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
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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
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!
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