Chinese GP: Free Practice #2 - RE-CAP & TIMES

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

    Lewis Hamilton once again topped the time-sheets for Mercedes, setting a 1:33.482. Raikkonen, again, was in 2nd with a 1:33.489. 

    A bit further back, in third, was other Mercedes driver, Bottas, who ended the session with a 1:33.515. He finished just ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.

    McLaren had an OK session with Fernando Alonso taking tenth with a 1:34.632. Vandoorne was a few spaces down in 14th with a 1:35.163. The Belgian suffered  from an unsafe release when a wheel was not fastened securely during a pit-stop.

    This makes the 4th incident involving unsafe releases that are due to unsecured tyres. Magnussen and Grosjean both retired because of this in Australia while Raikkonen retired in Bahrain from the same issue.

    Both Renault drivers were on the pace for this final practice session of the weekend. Hulkenberg finished up in 6th, just behind Verstappen. Hulkenberg's fastest time was a 1:34.313. Team-mate, Sainz, set a 1:34.473 to go 8th.

    There was light rain at the end of session, but all drivers got at least 1-2 proper runs ahead of Qualifying.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:33.482 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:33.489 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

3. Valtteri Bottas - 1:33.515 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

4. Sebastian Vettel - 1:33.590 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

5. Max Verstappen - 1:33.823 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands

6. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:34.313 / Renault-Renault / Germany

7. Kevin Magnussen - 1:34.458 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

8. Carlos Sainz - 1:34.473 / Renault-Renault / Spain

9. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:34.557 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia

10. Fernando Alonso - 1:34.632 / McLaren-Renault / Spain

11. Sergio Perez - 1:34.792 / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

12. Pierre Gasly - 1:34.849 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France

13. Esteban Ocon - 1:34.874 / Force India-Mercedes / France

14. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:35.163 / McLaren-Renault / Belgium

15. Brendon Hartley - 1:35.333 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand

16. Sergey Sirotkin - 1:35.340 / Williams-Mercedes / Russia

17. Marcus Ericsson - 1:35.624 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

18. Charles Leclerc - 1:35.916 / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco

19. Romain Grosjean - 1:36.471 / Haas-Ferrari / France

20. Lance Stroll - 1:37.147 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

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