Team Summary:
With the track lights now on the second Friday practice session for the 2016 Bahrain GP would get underway. Ten minutes into the session Rosberg would be quickest with a 1m:32.173 running on the soft tyre. Both Williams Martini cars would come out on the medium tyre for their first run. Hamilton was second followed by Kvyat and Verstappen. Vettel would move into third also using the soft tyre. Both Williams drivers would complete short runs on the supersoft tyre finishing in fourth and fifth.

More drivers were coming out on the supersoft tyre including both Mercedes cars. A 1m:31.001 from Rosberg with Hamilton still second. With fifty minutes remaining Valtteri and Felipe were fifth and seventh. This would become seventh and ninth as others went quicker. Both drivers would return remaining on the supersoft tyre. They would be on a long run on this softer tyre. With thirty minutes remaining both Williams cars would pit changing to the medium tyre. Both drivers were on a long run on the medium tyre. With the end of the session both Williams drivers would complete seventeen laps on the medium tyre. Valtteri and Felipe would finish the session in eighth and tenth.

Felipe Massa:
Felipe would also come out also on the medium tyre. Felipe's first time was a 1m:35.402 to be fourteenth. This would become fifteenth as Felipe pitted. He would return this time running on the supersoft tyre. Felipe's first lap time on this tyre was a 1m:32.873 to be fourth. He would drop to fifth with his team-mate one place ahead. Felipe would spin but was able to continue returning to his pit. He would fall to ninth prior to coming back out for his next run. Felipe would pit briefly after a short time on the track. Felipe would also pit coming out on the medium tyre for a longer run.

Valtteri Bottas:
Valtteri would take to the track first coming out on the medium tyre for the first time. His first time was a 1m:34.761 to be ninth and the quickest of those on the medium tyre. He would drop to tenth. Valtteri would follow his team-mate into his pit. He would also return running on the supersoft tyre. He would finish his lap with a 1m:32.792 to be fourth. Valtteri's lap would see him have a major lock-up at Turn Ten. Valtteri would also pit. Valtteri was back out for a further run on the used supersoft tyres. Valtteri would be the first to pit switching to the medium tyre completing a long run till the end of the session.

Pos  Driver         	Team		        Time     Laps
1  Nico Rosberg		Mercedes		1m31.001s  38
2  Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1m31.242s  32
3  Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda		1m32.281s  32
4  Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m32.406s  31
5  Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari			1m32.452s  38
6  Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari			1m32.650s  26
7  Daniil Kvyat		Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1m32.703s  34
8  Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1m32.792s  39
9  Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1m32.870s  23
10 Felipe Massa		Williams-Mercedes	1m32.873s  36
11 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda		1m32.999s  30
12 Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari		1m33.129s  31
13 Carlos Sainz		Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m33.177s  36
14 Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		1m33.384s  23
15 Sergio Perez		Force India-Mercedes	1m33.406s  35
16 Kevin Magnussen	Renault			1m33.447s  34
17 Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1m33.570s  37
18 Jolyon Palmer	Renault			1m33.640s  35
19 Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes		1m33.953s  21
20 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		1m34.224s  31
21 Felipe Nasr		Sauber-Ferrari		1m34.477s  34
22 Rio Haryanto		Manor-Mercedes		1m34.562s  33