Chinese GP: Hamilton again tops Practice 2
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton remained on top in second practice for the Chinese Grand Prix, while his chief title rival Felipe Massa was only sixth fastest, with the two Renaults, Toyota's Jarno Trulli and Red Bull's Mark Webber 2nd through 5th.
The winner of the last two GPs, Fernando Alonso, showed he is ready to try for three straight after turning the 2nd fastest lap, 0.274s behind Hamilton.
The other Ferrari of a should be retiring Kimi Raikkonen was only 8th.
It was a session with a few incidents including another spin for Raikkonen, and Bourdais ending up in a sand trap after posting the 7th best time, well of his Toro Rosso teammate Sebastian Vettel in 15th. Nick Heidfeld was ninth with Nico Rosberg 10th, Timo Glock 11th, Robert Kubica 12th and Heikki Kovalainen 13th.
Results
Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
1. | Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.750 | + 0.000 | 33 |
2. | Alonso | Renault | 1:36.024 | + 0.274 | 36 |
3. | Piquet | Renault | 1:36.094 | + 0.344 | 38 |
4. | Trulli | Toyota | 1:36.159 | + 0.409 | 32 |
5. | Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:36.375 | + 0.625 | 38 |
6. | Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.480 | + 0.730 | 31 |
7. | Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:36.529 | + 0.779 | 32 |
8. | Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:36.542 | + 0.792 | 34 |
9. | Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:36.553 | + 0.803 | 38 |
10. | Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:36.556 | + 0.806 | 33 |
11. | Glock | Toyota | 1:36.615 | + 0.865 | 33 |
12. | Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:36.775 | + 1.025 | 37 |
13. | Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.797 | + 1.047 | 33 |
14. | Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:36.808 | + 1.058 | 36 |
15. | Vettel | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:36.925 | + 1.175 | 38 |
16. | Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:36.975 | + 1.225 | 31 |
17. | Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:37.473 | + 1.723 | 38 |
18. | Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:37.617 | + 1.867 | 33 |
19. | Button | Honda | 1:37.800 | + 2.050 | 37 |
20. | Barrichello | Honda | 1:37.904 | + 2.154 | 36 |