With Lewis Hamilton, McLaren team showed better pace on Friday (10) but once again, not so far from Ferrari. Hamilton registered 1min37s219 in its best lap. Kimi Raikkonen was in second place – just over four tenths away.
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was the third fastest. Following came Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg – with the second car of the Mercedes team – ranked fifth with a precise back 1s180 slower than its team-mate.
Felipe Massa had problems with the rear wing and ended up losing control of his car at high speed at the end of the straight. The Williams FW37 model was significantly damaged on impact. Massa ended the day in 17th place (1min40s423).
Free practice 2 results:
1. Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes, 1: 37,219
2. Kimi Raikkonen – Ferrari, 1: 37,662
3. Daniel Ricciardo – Red Bull 1: 38,311
4. Sebastian Vettel – Ferrari, 1: 38,339
5. Nico Rosberg – Mercedes, 1: 38,399
6. Daniil Kvyat – Red Bull 1: 38,737
7. Valtteri Bottas – Williams, 1: 38,850
8. Felipe Nasr – Sauber, 1: 39,032
9. Romain Grosjean – Lotus, 1: 39,142
10. Jenson Button – McLaren, 1: 39,275
11. Pastor Maldonado – Lotus, 1: 39,444
12. Fernando Alonso – McLaren, 1: 39,743
13. Marcus Ericsson – Sauber, 1: 39,751
14. Max Verstappen – Toro Rosso, 1: 39,894
15. Carlos Sainz Jr – Toro Rosso, 1: 39,971
16. Nico Hulkenberg – Force India, 1: 40,151
17. Felipe Massa – Williams, 1: 40,423
18. Sergio Perez – Force India, 1: 40,868
19. Roberto Merhi – Marussia, 1: 42,973
20. Will Stevens – Marussia, 1: 44,564
