Mexican GP: Free Practice 2 - Re-Cap & Times

MEXICAN GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE #2

    Rain had started falling lightly during the final minutes of Free Practice 1, and the overall weather remained cold and cloudy for the second practice session of the weekend.

    Sebastian Vettel took the lead this time around with a 1:19.790, faster than the top time in FP1, which was set by Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton finished this session is 2nd with a 1:19.794. Rosberg, Raikkonen and Ricciardo completed the top 5.

    Romain Grosjean missed most of the session due to an ERS issue and finished in 20th with a 1:22.105. Team-Mate, Gutierrez, finished 22nd with a 1:22.408. Not a good session for the American team.

    While Sergio Perez had finished up in 4th in the first practice session, he found his car lacking down force this time around and finished the session in 15th. Meanwhile, Nico Hulkenberg had better luck with his Force India and ended in 6th, just one place behind where he had finished in the earlier session.

TIMES:

1. Sebastian Vettel - 1:19.790 / Ferrari-Ferrari

2. Lewis Hamilton - 1:19.794 / Mercedes-Mercedes

3. Nico Rosberg - 1:20.225 / Mercedes-Mercedes

4. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:20.259 / Ferrari-Ferrari

5. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:20.448 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER

6. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:20.574 / Force India-Mercedes

7. Max Verstappen - 1:20.619 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER

8. Valtteri Bottas - 1:20.629 / Williams-Mercedes

9. Carlos Sainz - 1:20.974 / Toro Rosso-Ferrari

10. Fernando Alonso - 1:21.003 / McLaren-Honda

11. Daniil Kvyat - 1:21.193 / Toro Rosso-Ferrari

12. Jenson Button - 1:21.198 / McLaren-Honda

13. Felipe Massa - 1:21.326 / Williams-Mercedes

14. Kevin Magnussen - 1:21.442 / Renault-Renault

15. Sergio Perez - 1:21.579 / Force India-Mercedes

16. Jolyon Palmer - 1:21.785 / Renault-Renault

17. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:21.980 / Manor-Mercedes

18. Marcus Ericsson - 1:21.997 / Sauber-Ferrari

19. Felipe Nasr - 1:22.037 / Sauber-Ferrari

20. Romain Grosjean - 1:22.105 / Haas-Ferrari

21. Esteban Ocon - 1:22.298 / Manor-Mercedes

22. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:22.408 / Haas-Ferrari

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