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Bahrain GP: Rosberg tops practice 2

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg turned the fastest lap the second practice session Friday for the Bahrain GP with a time of 1m32.816s, ahead of the Red Bulls of Mark Webber, and Sebastian Vettel with Lewis Hamilton 4th for McLaren.

Michael Schumacher was fifth in the other Mercedes but more than one second down on his teammate benchmark, with Jenson Button sixth in the 2nd McLaren.

Kobayashi ended the day in seventh spot for Sauber, ahead of the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso and the Lotus of Romain Grosjean. Sergio Perez rounded out the top 10 for Sauber.

Results

Pos

 Driver Team Time Behind Laps
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m32.816s +0.000s 35
2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m33.262s +0.446 26
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m33.525s +0.709 28
4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m33.747s +0.931 26
5. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m33.862s +1.046 31
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m34.246s +1.430 28
7. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m34.411s +1.595 34
8. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m34.449s +1.633 31
9. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m34.615s +1.799 32
10. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m34.893s +2.077 34
11. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m34.895s +2.079 29
12. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m34.941s +2.125 29
13. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m35.183s +2.367 33
14. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m35.229s +2.413 26
15. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m35.459s +2.643 38
16. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m35.913s +3.097 32
17. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m35.968s +3.152 35
18. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m36.169s +3.353 30
19. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m36.587s +3.771 32
20. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m37.803s +4.987 33
21. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m37.812s +4.996 28
22. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m39.649s +6.833 27