Australian GP, ​​Free Practice 2: Rosberg doesn't give up

Again Nico Rosberg It is again Mercedes also in the second Free Practice session atAlbert Park di Melbourne. With the best time of 1:27.697, achieved with the soft tire in the middle of the session, the German finished in the lead, trailing his teammate and reigning world champion by 1 tenth.
Behind two Silver Arrows the two Ferrari di Hag e Whom, followed by Bottas, Kvyat, Sainz, Maldonado, Grosjean and Hulkenberg.
In the afternoon the riders lapped with the softer compound, then tried their hand at long runs in the final stages of the session.

News – The afternoon session starts with two justified absentees, both with the same problem: replacement of the power unit. Is Ricciardo is Sponge Free Practice 2 will follow from the pits. So Red Bull and Williams are out, while the two Saubers of Nasr and Ericsson enter - for the first time.
The first time, 1:33.310, belongs to Lotus, which is followed by Kimi's Ferrari. The driver of the red car takes the lead immediately afterwards but Vettel takes first place in 1:30.451. The two have a brief exchange at the top with the German ultimately coming out on top in 1:29.801.
Third place for Kvyat, followed by Maldonado, Sainz, Grosjean, Magnussen, Verstappen, Perez and Hamilton. The British driver from Mercedes climbs to second place but the red flags are waving on the track: the McLaren-Honda di Magnussen she ended up in the barriers at turn 6.

On the restart Bottas he is the first to leave the pits and with a time of 1:30.861 he climbs to fourth place. Up front it's a fight again at Ferrari, with Vettel-Kimi-Vettel in the lead. After the first half hour the German holds the lead of the group followed by Raikkonen, Rosberg, Hamilton, Bottas, Sainz, Grosjean, Verstappen, Kvyat and Maldonado. The two of Ferrari They are fitted with soft rubber.

Ericsson's Sauber shows the left rear bent and very slowly tries to return to the pits. Meanwhile, with a time of 1:27.697 and the soft tyre, Rosberg takes the lead and Hamilton - also with the soft compound - takes place 1 tenth behind him. Problems in the meantime for both Verstappen that for Maldonado.
In the meantime, all the drivers switched to soft, with the exception of the three (Ericsson, Verstappen and Maldonado) who returned to the pits due to various problems in the final minutes. Sainz is the protagonist of a spin at the same point as Ricciardo in the morning, while the end of this second session is also approaching, with Rosberg always in the lead ahead of Hamilton, Vettel, Raikkonen, Bottas, Kvyat, Sainz, Maldonado, Grosjean and Hulkenberg.

The drivers are busy with long runs, with Mercedes and Ferrari with a pace of around 1:32. Both Rosberg and Raikkonen were "recalled" via radio to pay more attention to consumption. The Melbourne track is very demanding from this point of view.
In the final minutes Button complained of a drop in power on his McLaren-Honda and thus returns to the pits. Two minutes from the end Mercedes they turn again. But the hourglass has run out of grains of sand and Silver Arrows they close in on the lead before two o'clock Ferrari.

F1 GP Australia 2015 – Times and results Free Practice 2

Nina Stefanelli