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Malaysian GP second practice comments and results!

Malaysian GP second practice comments and results!
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Results:

 

1.Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari 1m 31.261s

2.Kimi Raikkonen FIN Scuderia Ferrari 1m 31.865s

3.Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1m 32.099s

4.Max Verstappen NED Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1m 32.109s

5.Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren-Honda 1m 32.564s

6.Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 1m 32.677s

7.Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 1m 32.720s

8.Sergio Perez MEX Sahara Force India-Mercedes 1m 32.862s

9.Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault Sport F1 1m 33.060s

10.Esteban Ocon FRA Sahara Force India-Mercedes 1m 33.096s

11.Jolyon Palmer GBR Renault Sport F1 1m 33.381s

12.Felipe Massa BRA Williams Martini Racing-Mercedes 1m 33.394s

13.Stoffel Vandoorne BEL McLaren-Honda 1m 33.673s

14.Lance Stroll CAN Williams Martini Racing-Mercedes 1m 33.818s

15.Pierre Gasly FRA Scuderia Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 34.043s

16.Carlos Sainz SPA Scuderia Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 34.104s

17.Romain Grosjean FRA Haas-Ferrari 1m 34.118s

18.Kevin Magnussen DEN Haas-Ferrari 1m 34.343s

19.Pascal Wehrlein GER Sauber-Ferrari 1m 35.246s

20.Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber-Ferrari 1m 35.697s

09:23

We will be back for final practice at 14:00 local time tomorrow!

09:23

Stay tuned to the website for a full report, results, news and photos

09:23

So it’s a Ferrari 1-2, with Vettel leading Raikkonen

09:22

The session will not be restarted

09:22

Grosjean then arrived at the scene and endured a big accident

09:21

Replays show that Bottas was the driver to dislodge the cover, before Raikkonen ran over it

09:19

He takes a close look at the loose drain cover with track officials

09:17

Race Director Charlie Whiting is now heading down to Turn 12

09:15

Grosjean is taken away by the medical car – some precautionary medical checks are likely to follow

09:14

After that, he was simply a passenger en route to the wall

09:14

Replays show Grosjean running over a loose drain cover at Turn 12 – his rear-right tyre then exploded

09:11

Grosjean jumps out of his car and assesses the damage

09:10

The session has been red flagged

09:10

Grosjean shakes his head as he removes his steering wheel – a huge impact there

09:10

Grosjean has hit the barriers

09:08

Meanwhile, Hamilton is stuck behind the other Haas of Magnussen

09:08

He is back out on used Super Softs for a longer run

09:06

All drivers bar Grosjean have posted their best times on Super Softs – perhaps the Haas driver hit trouble on his run

09:02

We mentioned that it would take a brave marshal to collect that pit entry bollard – well, here he is…

09:00

Ferrari apologises to Raikkonen for leaving the tape on his tyre – they thought it would fly off, but it got stuck on a suspension arm

08:58

Verstappen makes a small lap time improvement, but stays fourth

08:58

Replays show what appears to be some tape flicking off Raikkonen’s car

08:58

Most drivers have switched their focus to longer runs

08:57

Perez has moved up to eighth with his Super Soft run

08:53

Top 10 update: VET, RAI, RIC, VER, ALO, HAM, BOT, HUL, OCO, PAL

08:53

We do not know fuel loads, of course, but that is a rare sentence…

08:52

Alonso puts his McLaren ahead of the Mercedes pair!

08:50

Hamilton goes fifth, just in front of team-mate Bottas – but he’s 1.5s off Vettel

08:50

A lot of understeer as we follow Hamilton onboard around the lap

08:48

Hamilton heads out on the Super Soft tyre

08:44

Replays show the inlet element of Massa’s helmet coming off at high speed – it’s sitting at the side of the track

08:44

Bottas improves to P5, just ahead of Hulkenberg

08:43

Replays show Ericsson locking up and going off at Turn 9

08:43

Mercedes mechanics are also checking out Hamilton’s floor

08:42

Mercedes sends Bottas back out after some floor repairs

08:40

It will take a brave marshal to sort that out…

08:40

Stroll has just knocked over the pit entry bollard

08:39

That’s quite a lap…

08:39

Vettel surges clear moments later, clocking a 1:31.261

08:39

Raikkonen moves ahead on a 1:31.865

08:37

Verstappen is not happy with the balance of his car – he ended those runs almost half a second slower than Ricciardo

08:37

Raikkonen and Vettel head out for their Super Soft runs

08:35

Verstappen sets a purple split in S1 but loses out in S2 and S3

08:35

Ricciardo goes quickest with a 1:32.099 (Super Softs)

08:34

He set that on Super Softs – more drivers are making the switch now

08:34

Hulkenberg shoots up to fifth, ahead of the Mercedes pair

08:31

Replays show Sainz Jr. running off track at Turn 11, after a mid-corner snap – “Undriveable,” he reports over the radio, lamenting oversteer

08:29

Top 10 update: VET, VER, RAI, RIC, HAM, BOT, OCO, MAS, STR, SAI

08:25

Raikkonen waits in the garage as work continues on his car:

08:25

He crawls back to the pits, with big flatspots

08:24

Replays show him losing the rear end through Turn 7, sliding across the track and into the gravel – he just kept the car going after that

08:24

Hamilton now runs into the gravel at Turn 8

08:21

He recovers the car and continues on his way

08:21

Replays show him bottoming out over the kerbs, sliding over the gravel and just keeping it out of the barriers

08:20

Bottas runs off the track at Turn 11

08:20

No word yet as to what is going on there

08:19

Raikkonen’s car is up on jacks at the moment

08:17

Gasly is back out after that scare in the pit lane

08:17

“Front locking is becoming a problem,” Palmer reports

08:16

A big lock-up from Palmer into the final corner – he dodges the pit entry bollard and darts back onto the track

08:15

Most drivers are out there on the Soft compound tyre

08:15

Vettel edges a couple of tenths clear with a 1:32.566 – that’s a new track record

08:12

Stroll now goes ninth, with Alonso slotting into 10th

08:12

Current top 10: VER, RAI, VET, RIC, BOT, MAS, HAM, PER, MAG, OCO

08:11

Verstappen goes purple through S2, but S1 and S3 are slower

08:10

He is wheeled back into the garage and mechanics take a closer look

08:10

Replays show smoke coming from Gasly’s car as he returned to the pits

08:08

Raikkonen and Vettel also improve – they are around a tenth back

08:08

Verstappen duly goes fastest with a 1:32.739

08:08

Plenty of sparks being kicked up by Verstappen’s Red Bull as he attacks the sweeping Turns 5 and 6

08:07

So lap times are already significantly quicker

08:07

For reference, last year’s FP2 benchmark was a 1:34.944

08:05

Vettel slots into second, forming a Ferrari 1-2

08:04

Raikkonen reports some vibrations on this initial run – but he moves to the front of the pack on 1:33.486

08:04

Grosjean soon betters that with a 1:34.890

08:04

Ericsson gets the first time on the board: 1:37.654

08:01

Slick tyres all the way, with the track surface almost completely dry

08:01

Something flew off Wehrlein’s car as he exited the pits

08:01

Sauber immediately sends its drivers out (on slicks)

08:00

Green light!

07:59

Mercedes, meanwhile, is 102 points clear of Ferrari

07:57

Lewis Hamilton leads Sebastian Vettel by 28 points after three successive wins, and Vettel’s costly retirement last time out in Singapore

07:56

A reminder of the championship situation…

07:53

There are two DRS zones in place, the first coming on the back straight and the second on the main straight

07:51

As a reminder, Pirelli has brought its Super Soft, Soft and Medium tyres here – we did not need to run through that before FP1…

07:49

It was a big session for Pierre Gasly, of course, as he made his debut as a race driver – a confident performance in tricky conditions put him ninth

07:46

If you missed the session, here are the best bits:

07:43

After a rain-soaked first practice session, conditions are better this afternoon

07:42

Welcome back to live coverage of the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend!

Source :http://feeds.gpupdate.net

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