Japanese Grand Prix - Free Practice Two

3rd & 7 37yd

Vettel also emerges from the pits.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:34:41 AM
Young Max says he was being cautious in FP1 Wow

by RCC 10/3/2014 5:35:55 AM
The Mercedes drivers start their flying laps, so let's see how they compare. Rosberg pipped Hamilton in FP1, remember.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:36:26 AM
No sign of the medium tyre yet, either. That should come out for some quick quali laps later on.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:37:23 AM
Hamilton goes purple in all three sectors, enough to put him P1 with a 1:35.432. Rosberg has a lock up coming through the final chicane and ends up six tenths off his team-mate.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:38:20 AM
The sector times suggest Rosberg would not have beaten Hamilton even without that moment.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:38:40 AM
And we have ANOTHER car in the wall. It's Gutierrez this time - someone who had just entered the track on the medium tyre.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:39:11 AM
Are they going full throttle through 130R ?

by Michael Bialocur 10/3/2014 5:39:13 AM
@MichaelBialocur: There was an on-board of Kimi this morning lifting during the middle of the corner.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:39:25 AM
Gutierrez sheepishly walks away from his wrecked Sauber.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:39:59 AM
The off is at Spoon, and it looks like he just got too wide coming in, ran wide and lost the car.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:40:23 AM
In the midst of that, Raikkonen split the Mercedes with a 1:36.529. That is misleading, however, given that Rosberg would be much closer to Hamilton were it not for that chicane lock-up.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:41:14 AM
I had a very similar problem.. But that happened while playing on my Mac :p

by Rohan Mehta 10/3/2014 5:41:35 AM
Gutierrez sporting some glasses under his helmet - much like Sebastian Bourdais did and continues to do.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:42:07 AM
Seeing a replay of Grosjean running along the tarmac'd run off on the outside of Turn 1 after missing his braking point by a mile. That sanitised run-off area saving the Frenchman from a really big shunt there.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:42:42 AM
It is ironic how they pronounce F1 in China. They call it F-Yi (Yi=1) thus pronounced as F-E ... I wonder what they would call Formula E ...

by Rohan Mehta 10/3/2014 5:43:38 AM
The list of casualties in this session: Kobayashi, Vergne, Ricciardo, Gutierrez.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:44:02 AM
Kvyat runs wide across the kerbs at Turn 1.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:44:26 AM
Still no lap time for Perez, who doesn't even have his helmet on in his cockpit.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:44:59 AM
MAL must feel on top of the world :D

by Rohan Mehta 10/3/2014 5:45:01 AM
Another crash: Esteban Gutierrez of @SauberF1Team ploughs into the barriers at Spoon #JapaneseGP #F1 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/By__DWnCEAATxCY.jpg

by Formula 1 via twitter 10/3/2014 5:45:16 AM
Button appears to have a small lift coming through 130R as he jumps into P2, albeit on the medium tyre compared to everyone else's hard tyres.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:46:20 AM
Big moment through Degner for Hamilton, who slips and slides but just manages to save his car. That could have been a disastrous moment for the championship leader.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:46:48 AM
Button just ran 130r flat on options

by RCC 10/3/2014 5:46:58 AM
@RCC: Thought he may have tentatively lifted. Either way, the drivers aren't holding much back through there.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:47:19 AM
Hamilton has bolted on some medium tyres too, by the way, which probably explains why he was pushing like that.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:47:47 AM
Bottas has jumped into P2 on the medium tyres, while Vettel goes fourth.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:48:17 AM
Hamilton shaves three tenths off his hard compound time on the option tyre, lowering that benchmark to 1:35.078.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:48:53 AM
Rosberg also out on track, with a set of white-striped medium tyres.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:49:32 AM
Rosberg begins a medium compound lap of his own.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:49:59 AM
What is the problem with SFI, they have done least laps in FP1 and now they seem too bad..

by RawPace 10/3/2014 5:50:59 AM
@RawPace: The team has not said what the issues are yet, but there's still a bit of work going on his car.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:51:24 AM
Rosberg goes through 130R flat-out, clearly, but a ragged lap can only put him P2, two tenths down on Hamilton. Rosberg had a few lock-ups and ran a little wide on a few corners on that run.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:52:00 AM
Here's an image of that Hamilton moment from earlier...

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:52:39 AM
Lewis Hamilton of @MercedesAMGF1 has to catch an enormous wobble exiting Degner #JapaneseGP #F1 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzAA9SeCcAE368-.jpg

by Formula 1 via twitter 10/3/2014 5:52:42 AM
Heavy clouds rolling in

by RCC 10/3/2014 5:52:45 AM
They are indeed, ominously gathering near the final corner. Shouldn't affect this session but it's a reminder of the rain we should expect later this weekend.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:53:49 AM
Hulkenberg is out on track, while Perez appears ready to head out himself.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:54:15 AM
One notable result is Raikkonen being a tenth up on Alonso - not a sight we've seen much of this year.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:54:44 AM
What was the criteria for the grid to be awarded half points? Malaysian GP had that

by Rohan Mehta 10/3/2014 5:54:56 AM
@RohanMehta: The race did not reach the required 75% distance.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:55:12 AM
Hulkenberg goes tenth with his latest run.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:55:32 AM
Magnussen mowing astroturf

by RCC 10/3/2014 5:56:56 AM
Yep. The McLaren raking up a large chunk of astroturf after running a bit wide on his latest run.

by Nate Saunders 10/3/2014 5:57:16 AM
Inspired by the land of the rising sun. Sebastian's new chrome red lid design for this weekend's #JapaneseGP #F1 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzAByboIEAArPm0.jpg

by Red Bull Racing via twitter 10/3/2014 5:57:35 AM

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