Ferrari’s Felipe Massa continued his recent form resurgence by topping the second practice session ahead of Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix.
The Brazilian, who has out-qualified team-mate Fernando Alonso for each of the last four races, lapped 0.15s quicker than second fastest man Kimi Raikkonen in the 90 minute session.
Fernando Alonso, who has never been out-qualified by a team-mate for five consecutive races in his entire Grand Prix career, was third fastest.
Practice 1 pace-setter Nico Rosberg had to settle for fourth, albeit within 0.5s of Massa’s benchmark.
Mark Webber, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Adrian Sutil, Paul di Resta and Sebastian Vettel rounded out the top 10.
Sergio Perez again struck trouble in the second McLaren, clipping the barriers after spinning through the gravel at Turn 8.
A final 60 minute practice will precede qualifying tomorrow.
See below for the full Practice 2 result
|
Pos |
Driver |
Team |
Time/Retired |
Gap |
| 1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.340 | |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:35.492 | 0.152 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35.755 | 0.415 |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:35.819 | 0.479 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:36.092 | 0.752 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.432 | 1.092 |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:36.496 | 1.156 |
| 8 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:36.514 | 1.174 |
| 9 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:36.595 | 1.255 |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:36.791 | 1.451 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.940 | 1.600 |
| 12 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:36.963 | 1.623 |
| 13 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.103 | 1.763 |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:37.206 | 1.866 |
| 15 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:38.127 | 2.787 |
| 16 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1:38.185 | 2.845 |
| 17 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.211 | 2.871 |
| 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:38.276 | 2.936 |
| 19 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:38.725 | 3.385 |
| 20 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1:39.271 | 3.931 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1:39.814 | 4.474 |
| 22 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:43.227 | 7.887 |
