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Chinese GP: Hamilton again tops Practice 2

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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