Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:39.947 | +4.730 | 30 |
20. | Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:40.233 | +5.016 | 27 |
21. | Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 1:41.008 | +5.791 | 32 |
22. | di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:41.107 | +5.890 | 28 |
23. | Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:41.345 | +6.128 | 32 |
24. | Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | – | – | – |