» Hamilton tops interrupted second practice

Lewis Hamilton has ended the second practice session fastest ahead of the Red Bull Racing duo of Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo.

Both Hamilton and team-mate Nico Rosberg occupied the top spots in the first thirty minutes of the session, but it was Hamilton who was able to continuously shave off a few tenths of a second to keep clear of Rosberg.

Kimi Raikkonen again enjoyed a good session, finishing fifth and two places clear of team-mate Sebastian Vettel in the other Ferrari. Raikkonen spent a short amount of time on top in the first half of the session as he was one of the first drivers to make the switch to the soft compound tyre.

Hamilton then set the benchmark for the rest of the session, a 1:23.949 was too quick for anyone to match with Kvyat coming closest by 0.3 seconds.

Both Red Bull cars showed strong pace in the long run simulation, posting the same lap times as the front-running Mercedes cars. Whatever joy that was coming from the Red Bull garage was short lived however, as Ricciardo’s engine failed leaving a stream of smoke behind it as the Australian parked the RB11 at Turn 11.

The red flag was brought out for the third time this weekend as marshals got to work in removing the Red Bull as Ricciardo lost valuable track time.

Scuderia Toro Rosso’s session looked promising with Carlos Sainz finishing in sixth position. His teammate Max Verstappen was further down the grid in eleventh due to minor engine issues.

Fernando Alonso made it into the top 10 in eighth position ahead of the Williams pair of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, while Alonso’s teammate Jenson Button two-tenths adrift in twelfth position.

Force India opted to keep both Sergio Pérez and Nico Hülkenberg in the garage as the team wanted to determine the cause of Perez’s crash in FP1.

Formula 1 Pirelli Magyar Nagydíj 2015 – Free Practice 2 Results
Pos	Driver	Team / Entry	Time	Gap	Laps
1.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1W06 Hybrid	1:23.949		36
2.	Daniil Kvyat	Infiniti Red Bull Racing Renault RB11	1:24.300	+ 0.351	29
3.	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing Renault RB11	1:24.451	+ 0.502	16
4.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1W06 Hybrid	1:24.668	+ 0.719	34
5.	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari SF15-T	1:25.134	+ 1.185	30
6.	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso Renault STR10	1:25.599	+ 1.650	37
7.	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari SF15-T	1:25.660	+ 1.711	26
8.	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda MP4-30	1:25.752	+ 1.803	31
9.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing Mercedes FW37	1:25.881	+ 1.932	35
10.	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing Mercedes FW37	1:25.920	+ 1.971	31
11.	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso Renault STR10	1:25.935	+ 1.986	19
12.	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda MP4-30	1:25.994	+ 2.045	32
13.	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team Mercedes E23 Hybrid	1:26.090	+ 2.141	36
14.	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team Ferrari C34	1:26.379	+ 2.430	36
15.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team Mercedes E23 Hybrid	1:26.442	+ 2.493	39
16.	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team Ferrari C34	1:26.831	+ 2.882	29
17.	Roberto Merhi	Manor Marussia F1 Team Ferrari MR03B	1:29.113	+ 5.164	29
18.	Will Stevens	Manor Marussia F1 Team Ferrari MR03B	1:29.115	+ 5.166	28
19.	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India Mercedes VJM08B	no time		0
20.	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India Mercedes VJM08B	no time		0