Australian GP, ​​Free Practice 2: Mercedes at the top with Hamilton and Rosberg. Alonso third

Best time for Lewis Hamilton in the second free practice session of the Australian F1 GP, the first race of the 2014 season. The Mercedes Englishman finished Friday ahead of everyone after missing the morning session due to a sensor failure. Hamilton lapped in 1.29.625 ahead of his teammate, Nico Rosberg, and Fernando Alonso's Ferrari.

Mercedes also seemed to have the advantage on race pace in the long runs with Ferrari and Red Bull slightly behind. The world champion team seems to be recovering with Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo in fourth and sixth place, separated by Jenson Button's McLaren. Kimi Raikkonen was only seventh with Ferrari, slowed down by a technical problem that caused him to stop at the end of the pitlane while trying to start. The Ferrari driver then returned to the track completing a total of 32 laps, more than his teammate (28).

Eighth time for Bottas' Williams ahead of the other McLaren of Kevin Magnussen. Nico Hulkenberg was tenth with Force India.

The teams achieved their best times on the soft tires and in the second part of the session they dedicated themselves to long runs. Lotus is still in difficulty: Romain Grosjean completed only 12 laps, finishing 18th, with no laps for Pastor Maldonado.

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Times and Results Free Practice 2 Australian F1 GP

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m29.625s 37 2. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m29.782s +0.157s 31 3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m30.132s +0.507s 28 4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m30.381s +0.756s 41 5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m30.510s +0.885s 33 6. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m30.538s +0.913s 38 7. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m30.898s +1.273s 32 8. Valtteri Bottas Williams -Mercedes 1m30.920s +1.295s 38 9. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1m31.031s +1.406s 34 10. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m31.054s +1.429s 33 11. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1m31.060. 1.435s +35s 12 1. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 31.119m1.494s +31s 13 1. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 31.283m1.658s +36s 14 1. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 32.355m2.730s +36s 15 1. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 32.468m2.843s +26s 16 1. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 32.495m2.870s +36s 17 1. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 33.486m3.861s +29s 18 1. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 33.646 m4.021. 12s +19s 1 34.757. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 5.132m29s +20s 1 21. Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 22 XNUMX. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault XNUMX. Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault