Belgian GP Friday practice
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By: Geoff Creighton
Summary
Status: Stopped
Driver, Team
Raikkonen, Ferrari
Hamilton, Mercedes
Bottas, Mercedes
Verstappen, Red Bull
Vettel, Ferrari
Ricciardo, Red Bull
Perez, Force India
Sainz, Renault
Ericsson, Sauber
Leclerc, Sauber
Raikkonen, Ferrari
Hamilton, Mercedes
Bottas, Mercedes
Verstappen, Red Bull
Vettel, Ferrari
Ricciardo, Red Bull
Perez, Force India
Sainz, Renault
Ericsson, Sauber
Leclerc, Sauber
That's it for the day's F1 track action, then. Check back in tomorrow as the grand prix weekend resumes with free practice three and qualifying, and keep en eye out for Autosport and Motorsport.com in the meantime for news and reaction from Friday. 
Your FP2 results:
1 Raikkonen, 1m43.355s
2 Hamilton, +0.168s
3 Bottas, +0.448s
4 Verstappen, +0.691s
5 Vettel, +0.777s
6 Ricciardo, +0.895s
7 Perez, +1.307s
8 Sainz, +2.126s
9 Ericsson, +2.182s
10 Leclerc, +2.267s
11 Hulkenberg, +2.398s
12 Grosjean, +2.462s
13 Ocon, +2.580s
14 Magnussen, +2.723s
15 Gasly, +2.725s
16 Alonso, +2.798s
17 Hartley, +2.982s
18 Sirotkin, +3.096s
19 Stroll, +3.115s
20 Vandoorne, +3.141s
1 Raikkonen, 1m43.355s
2 Hamilton, +0.168s
3 Bottas, +0.448s
4 Verstappen, +0.691s
5 Vettel, +0.777s
6 Ricciardo, +0.895s
7 Perez, +1.307s
8 Sainz, +2.126s
9 Ericsson, +2.182s
10 Leclerc, +2.267s
11 Hulkenberg, +2.398s
12 Grosjean, +2.462s
13 Ocon, +2.580s
14 Magnussen, +2.723s
15 Gasly, +2.725s
16 Alonso, +2.798s
17 Hartley, +2.982s
18 Sirotkin, +3.096s
19 Stroll, +3.115s
20 Vandoorne, +3.141s
It's a Friday sweep for Ferrari then. A good sign - granted, Hamilton looked like he left some time on the table in the final sector, but Ferrari tends to find more time overnight.
Red Bull pair Verstappen and Ricciardo finish fourth and sixth respectively, with Vettel between them. Perez, Sainz and the two Sauber cars make up the top 10.
The chequered flag is out. Kimi Raikkonen, already out of the car, tops FP2 from Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas.
"Stoffel, we need to find a bit more pace, we're looking for half a second to a second more pace if it's there. You should get two laps after this, let's see what it can do." That's surely a rather tough message to hear for a driver.
Hard to read too much into the long runs here, given the usual caveats and the traffic, but it should be said that the times coming in from Ferrari have looked very convincing.
Bottas has picked up a big flat spot on the left front tyre of his 15-lap-old set of softs. Hamilton, meanwhile, has locked the right front on entry to La Source, but looks to have gotten away with it without too much damage.
"This run [on softs] more competitive than supersofts, looking good," Hulkenberg is told. His reply? "Not surprised."
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All the tyre compounds are getting a good run-out here in the long runs, with Vettel and Hamilton running mediums after initial supersoft stints, while their respective teammates have lapped on supersofts and softs.
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Force India asking for more "front energy management" from Perez, but not before sweetening the deal with a "that lap was a second faster than Hulkenberg".
"Rears are definitely struggling there, how is the pace?" Hamilton asks. "Lewis, the pace looks good - Valtteri was pushing hard as he was doing a very short stint on his tyre."
Verstappen is told "Hamilton last lap a 48.9, that's five laps in", as the Briton enters the pitlane for a practice pitstop.
This is looking to be a genuinely miserable weekend to McLaren, at a track that doesn't quite suit the draggy, Renault-powered MCL33. That car hits the rev limiter almost right away on approach to Blanchimont.
Vandoorne is the last driver to record a supersoft lap, and he's four tenths off Alonso - which isn't enough to lift him above P20.
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Ocon has had another go at joining Perez in the top 10 there, but couldn't improve his time. It's been a messy session on his end, but the car looks ultra-competitive here.
FP2 order right now:
1 Raikkonen, 1m43.355s
2 Hamilton, +0.168s
3 Bottas, +0.448s
4 Verstappen, +0.691s
5 Vettel, +0.777s
6 Ricciardo, +0.895s
7 Perez, +1.307s
8 Sainz, +2.126s
9 Ericsson, +2.182s
10 Leclerc, +2.267s
11 Hulkenberg, +2.398s
12 Grosjean, +2.462s
13 Ocon, +2.580s
14 Magnussen, +2.723s
15 Gasly, +2.725s
16 Alonso, +2.798s
17 Hartley, +2.982s
18 Sirotkin, +3.096s
19 Stroll, +3.115s
20 Vandoorne, +5.125s
1 Raikkonen, 1m43.355s
2 Hamilton, +0.168s
3 Bottas, +0.448s
4 Verstappen, +0.691s
5 Vettel, +0.777s
6 Ricciardo, +0.895s
7 Perez, +1.307s
8 Sainz, +2.126s
9 Ericsson, +2.182s
10 Leclerc, +2.267s
11 Hulkenberg, +2.398s
12 Grosjean, +2.462s
13 Ocon, +2.580s
14 Magnussen, +2.723s
15 Gasly, +2.725s
16 Alonso, +2.798s
17 Hartley, +2.982s
18 Sirotkin, +3.096s
19 Stroll, +3.115s
20 Vandoorne, +5.125s
But we were still due a supersoft lap from McLaren, and Alonso finally delivers one. It puts him 16th, between the Toro Rosso cars of Gasly and Hartley.
Bottas is now lapping five seconds off the pace, so we must be into everyone's favourite part of F1 practice - the long run simulations.
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