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

JAPANESE GP: FREE PRACTICE #2 - RE-CAP & TIMES

    Lewis Hamilton topped the second practice session of the weekend, finishing with a quickest time of 1:28.217.

    Valtteri Bottas was close behind in 2nd with a 1:28.678. Coming in third was Sebastian Vettel, who was followed by Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen.

    Stoffel Vandoorne was back in the car after handing it over to Lando Norris in the first session. The Belgian driver finished the session in 20th, as Norris had done earlier in the day. His quickest time was a 1:31.981.

    Pierre Gasly missed out on most of the session due to a fuel pump problem. His car was worked on for quite awhile before he managed to get in a small bit of running. Despite this he still finished in 13th with a 1:30.795.

    Gasly's team-mate, Hartley, finished a few spaces ahead of him in 10th, with a time of 1:30.502. Hartley is still facing an uncertain future as he has not been confirmed with a team yet for 2019. It is looking more and more likely that the Toro Rosso line-up for next year will be Daniil Kvyat, who is already confirmed and possibly Sergey Sirotkin, making it an All-Russian line-up.

    Ricciardo, Ocon, Grosjean and Ericsson also finished in the top 10.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:28.217 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Valtteri Bottas - 1:28.678 / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

3. Sebastian Vettel - 1:29.050 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

4. Max Verstappen - 1:29.257 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands

5. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:29.498 / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

6. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:29.513 / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia

7. Esteban Ocon - 1:30.035 / Racing Point Force India-Mercedes / France

8. Romain Grosjean - 1:30.440 /  Haas-Ferrari / France

9. Marcus Ericsson - 1:30.478 / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

10. Brendon Hartley - 1:30.502 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand

11. Sergio Perez - 1:30.510 / Racing Point Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

12. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:30.644 / Renault-Renault / Germany

13. Pierre Gasly - 1:30.795 / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France

14. Carlos Sainz - 1:30.904 / Renault-Renault / Spain

15. Charles Leclerc - 1:30.906 / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco

16. Kevin Magnussen - 1:30.956 / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

17. Fernando Alonso - 1:30.988 / McLaren-Renault / Spain

18. Sergey Sirotkin - 1:31.087 / Williams-Mercedes / Russia

19. Lance Stroll - 1:31.215 / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

20. Stoffel Vandoorne - 1:31.981 / McLaren-Renault / Belgium

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