Bahrain GP, ​​Free Practice 2: Rosberg dominates

Nico Rosberg was the best driver in the second free practice session at the Bahrain GP.

In Sakhir the dominator of the Chinese GP lapped in 1'32"816, a truly significant time: the Mercedes German was the only one to go below the 1'32" barrier in the 35 laps covered and he beat the second, Mark Webber with Red Bull, four and a half tenths. Red Bull also placed Sebastian Vettel in third place, who recovered a lot compared to the morning but still closed seven tenths behind Rosberg. Maluccio, on the other hand, did Lewis Hamilton in FP2, who worsened his morning time by two tenths and closed 931 thousandths from the top. Michael Schumacher in the other Mercedes closes the Top 5, over a second behind his teammate.

Jenson Button, engaged in long run tests with McLaren, finished FP2 in sixth place, ahead of the Japanese Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi and Fernando Alonso: for the Ferrari driver a delay of 1"633 and 31 laps completed. Behind the Spaniard, Romain Grosjean with the Lotus and Sergio Perez with the other Sauber close the Top Ten. Felipe Massa with the Ferrari number 6 is 12th, 2"1 behind Rosberg, and ahead of the other Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen.

It should be noted that Force India, despite the excellent result obtained in FP1 with third place for Di Resta and sixth for Hulkenberg, did not take part in the tests for reasons officially defined as "logistical" but which probably have to do with with the attack of which some mechanics from the Indian team were victims yesterday.

Here are the FP2 times:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m32.816s 35 2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m33.262s + 0.446 26 3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m33.525s + 0.709 28 4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m33.747 .0.931s + 26 5 1. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 33.862m1.046s + 31 6 1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 34.246m1.430s + 28 7 1. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 34.411m1.595s + 34 8 1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 34.449m1.633. 31s + 9 1 34.615. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1.799m32s + 10 1 34.893. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 2.077m34s + 11 1 34.895. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2.079m29s + 12 1 34.941. Felipe Massa Ferrari 2.125 m29. 13s + 1 35.183 2.367. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 33m14s + 1 35.229 2.413. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 26m15s + 1 35.459 2.643. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 38m16s + 1 35.913 3.097 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 32m17s + 1 35.968 3.152. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 35m18s + 1 36.169 3.353. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 30m19s + 1 36.587 3.771. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 32m20s + 1 37.803 4.987. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 33m21s + 1 37.812 4.996. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 28m22s + 1 39.649 6.833. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 27mXNUMXs + XNUMX XNUMX