Australian GP: Free Practice #2 - Re-Cap & Times

AUSTRALIAN GP - FREE PRACTICE #2 - RE-CAP & TIMES

    It was Lewis Hamilton once again taking the top spot of the time-sheets in the second practice session of the first race weekend of the 2017 season. He set a 1:23.620, which is faster than his quickest FP1 time. Vettel was close behind in the Ferrari with a 1:24.167. Bottas, Raikkonen and Ricciardo rounded up the top 5.

    Haas had an eventful session and things seemed to only go wrong for the American team. Kevin Magnussen's session was hampered due to a water leak and Grosjean took multiple trips through the gravel during flying laps.

    Jolyon Palmer brought out Red Flags after a heavy crash that ended his session. While Palmer escaped uninjured, the same couldn't be said about the Renault and it was taken back to the pits with a lot of pieces missing. Team-mate, Hulkenberg, finished the session in 9th with a 1:25.478.

    Felipe Massa and Max Verstappen also missed some of the session after their running was ended early. Massa's was due to a mechanical issue that caused him to not be able to change gears and Verstappen's was due to damage to the floor of the car that was caused by a rough trip through the grass and over the kerbing. 

    Towards the end of the session, Marcus Ericsson lost the rear-end of his Sauber and spun into the gravel, prompting yellow flags and the Virtual Safety Car.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:23.620 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Sebastian Vettel - 1:24.167 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

3. Valtteri Bottas - 1:24.176 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

4. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:24.525 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

5. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:24.650 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia

6. Max Verstappen - 1:25.013 / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands

7. Carlos Sainz - 1:25.084 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Spain

8. Romain Grosjean - 1:25.436 / Haas-Ferrari / France

9. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:25.478 / Renault-Renault / Germany

10. Daniil Kvyat - 1:25.493 / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia

11. Sergio Perez - 1:25.591 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

12. Fernando Alonso - 1:26.000 / McLaren-Honda / Spain

13. Esteban Ocon - 1:26.145 / Force India-Mercedes / France

14. Felipe Massa - 1:26.331 / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil

15. Marcus Ericsson - 1:26.498 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

16. Lance Stroll - 1:26.525 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

17. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:26.608 / McLaren-Honda / Belgium

18. Pascal Wehrlein - 1:26.919 / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany

19. Kevin Magnussen - 1:27.279 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

20. Jolyon Palmer - 1:27.549 / Renault-Renault / Great Britain

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