Malaysian Grand Prix - Free Practice Two

3rd & 7 37yd

It would depend where the others are to answer that in relation to your 4 laps to 39.7 time. the other drivers need to lay down a benchmark of their own, if it turns out that Raikkonen for example could do a 39 flat, then hamiltons pace was flattery. i have no way to know.

by Efranov 3/27/2015 7:11:25 AM
@Efranov: But they had already laid a benchmark of their own? Hamilton was the only one who hadn't done a medium run out of those top four so I don't understand your point.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:11:47 AM
The dots denote the pronunciation of the letters

by RCC 3/27/2015 7:11:54 AM
by Renault F1 Team via twitter 3/27/2015 7:12:31 AM
Is Vettel's Ferrari Ok.... doesn't seems like there is improvement in timings?

by Prabul 3/27/2015 7:12:38 AM
@Prabul: Vettel lunched his medium tyres with a spin so he's doing a longer run on the prime tyre.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:12:58 AM
@Jairai, as Nate just said, its a way to pronounce his name, when you are able to. I mean, if you are not familiar with pronouncing ô, you will find it hard

by Jakob Levesen 3/27/2015 7:13:41 AM
Seems Rosberg has started a longer run of his own. Raikkonen pits for a fresh set of medium tyres, I would wager he's got a bit of fuel on board that Ferrari.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:13:55 AM
Track still very slippery according to @LewisHamilton - high temps making it tricky out there... #MalaysiaGP #F1

by Mercedes-AMG F1 via twitter 3/27/2015 7:14:48 AM
Alonso is currently four laps into his current stint on mediums.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:15:26 AM
Vettel had a spin on his fast lap and is now doing a long run on heavier fuel so his actual quali potential is much, much higher than his current p7 would indicate. But that's what practice is for....finding the limits.

by Spirit 3/27/2015 7:15:33 AM
Exactly. Important to remember that point - this is practice. Lots of people getting ahead of themselves in the comments.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:15:55 AM
But dosent practice help teams to find the best possible setting for the car for race and Quali?

by Prabul 3/27/2015 7:17:21 AM
@Prabul: Yes, it does, but the times aren't always the be-all and end-all like some people assume. Lots of other factors at play. Fuel loads are always unknown, for example.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:17:47 AM
What is Alonso's lap
time on mediums?

by Babu 3/27/2015 7:17:49 AM
@Babu: 1:42.506.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:18:01 AM
We're unlikely to see any late changes to the timing screens now as drivers set about on their longer, higher-fuel runs.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:18:36 AM
by Craig Scarborough via twitter 3/27/2015 7:18:59 AM
Lotus seem rather shameless about using Jorda as eye candy/publicity stunt.. Not really appropriate..?

by RoGe 3/27/2015 7:19:25 AM
Ericsson the latest driver to complain about how frequently he's locking the fronts.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:20:02 AM
Nate, any chance for ESPNF1.com top consider swapping "no.of laps run" with lap times in the display on the left hand side of the web page?

by Antony Makanza 3/27/2015 7:20:49 AM
@AntonyMakanza: Unfortunately we do not have access to the lap times until the end of the session, at least not on our timing screen.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:21:31 AM
@RoGe: You have something against pretty women? I don't . . .

by Dave D. 3/27/2015 7:21:42 AM
I think RoGe made a good point. But then I don't know what else Jorda is there for - she certainly isn't there for her driving talent.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:22:16 AM
It's a shame to see a woman like Simona de Silvestro struggling to find a drive in F1 when Jorda seemingly breezes into one.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:22:44 AM
Alonso has a big, big lock-up through the final corner and ends up sliding across the grass and gravel. The Spaniard improvises and dashes into the pits.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:23:13 AM
Seven minutes left in this session.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:23:18 AM
Engineers often talk about points of downforce. What are they exactly? How much does an F1 car have nowadays? Cuz when they say "oh we found 5 points", I have no idea if it's a lot or not, if it's pounds of downforce or what...

by Michael Bialocur 3/27/2015 7:25:00 AM
@MichaelBialocur: That's a very good question. There's no defined measurement for "one point" of downforce - that will be different depending on which team you are at. So when one team says they find five points, that can be a different amount than another team.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:25:44 AM
Yea Nate. Love how Simona drives

by RCC 3/27/2015 7:26:05 AM
Kvyat is told to nurse his car home with what looks like gearbox problems.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:26:23 AM
Perhaps, percentage point [of increase]? I.E., delta percent?

by Dave D. 3/27/2015 7:27:28 AM
@DaveD.: Yes, something along those lines. The point I was trying to make is the unit of "one point" is different at each team, so it's hard to say exactly what a point of downforce is.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:27:59 AM
Verstappen has shredded his right tyre and locks up again in the middle sector.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:28:16 AM
Kvyat is really having a bad start to the season.

by schalkjakes 3/27/2015 7:28:18 AM
@schalkjakes: He is, but how much of that is down to Renault and how much is down to him?

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:28:30 AM
We're approachign the final minute of this session.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:28:59 AM
Whose pace looks good at the moment' Nate?

by RCC 3/27/2015 7:29:03 AM
@RCC: Lewis looked pretty good. Having so little running and then nailing a lap like that is mightily impressive.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:29:22 AM
by Formula 1 via twitter 3/27/2015 7:29:43 AM
The chequered flag is out.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:30:29 AM
Alonso comes in for a practice pit stop and McLaren nails a slick-looking pit stop. He stays in the box, though, as this session is now over.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:31:05 AM
Well, that's about all we have time for this afternoon. Thanks as ever for joining ESPN for our live coverage of free practice. We'll be back to do it all again tomorrow for FP3 and qualifying.

by Nate Saunders 3/27/2015 7:32:08 AM

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