Spanish GP: Free Practice 2 - Re-Cap & Results

Time for a quick re-cap of Free Practice 2 and then the times!

Vettel had to sit out of this session after a huge wire issue caused him to only be able to complete 4 laps during Free Practice 1. Meanwhile, Esteban Gutierrez and Valtteri Bottas returned to their cars after sitting out of FP1. 

Hamilton lead this session as well, and at the end, Jean-Eric Vergne's tyre came loose and flew off, bouncing along the track. He's been handed a 10-Place-Grid-Penalty for Qualifying because of this and the team has also been fined for the incident.

McLaren continued to keep their cars in the top 10 times and things look good for them for FP3 and Qualifying. Sauber also improving after the team shaved weight off the cars over the week. Adrian Sutil admitted earlier this weekend that he didn't eat for 2 days to lose weight, admitting he is heavier than team-mate, Gutierrez.

Now, on to the times!

TIMES: 

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:25.524 / Mercedes

2. Nico Rosberg - 1:25.973 / Mercedes

3. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:26.509 / Redbull

4. Fernando Alonso - 1:27.121 / Ferrari

5. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:27.296 / Ferrari

6. Kevin Magnussen - 1:27.788 / McLaren

7. Jenson Button - 1:27.811 / McLaren

8. Felipe Massa - 1:27.824 / Williams 

9. Pastor Maldonado - 1:27.866 / Lotus

10. Daniil Kvyat - 1:28.049 / Toro Rosso

11. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:28.074 / Force India

12. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:28.246 / Toro Rosso

13. Adrian Sutil - 1:28.284 / Sauber

14. Valtteri Bottas - 1:28.698 / Williams

15. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:29.105 / Sauber

16. Sergio Perez - 1:29.129 / Force India

17. Romain Grosjean - 1:29.493 / Lotus

18. Jules Bianchi - 1:29.991 / Marussia

19. Max Chilton - 1:31.148 / Marussia

20. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:31.338 / Caterham 

21. Marcus Ericsson - 1:31.586 / Caterham

22. Sebastian Vettel - No Time Set - Redbull 

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Chinese GP: Free Practice 2 - Re-Cap & Results

Alright, time for a quick Re-Cap of Free Practice #2! First of all, thanks to all who joined me on Twitter tonight for my commentary coverage & Thanks for your questions. I'll be back again tomorrow for coverage of Free Practice 3!

Also wanted to note that Bottas and Sutil were in this session after Nasr and Van Der Garde did Free Practice #1!

So, let's start with Maldonado, who crashed the Lotus into the wall as he was heading for the pits. He radioed in, saying, "I crashed - Sorry" - Everyone knows the first step is admitting you did something wrong. (Bad joke!)

Mercedes were keeping good pace with Lewis Hamilton setting the fastest time of the session, although Alonso was close in Second, after he'd put in fastest time for Session #1. Redbull is also improving with both cars in the top 5 times. Force India was doing some long-runs, so no need to read too much into their times as they were focusing on balance and performance. We know they're fast!

An issue that's being noticed is that with the colder weather, the drivers are having an issue getting (and keeping) the tyres warm. Makes you wonder what'll happen next year when the Tyre Warmer ban is put in place. Yikes. So, with that said, we're seeing a lot of spinning and running off of the track, due to lack of grip. Another issue this weekend seems to be the brakes locking up. Not sure if this is weather related or not, but looking into it!

Now, on to the times!

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:38.315 / Mercedes
2. Fernando Alonso - 1:38.456 / Ferrari
3. Nico Rosberg - 1:38.726 / Mercedes
4. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:38.811 / Redbull
5. Sebastian Vettel - 1:39.015 / Redbull
6. Felipe Massa - 1:39.118 / Williams
7. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:39.283 / Ferrari
8. Jenson Button - 1:39.491 / McLaren
9. Romain Grosjean - 1:39.537 / Lotus
10. Daniil Kvyat - 1:39.648 / Toro Ross
11. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:39.736 / Force India
12: Kevin Magnussen - 1:39.744 / McLaren
13. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:39.759 / Toro Rosso
14. Valtteri Bottas - 1:39.830 / Williams
15. Sergio Perez - 1:40.124 / Force India
16. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:40.359 / Sauber
17. Adrian Sutil - 1:40.395 / Sauber
18. Pastor Maldonado - 1:40.455 / Lotus
19. Jules Bianchi - 1:42.327 / Marussia
20. Max Chilton - 1:43.473 / Marussia
21. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:43.530 / Caterham
22. Marcus Ericsson - 1:43.679 / Caterham

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Malaysian GP: Free Practice 2 - Re-Cap & Results

As session 2 of Free Practice just finished up about a half hour ago, I am back with a quick Re-Cap and the Time Results of the session. Unfortunately both Kamui Kobayashi and Pastor Maldonado were unable to get out there and do any laps. Sergio Perez, however, was able to get out on the track in this Session and get in some good laps. 

Also impressive was Redbull's Sebastian Vettel, who finished in the top 3. We saw a few people spin and head into the gravel including Max Chilton and Daniel Ricciardo. Here are the times.

TIMES:

1. Nico Rosberg - 1:39.909 / Mercedes
2. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:39.944 / Ferrari
3. Sebastian Vettel - 1:39.970 / Redbull
4. Lewis Hamilton - 1:40.051 / Mercedes
5. Fernando Alonso - 1:40.103 / Ferrari
6. Felipe Massa - 1:40.112 / Williams
7. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:40.276 / Redbull
8. Jenson Button - 1:40.628 / McLaren
9. Valtteri Bottas - 1:40.638 / Williams
10. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:40.691 / Force India
11. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:40.777 / Toro Rosso
12. Kevin Magnussen - 1:41.014 / McLaren
13. Adrian Sutil - 1:41.257 / Sauber
14. Daniil Kvyat - 1:41.325 / Toro Rosso
15. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:41.507 / Sauber
16. Sergio Perez - 1:41.671 / Force India
17. Romain Grosjean - 1:42.531 / Lotus
18. Max Chilton - 1:43.638 / Marussia
19. Jules Bianchi - 1:43.752 / Marussia
20. Marcus Ericsson - 1:45.703 / Caterham
21. Kamui Kobayashi - No Time Set / Caterham
22. Pastor Maldonado - No Time Set / Lotus

I'll be doing live commentary for Free Practice 3 tomorrow on Twitter, so make sure to stop by and join in on the fun!

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F1Insider Special: P1 & P2 After Quotes.

"What we've seen today is that most teams are getting the hang of things and getting better at taking care of the problems that occur with the cars. There's no promise that certain cars will finish or not finish the race on Sunday. It's touch and go at the moment.

   Force India looks strong and I'm happy about that, being a part of the Force India family, we're not overly nervous, but we don't want to be overly confident. Like Checo said, there are areas that need to be improved. We'll see how things go tomorrow. I'm a huge supporter in that team and I want things to work out well.

   Mercedes and Ferrari are also looking well-shaped so far and it is nice to see Redbull not having as much trouble as they had in testing. Williams could really be back this year and it would be sweet relief for Massa to get a win. As for the others, there's things that need to be sorted out.. I'm sure things will fall into place after a few races. Everything is important right now and everything needs to work properly. Hopefully enough cars finish Sunday to fill up the top 10 points positions."

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Australian GP: Free Practice 2 - Results

The Free Practice 2 Session which just finished up awhile ago, has many people talking now. There was a lot of near-inccidents with some of the cars having trouble at turn 11 including Vettel, Vergne, Hulkenberg and Perez. Hulkenberg was the only one of those four people to actually stop and have to be towed away, but over-all, it could still act as a more-dangerous spot on the circuit for Qualifying and Race day. Once again, Caterham was unable to send out their cars due to Hydraulics issues.

Here are the times from the Second Free Practice Session

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:29.623 / Mercedes
2. Nico Rosberg - 1:29.782 / Mercedes
3. Fernando Alonso - 1:30.132 / Ferrari
4. Sebastian Vettel - 1:30.381 / Redbull
5. Jenson Button - 1:30.510 / McLaren
6. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:30.538 / Redbull
7. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:30.898 / Ferrari 
8. Valtteri Bottas - 1:30.920 / Williams
9. Kevin Magnussen - 1:31.031 / McLaren
10. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:31.054 / Force India
11. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:31.060 / Toro Rosso
12. Felipe Massa - 1:31.119 / Williams
13. Sergio Perez - 1:31.283 / Force India
14. Adrian Sutil - 1:32.355 / Sauber
15. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:32.468 / Sauber
16. Daniil Kvyat - 1:32.495 / Toro Rosso
17. Jules Bianchi - 1:33.486 / Marussia
18. Romain Grosjean - 1:33.646 / Lotus
19. Max Chilton - 1:34.757 / Marussia
20. Marcus Ericsson - No Time Set / Caterham
21. Kamui Kobayashi - No Time Set / Caterham
22. Pastor Maldonado - No Time Set / Lotus

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