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2015 Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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2nd Friday Practice

Malaysian Grand Prix - 2015 - 2nd Friday Practice

(03/26/2015)

14:21

NewsOnF1:

FP2 - Top 10
Rosberg
Vettel
Raikkonen
Bottas
Massa
Verstappen
Ricciardo
Ericsson
Sainz
Grosjean

14:22

NewsOnF1:

It is very warm with air temperature at 33 degrees and track temperature at 58 degrees

14:24

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton yet to go out on the track. The team busy working on his car

14:26

NewsOnF1:

Robserg's best time so far is a 1:40.282, Vettel's time is a 1:40.652

14:29

NewsOnF1:

So far it seems that Mercedes are still significantly ahead of everyone else although Ferrari seem to be closer and Williams a bit further back.

14:30

NewsOnF1:

Toro Rosso continue to mix it with Red Bull while it is encouraging to see McLaren doing some running without major problems

14:31

NewsOnF1:

So far all the times set are on the hard compound (prime)

14:32

NewsOnF1:

Merhis goes off and is stuck in the gravel

14:32

NewsOnF1:

Session stopped

14:33

NewsOnF1:

Replay shows he lost the back

14:34

NewsOnF1:

This stoppage ruined Vettel's lap on the medium compound. He was set to go quickest but had to abort

14:35

NewsOnF1:

Merhi's car is being removed now

14:36

NewsOnF1:

Session restarting in 1 minute

14:38

NewsOnF1:

Session resumes and a number of drivers head out straight away

14:40

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton is out on the track

14:40

NewsOnF1:

It will be interesting to see how he compares to Rosberg

14:41

NewsOnF1:

Vettel spins then recovers

14:42

NewsOnF1:

He spun at the same place Merhi spun but Vettel managed to stop his car before the gravel trap

14:44

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton sets a 1:41.169 on the hards and takes 6th

14:45

NewsOnF1:

Raikkonen goes quickest on the mediums with a 1:40.163

14:47

NewsOnF1:

Rosberg improves marginally on the mediums, still second with a 1:40.218

14:49

NewsOnF1:

FP2 - Top 10
Raikkonen
Rosberg
Bottas
Massa
Vettel
Hamilton
Verstappen
Ericsson
Kvyat
Ricciardo

14:52

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton, Maldonado, the 2 Red Bulls and the 2 Manors have yet to go out on the mediums

14:57

NewsOnF1:

Teams usually go for long runs for the remainder of the session

15:01

NewsOnF1:

Kvyat goes 3rd on the mediums with a 1:40.346

15:07

NewsOnF1:

Hamilton goes quickest on the mediums with a 1:39.790

15:08

NewsOnF1:

FP2 - Top 10
Hamilton
Raikkonen
Rosberg
Kvyat
Bottas
Massa
Vettel
Verstappen
Ericsson
Ricciardo

15:18

NewsOnF1:

On the long runs Rosberg is lapping in the high 1:44's to mid 1:45's
Raikkonen is lapping at a similar pace albeit slightly slower
Vettel is lapping in the low to mid 1:45's
Kvyat is also lapping in the mid 1:45's
Ricciardo has not gone out on the mediums yet

15:23

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo, Grosjean and Merhi all are having problems this session, they have done very limited laps

15:26

NewsOnF1:

Kvyat pits with a problem

15:29

NewsOnF1:

Ricciardo makes it back out on the mediums with less than 2 minutes remaining!

15:37

NewsOnF1:

FP2 - Top 10
Hamilton1:39.790
Raikkonen1:40.163
Rosberg1:40.218
Kvyat1:40.346
Bottas1:40.450
Massa1:40.560
Vettel1:40.652
Verstappen1:41.220
Ericsson1:41.261
Ricciardo1:41.799

15:39

NewsOnF1:

Maldonado, Nasr, Perez Sainz, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Button, Grosjean, Stevens and Merhi make the rest of the field

15:41

NewsOnF1:

Bottas and Sainz did the most laps with 31 laps each.
Merhi only managed 6 laps, Grosjean did just 7 laps and Ricciardo only managed 8 laps

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