2014 Malaysian Grand Prix Friday - Practice
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Quick lap coming up from Alonso, who's currently sixth.
The Finn splits the Mercedes with a time 0.035s down on Rosberg.
Raikkonen thrusts Ferrari into the mix, going second.
Bottas moves up to fourth, so it's an all-Merc top four, two Mercedes then two Williams.
Order now with medium tyre runs complete for most:
1 Rosberg
2 Hamilton
3 Massa
4 Alonso
5 Magnussen
6 Vettel
7 Bottas
8 Ricciardo
9 Raikkonen
10 Sutil
1 Rosberg
2 Hamilton
3 Massa
4 Alonso
5 Magnussen
6 Vettel
7 Bottas
8 Ricciardo
9 Raikkonen
10 Sutil
Morning pacesetter Hamilton goes second in a Mercedes one-two.
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...but is instantly beaten by Rosberg on a 1m39.909s.
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Massa grabs the top spot with a 1m40.112s on medium tyres...
Magnussen has been complaining of oversteer in the McLaren while on his first medium tyre run.
Latest figures from the main speed trap, located 207m before the final corner:
1 Bottas, 319km/h
2 Massa, 319km/h
3 Magnussen, 317km/h
4 Hulkenberg, 316km/h
5 Button, 315km/h
6 Kvyat, 315km/h
1 Bottas, 319km/h
2 Massa, 319km/h
3 Magnussen, 317km/h
4 Hulkenberg, 316km/h
5 Button, 315km/h
6 Kvyat, 315km/h
Magnussen gets a time on the board in 15th place after his late start to the afternoon.
Fernando Alonso
So half an hour in, the main developments are:
* Alonso is the fastest in the early laps
* Chilton spun off at Turn 3 and had to be recovered
* Maldonado's car is undergoing work in the garage after his FP1 problems
* Kobayashi will not be participating in FP2
CRAIG SCARBOROUGH: "Red Bull has been running with flo-vis paint applied to the car. This oily, fluorescent liquid shows the direction of the airflow on the bodywork for correlating to windtunnel or CFD testing. Red Bull had this applied to the rear wing and also the inside of the turning vanes under the nose. This suggests there are bodywork changes in these areas."
Perez is also on the mediums, and goes up to 11th.
EDD STRAW: "Now starting to enter the phase of the session where drivers switch onto the medium tyre. Ericsson is out on the white-banded mediums."
Kobayashi and Maldonado are in the pits and that's where they'll be staying due to problems this morning.
Eighteen drivers have set a time, Magnussen has just been out for two non-flying laps, and Chilton went off on his first lap.
Vergne had been the slowest of the drivers out so far in 18th place, but he's just brought the Toro Rosso up to ninth.
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Mercedes highlights the difficulties a little bit of wind can make:
"We're hearing of a slight headwind into T1: a breeze will affect the stability of the cars and also braking points on corner entry."
"We're hearing of a slight headwind into T1: a breeze will affect the stability of the cars and also braking points on corner entry."
Vettel shows some pace in a flo-vis bedecked Red Bull, popping up to third place, 0.304s off Alonso.
Ricciardo sets the fastest middle sector so far, but the overall lap is only fifth place, though he's within 0.3s of the pace.
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CRAIG SCARBOROUGH: "McLaren is running several new updates as part of the package that Ron Dennis predicted would be worth half-a-second a lap.
"The most obvious is a new nose cone. This is still an anteater design, but the tip of the wedge-shaped upper nose is higher and squarer. This will force more air under the nose to allow greater airflow to the rear of the car."
BEN ANDERSON: "We understand Alonso broke the floor on his Ferrari in FP1, so the double world champion will be keen to make up for lost time in this session now the F14 T has been repaired."
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Alonso comes through on a 1m40.737s to go fastest, with Hamilton then taking second on a 1m40.785s.
Valtteri Bottas
Rosberg produced encouraging first and second splits on his last run, but fell short of Bottas overall and stays fourth.
Grosjean appears to be stuck in second gear. He's limping back to the pits and is told: "Stay in that gear, don't change gear."
Alonso goes fifth, which then becomes sixth as Rosberg takes fourth on his first proper run.
Raikkonen was quickest of all in sectors one and two, but he loses out to the Williams pair in the final part so is third, 0.07s off Bottas.
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Lotus remain upbeat, despite Maldonado languishing in the garage as 'Team Enstone' continue to build his car:
"This morning's total team lap tally beaten just 10mins into FP2"
Grosjean has completed eight laps so far.
"This morning's total team lap tally beaten just 10mins into FP2"
Grosjean has completed eight laps so far.
Next man to watch is Raikkonen, setting rapid sector times in the Ferrari.
Massa has been clocked at 319km/h in the main speed trap before the final corner. Fastest we saw this morning was 315km/h.
Massa goes second, his 1m41.075s just 0.003s off Bottas in a Williams one-two at this stage.
The second Williams of Massa is also lapping quickly on the sectors so far.
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Bottas was indeed flying, though, and he does a 1m41.072s to usurp Button on top.
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Button improves his benchmark to 1m41.635s, six tenths clear in first place.
Quick time coming up from Bottas in the Williams.
Vergne takes a spin at the final turn, but the Frenchman is able to getting going again under his own steam.
Chilton's stricken car is being towed away, so the yellow flags should not be waving for much longer.
EDD STRAW: "Standard procedure for this session will be to do some work early on using the hard tyre before switching onto the faster medium-compound. Thing to look out for is the long-run race pace of the various cars."
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But moments later, Hulkenberg pips Button with a 1m42.293s to take the top spot for Force India.
By: Matt Beer, Ben Anderson, Andrew van Leeuwen, Edd Straw, Jonathan Noble, Dan Cross
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