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 | ||||||
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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 |
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