British Grand Prix - Free Practice Two

3rd & 7 37yd

by Renault F1 Team via twitter 7/4/2014 12:46:49 PM
Looks like Maldonado will be out again this afternoon. His FP1 saw him come to a stop at the end of the pit lane this morning - he's one man who desperately needs a good result this weekend.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 12:47:18 PM
Despite all the talk about absolute Merc Engine domination, am still waiting to see a race with the top 8 all filled with Merc engined cars. Do you think that could happen at a very low downforce track like say Monza?

by Siddhesh 7/4/2014 12:48:27 PM
@Siddhesh: Could well be - it's certainly a track where they are going to be in fine fettle. But it would be a staggering achievement if no other car beat a Mercedes-powered rival. Would be a rare achievement I'm sure.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 12:49:24 PM
my pick for this race is lewis wins ricciardo and hulkenberg

by deva 7/4/2014 12:49:26 PM
Hi, is massa going to run in FP2

by krishna 7/4/2014 12:50:25 PM
@krishna: No word from Williams yet

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 12:50:54 PM
vettel to beat ricciardo this weekend. it's been a long time coming...

by maple leaf 7/4/2014 12:51:22 PM
also perez has a good chance because of his tyre conservation

by deva 7/4/2014 12:51:58 PM
@deva: Perez has been really impressive in the past two races - the crash with Massa aside.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 12:52:14 PM
by Alan Baldwin via twitter 7/4/2014 12:53:47 PM
This question should probably go for the "Ask Stevens" column, but is Rosberg anywhere near beating the record for most consecutive podiums? Its been 8 so far, and off the top of my head Vettel at least has the 9 from last year...

by Siddhesh 7/4/2014 12:54:12 PM
@Siddhesh: He's got a long way to go yet. The record is 19, held by Michael Schumacher between the 2001 US Grand Prix and the 2002 Japanese Grand Prix. An incredible period of dominance if ever there was one.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 12:54:47 PM
Will be interesting too see if we have any tyre issues here , as last year was terrible

by Jakari 7/4/2014 12:54:48 PM
@Jakari: It was indeed, but I think we can clearly see how far Pirelli has come since then. That was frankly terrifying last season at several stages, but Pirelli responded well to the criticism. In fact, you could argue they have gone too conservative this year with some of their tyre choices in 2014.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 12:55:47 PM
Hi. Just joined. Y Lewis is having 0.7 sec deficit

by Nithy 7/4/2014 12:55:53 PM
@Nithy: That was from FP1. His first time was compromised by a crash from Felipe Massa, before Marcus Ericsson's beached Caterham during his second quick lap meant he had to slow through the middle sector.We've yet to see him on a clean lap alongside Rosberg yet.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 12:56:40 PM
Looks like Felipe Massa's car is still being worked on in the Williams garage but it certainly doesn't look too far away from being ready to go back out on track.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 12:57:51 PM
So Nate, Do you think Renault will end up heading into a "Works Engine" partnership with Red Bull, it's quite obvious such a Partnership is required in a "front running team" at the moment?

by connor 7/4/2014 12:58:47 PM
@connor: Works engines appear to be the way forward now, yes. Eric Boullier said as much very recently. Interesting what Christian Horner said this week though, that Renault has not given Red Bull priority over its other customers. I think Red Bull feels it can still be successful with Renault but only if it treats the team as if it is the factory team, if that makes sense.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 12:59:45 PM
Also remember there have been Red Bull-enforced changes at Renault, so we'll be keeping a close eye on what happens there.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:00:12 PM
Are there any predictions for what a pole position lap time would be this year and how it would compare to last?

by Paul H 7/4/2014 1:00:13 PM
@PaulH: Hard to tell until we see the runs this afternoon on the option tyre.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:00:52 PM
The clock is ticking and this session is underway.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:01:01 PM
Nate, do you think Max Chilton wil have another season in F1 next year?

by Jakke 7/4/2014 1:01:10 PM
@Jakke: Hard to predict. Chilton is one of the guys who has a tough time shaking that "pay driver" reputation, I think. He had that record of finishes, yes, but a question-mark still remains about his racing ability. Extra pressure now Bianchi has scored that point as well.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:02:22 PM
Can Hamilton beat Rosberg in Q3 this time round

by Allen 7/4/2014 1:02:24 PM
@Allen: He certainly should have done in Austria, so yes I'd say he can. His problem is he's been making a few little mistakes at crucial moments in the last few races and they've been costly.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:02:54 PM
Chilton the first man out, followed by a train of cars who'll set about doing their first installation laps.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:03:07 PM
All the drivers are back to the regular full-time guys now, by the way. FP1 is traditionally the session used to give the younger test drivers a chance.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:03:33 PM
FP2 is green lit with air temp up to 22c and track temps at 38c, still sunny but with a strong wind across the track

by Caterham F1 Team via twitter 7/4/2014 1:03:59 PM
Always love watching onboard shots of cars going through /Maggots/Becketts into Hangar.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:05:06 PM
Do you think it pains a driver when they have to give up their car for P1?

by Paul H 7/4/2014 1:05:10 PM
@PaulH: I think whenever you take a driver away from his car it pains him! But they understand the importance of doing so, plus they may also appreciate a different perspective from a younger pair of eyes. I don't think it has a huge impact on a weekend as it's FP2 that really shows the pecking order.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:05:56 PM
JEV crosses to set a new benchmark time, a 1:37.773.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:06:14 PM
But Button immediately jumps to P1, with a 1:37.608.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:06:32 PM
Bottas, Hulkenberg, Kobayashi and Sutil all missed this morning's session because of giving up their seats for Friday drivers.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:06:55 PM
Does Ferrari have any young drivers programme ? other tems do and they have been very good i.e ricciardo, magnussen. . . . . etc

by Pradeep 7/4/2014 1:06:56 PM
@Pradeep: It's not the same as Red Bull's, but they have the likes of Jules Bianchi - who has the Ferrari logo on the back of his helmet, if you look closely - who they will be monitoring when he's down the order like Red Bull did with Ricciardo.

by Nate Saunders 7/4/2014 1:07:40 PM
Hi do u think force India can top 5 in this race?

by Keerthan 7/4/2014 1:08:38 PM

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