Bahrain GP: Rosberg leads Mercedes 1-2 in Practice 2

Nico Rosberg

Nico Rosberg beat Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton by 0.115s in Friday's second free practice session for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.

Kimi Raikkonen was third for Ferrari, a tenth ahead of teammate Sebastian Vettel who suffered some damage to his front wing after contact with Sergio Perez's Force India at the first corner with just over 10 minutes remaining, dropping debris on track that brought out the red flag for three minutes.

Williams driver Valtteri Bottas was fifth fastest time, six-tenths off the pace, but ahead of Daniel Ricciardo was sixth-fastest for Red Bull Racing,

Practice 2 Times

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Behind	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes/Mercedes	1m34.647s	0.000s	31
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes/Mercedes	1m34.762s	0.115s	33
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari/Ferrari	1m35.174s	0.527s	30
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari/Ferrari	1m35.277s	0.630s	26
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1m35.280s	0.633s	36
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1m35.449s	0.802s	27
7	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	1m35.474s	0.827s	34
8	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1m35.793s	1.146s	27
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1m35.883s	1.236s	23
10	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m35.884s	1.237s	35
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1m36.148s	1.501s	34
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	1m36.191s	1.544s	22
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	1m36.334s	1.687s	31
14	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m36.471s	1.824s	32
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m36.805s	2.158s	30
16	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1m36.917s	2.270s	26
17	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1m37.062s	2.415s	33
18	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	1m39.131s	4.484s	21
19	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1m39.209s	4.562s	15
20	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	1m40.592s	5.945s	26