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

EUROPEAN GRAND PPRIX (AZERBAIJAN) - FREE PRACTICE #2

The second practice session faced a possible cancelation after there was a concern about loose kerb covers. It was found that the covers had cut up about 90% of the tyres in FP1. GP2 Qualifying was canceled and moved to take place after the F1 FP2 session. The kerb problems were fixed and the session went ahead.

    Mercedes once again took the top spots, with Hamilton in 1st and Rosberg in 2nd, despite his session cut short due to a loss of power. Sergio Perez in the Force India completed the top 3. Force India has shown that they're not phased by the new track and feel quite comfortable with it already.

    Plenty more yellow flags waved during the session, due to multiple drivers using the run-off areas and having to safely rejoin the circuit. Turn 1 and 3 seem to be trickiest for the drivers, while Turn 15 is also proving to be quite hairy.

    Kimi Raikkonen stopped in one of the run-off areas with a mechanical issue and that was his session over. Near the end of the session, Vettel was then told to box as the team suspected a similar problem with his car.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:44.223 / Mercedes-Mercedes

2. Nico Rosberg - 1:44.913 / Mercedes-Mercedes

3. Sergio Perez - 1:45.336 / Force India-Mercedes

4. Valtteri Bottas - 1:45.764 / Williams-Mercedes

5. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:45.920 / Force India-Mercedes

6. Carlos Sainz - 1:46.027 / Toro Rosso-Ferrari

7. Max Verstappen - 1:46.068 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER

8. Sebastian Vettel - 1:46.219 / Ferrari-Ferrari

9. Jenson Button - 1:46.234 / McLaren-Honda

10. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:46.293 / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER

11. Fernando Alonso - 1:46.498 / McLaren-Honda

12. Romain Grosjean - 1:46.681 / Haas-Ferrari

13. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:46.744 / Ferrari-Ferrari

14. Daniil Kvyat - 1:46.744 / Toro Rosso-Ferrari

15. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:46.830 / Haas-Ferrari

16. Felipe Massa - 1:47.060 / Williams-Mercedes

17. Kevin Magnussen - 1:47.329 / Renault-Renault

18. Rio Haryanto - 1:47.487 / Manor-Mercedes

19. Marcus Ericsson - 1:47.772 / Sauber-Ferrari

20. Jolyon Palmer - 1:47.794 / Renault-Renault

21. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:48.018 / Manor-Mercedes

22. Felipe Nasr - 1:48.081 / Sauber-Ferrari

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