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The weather had improved for the
second Friday practice to the point with the drivers coming out on
intermediate tyres. There would be a rush of drivers coming out looking to
make up for lost time after the earlier wet session. Both Williams drivers
Valtteri Bottas and Pastor Maldonado would come out for short runs with
Valtteri in fifth with a 1m:43.929 and Pastor down in tenth, 1m:45.307. The
start of the session had seen the track declared wet but the track would dry to the point that
teams started to come out on the prototype Pirelli hard tyre. Vergne was
fastest with a 1m:37.102 running on the slick tyre. Ricciardo was second
followed by Di Resta.
Both Williams drivers had pitted after their first runs as Grosjean moved up to third with a 1m:39.269. Both
Williams drivers waited in their pits as the times continued to fall.
Fastest was now Ricciardo with a 1m:36.502 but Sutil would move ahead with a
1m:36.028. Vergne would move into second followed by Ricciardo. But Di Resta
would go quickest with a 1m:35.822. Valtteri was back out currently in
twelfth as Sutil went fastest, 1m:35.677. The times were falling rapidly as
the track conditions improved. Several of the drivers were using the
prototype tyre as Vettel moved up to fourth, 1m:36.388. But team-mate Webber
would also find time to go fastest with a 1m:34.648. Pastor was also back
out as Valtteri moved up to ninth with a 1m:37.462.
For Massa his session would end when he was to crash at Stowe going into the
barriers damaging his first end. Valtteri was on a quicker lap but would
lose time in the final sector to remain ninth. Pastor was also on a quicker
lap but he would slow in the final sector to remain nineteenth. Valtteri
continued to put in laps with both Williams drivers on the hard tyre. Van
der Gar was up to eighth, 1m:36.870, seeing Valtteri drop to tenth. With an
hour remaining the order was Webber from Sutil, Di Resta, Vergne, Vettel,
Ricciardo, Grosjean, Van der Gar, Rosberg, and Valtteri tenth. Alonso and
Hamilton were both on the track with Alonso's first time a 1m:39.599 to be
fourteenth. Rosberg would find time to go fastest with a 1m:34.327 while
Alonso improved to be fourth, 1m:35.167. Other drivers were finding time
with Hamilton now second followed by Vergne and Webber now fourth.
Valtteri was now eighth with a 1m:35.573 and Pastor tenth with a 1m:36.311.
So at the moment we had a Mercedes one-two while Alonso and Sutil were fifth
and sixth. Massa's car had been cleared away while at the front Ricciardo
moved into second with a 1m:34.161. Rosberg had also improved his quickest
time with a 1m:33.585 as Vergne went second but was quickly passed by
Hamilton with a 1m:33.635. But it was changing quickly at the top with
Ricciardo going fastest with a 1m:33.550. Grosjean would be the first driver
to run on the medium tyre while for Williams Valtteri was tenth and Pastor
twelfth. Di Resta and Sutil were fifth and sixth with Sutil on a very quick
lap seeing him go quickest with a 1m:33.374. Ricciardo had also improved his
time with a 1m:33.501 but remained second. Valtteri had dropped to twelfth
and Pastor thirteenth and both were back in their pits.
Vettel would also set new quickest sector times finishing with a 1m:33.068
to be fastest. Grosjean would join Vettel at the front going second with a
1m:33.322. Sutil was now third followed by Ricciardo, Rosberg, Hamilton, Di
Resta, Vergne, Webber, and Alonso. Using the medium tyres Vettel would
improve with a 1m:32.680 while for Williams Pastor was back out with forty one minutes remaining.
Hamilton was now on the medium tyre going second with a 1m:32.911. Team-mate
Rosberg would follow Hamilton and would use these tyres to good effect
setting a 1m:32.248 to be fastest. Vergne was now up to fourth with the top
eight times all set on the medium tyre. Pastor was now thirteenth with a
1m:35.212 with Valtteri now fourteenth.
Ricciardo would also find time with a 1m:33.301 to be fifth with both
Williams drivers back out on the track. They were running on the medium tyre
and would set a 1m:35.156 but remained thirteenth. After having work
completed on his car Webber would come back out running on the medium tyre.
Webber was straight onto a quick lap going fastest in sector one followed by two personal best sector
times to finish with a 1m:32.953 to be fifth . Di Resta was now in third,
1m:32.832, while Valtteri dropped to fifth as Gutierrez went fourteenth.
Pastor would pit followed by Valtteri with both Williams drivers having not
improved despite using the medium tyre. Perez would move up to twelfth while
for Red Bull Webber would move into second with a 1m:32.547. So Rosberg was
still fastest from Webber, Vettel, and Di Resta. Pastor and Valtteri had
dropped to fifth and sixteenth.
With thirty minutes remaining the track was very busy with drivers trying to
complete longer runs. Both Williams drivers would come back out but for
Pastor he would be informed over the radio that there was a slight issue
with a water leak on his car. Valtteri was back out on the medium tyre with
ten minutes remaining. Both McLaren's were back in their pits while Vettel
would pit to move from the hard tyre to the medium. The track was now very
busy with everyone except Massa out on the track. As the final minutes
counted down both Williams drivers continued to put in laps but they were
down in sixteenth seventeenth, not what the Williams team would be hoping
for. Rosberg was still fastest from Webber and Vettel. Di Resta was
fourth followed by Hamilton, Ricciardo, Vergne, Sutil, Grosjean, and Alonso
tenth. The session would come to an end with the positions unchanged. |