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Replays show Vettel had a fairly minor moment at Turn 12, dipping into the gravel on the exit of the sweeping right-hander.
The tyres seem to have held up pretty well there, allowing Leclerc to go fastest of all in the first sector and post a personal-best final sector.
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Vettel comes up a tenth short compared to his previous attempt, but Leclerc goes top! It's a 1m17.585s.
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Leclerc and Vettel giving it another go on this set of softs, and both are quicker in S1.
A first qualifying run in from McLaren and it's not a particularly great one from Norris - 1.368s off the pace, only good enough for ninth.
Replays show it was Leclerc who baulked Magnussen at Turn 9, prompting to Dane to gesticulate at the Monegasque driver.
Magnussen got held up by a Ferrari on his flying lap, but Grosjean has a clean enough attempt, which takes him to fourth place.
We have the first FP2 sighting of Lance Stroll now, as the Canadian winds up for his first flying lap on the hard tyre.
Leclerc takes second place behind his German team-mate, just 0.027s slower. Rather worryingly for the Ferraris, they're just a tenth and a half up on Bottas' medium-tyre time.
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Vettel and Leclerc are now pushing on softs, and Vettel goes top, firing in a 1m17.673s.
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With qualifying simulations likely coming up, a top-five rundown: 1 Bottas; 2 Vettel, +0.711; 3 Verstappen, +0.770s; 4 Hamilton, +0.812s, 5 Magnussen, +1.038s.
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Finally a proper banker lap for Hamilton, as he moves up to fourth place on the board. He's eight tenths slower than Bottas, but on a harder tyre.
It was actually a fairly major off for Hamilton at Turn 13 and straightlining the Turn 14-15 chicane. He hasn't looked too comfortable.
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Bottas improves on mediums, putting seven tenths between himself and nearest rival Vettel with a 1m17.835s.
Worth mentioning that Hamilton's Turn 10 half-spin was on the hard tyre, which he continues to lap with right now. He remains 19th, having scrapped another fast lap in the final sector.
Verstappen is now back on track and his first flying lap takes him to third place, five tenths up on team-mate Gasly. Only Stroll left to set a time.
Hamilton has a massive snap sideways on exit of Turn 10. He was already three tenths down on Bottas by that point, but the lap is obviously scrapped.
Gasly has improved, but remains in what is now fourth place, half a second down on Vettel.
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Despite a messy out-lap, Bottas goes top with his first effort on mediums, posting a 1m18.259s.
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Kubica finally records a lap on that set of softs that he had spun on earlier. He's 3.2s off the pace, which leaves him last of the 15 drivers who have set a time.
Red Bull's first flying lap of FP2 comes courtesy of Gasly on mediums. He moves up to third place, nine tenths behind Vettel.
Leclerc now up to third behind Vettel and Magnussen, but he trails his team-mate by 1.004s. Different tyre compounds, naturally.
Magnussen gets baulked by Perez on his flying lap after the Mexican goes off the track at Turn 13 and slows up on his return to the racing line.
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A pair of purple sectors for Vettel on a lap that ultimately comes out to 1m18.546s.
A surprising number of early setbacks so far today. Oil leaks struck the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas and the Honda in Max Verstappen's Red Bull, and Lance Stroll had that crash with barely 60 seconds left on the clock in FP1.
Bottas hasn't hit the track yet, but Verstappen – who has made an early change to his Spec 2 Honda engine he was going to qualify and race with – has completed an installation lap.
Stroll's not on the circuit either but should be back out in FP2, albeit in a bit of a mix-and-match Racing Point that does not have all-new parts on it following his shunt. The team doesn't know if he'll have to run the older-spec parts all weekend yet.
Bottas hasn't hit the track yet, but Verstappen – who has made an early change to his Spec 2 Honda engine he was going to qualify and race with – has completed an installation lap.
Stroll's not on the circuit either but should be back out in FP2, albeit in a bit of a mix-and-match Racing Point that does not have all-new parts on it following his shunt. The team doesn't know if he'll have to run the older-spec parts all weekend yet.
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"Ok, I spin, I have cold tyres and I spin in the last corner," Kubica reports. He goes through the pitlane and returns to the track.
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Vettel now back in front of Magnussen, but not by much, as he records a 1m18.766s.
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And it's because he spun the car around and nearly hit the wall on pit entry while gearing up for a flying lap!
The soft tyre has made its first appearance of FP2, on Robert Kubica's car, but he returns to the pits after a single lap.
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Magnussen is now back in front, courtesy of a 1m18.873s. Leclerc's first effort is good enough for fourth place.
Replays show Grosjean take a minor trip through the gravel at the Turn 7-8 complex.
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Vettel goes top with his first attempt, a 1m18.989s.
Vettel and Leclerc have now taken to the track, the former on mediums and the latter on hards. We're yet to see the soft tyre make an appearance in this session.
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But Magnussen strings together three purple sectors to improve to a 1m19.481s. Still some way off the pace seen in FP1.
Russell is the third driver to set a lap, and he slots into third place, albeit just a tenth slower than Grosjean. Albon then moves up to second place, before Kvyat laps 0.036s off Magnussen.
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Magnussen sets the initial benchmark, a 1m20.168s on medium tyres. Team-mate Grosjean is 1.6s slower.
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