United States Grand Prix - Free Practice Two

3rd & 7 37yd

Bottas breaks the silence and heads out on track for Williams, the Finn back in his car after handing it over to Felipe Nasr this morning. JEV also returns after Max Verstappen's appearance this morning.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:01:58 PM
Grosjean and Button join Bottas on track.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:02:06 PM
I think Vettel with all his problems this season has behaved like a gentleman

by tony 10/31/2014 7:02:32 PM
Ecclestone says "promoter very unhappy" - Epstein "would be better if the Ferrari's weren't louder than the #F1 " (GT class) #TJ13

by thejudge13 via twitter 10/31/2014 7:03:10 PM
Hate Vettel? That's a bit strong. I think he's very well-liked, just lost a little track cred to DannyRic.

by mfbull 10/31/2014 7:03:16 PM
I dont hate Vettel, i just want Alonso to race with him in the same car, to see who deserved those titles.

by Mariosenna 10/31/2014 7:03:19 PM
Everyone out on the medium tyre early on. We won't see any runs on the yellow-striped soft until the track has been rubbered in later on in the session.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:04:34 PM
What's making Vettel's appointment so late whereas resignation was announced so early.

by Vinayak 10/31/2014 7:04:39 PM
@Vinayak: No-one is really sure. For whatever reason, someone is delaying the decision.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:05:34 PM
Correction, He doesn't act like a gentleman, He is a gentleman.

by Hue Mercs Fan from Malta 10/31/2014 7:05:37 PM
ever world champ there has been had a very good car now make no mistake Vettel deserved his success

by tony 10/31/2014 7:05:38 PM
Button goes P1 but Bottas then leaps above the 2009 world champion, posting a 1:44.534.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:05:53 PM
Epstein should remember that a great deal of what F1 is about is because of the fact that Ferrari is there.

by Aris Routis 10/31/2014 7:05:56 PM
Here's the deal. A financial group in which Alonso has a stake, supported by Santander appears to be in negotiations to buy out one of the 4 teams currently for sale on the grid. The new team appears to have cut a quiet deal with Mercedes for engines. As part of the package, Alsono's equity stake in the group would increase based on his performance, such that he could end up as the majority shareholder in 3-4 yrs and then he would run the team as a business following his racing career. This is the "big, ambitious idea" he has in his "head" as he says, and this is how his comment that he would be with a team with a Mercedes engine fits in... this story has been bubbling up in F1 circles even before Singapore, where at the Amber Club everyone was talking about it. What has ESPNF1 been so quite about it? Even Jenson has finally figured this out and that is likely the reason why he says that he is "relaxed now" about his seat for 2015.

by Nigel 10/31/2014 7:06:52 PM
@Nigel: Pure speculation. Alonso said he wouldn't be driving a Mercedes engine next year, first of all. Secondly, we haven't reported anything because nothing official has been announced. Rumours like that belong on F1 message boards, not on F1 news websites.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:07:38 PM
and when you look at Vettels problems this season plus Ricciado has had good fortune in his wins Seb has not been that bad considering he hasn't been happy at all with the car

by tony 10/31/2014 7:07:46 PM
@tony: Vettel did say yesterday his season looks worse on paper than it actually has been, and that he has been unfortunate not to win. I think that's a fair comment, to be honest.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:08:09 PM
Button has reclaimed P1, lowering the benchmark to 1:42.427, but complains crosswinds at the circuit are "playing a big part".

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:08:37 PM
@ESPN-F1, why would we have to take Alonso on his word, just because he says so ? If He is to indeed take up on such a deal, do you really believe he would be vocal about it?

by Aris Routis 10/31/2014 7:08:54 PM
@ArisRoutis: No, but just because there are rumours around does not mean we need to report them. I meant confirmation as in - McLaren confirm he is driving there next year, or Audi confirms he is driving in Le Mans, something like that. Until then, anyone writing that they know for a fact where Alonso is going is lying to ensure readers.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:09:45 PM
Magnussen slots in behind his team-mate to go second, while JEV jumps into third after missing the morning session. Toro Rosso looking fairly handy out there today.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:10:24 PM
I find Vettel always say it the way it is I just cannot see no arrogance in him which others try to say but thanks for what you say Nate

by tony 10/31/2014 7:10:26 PM
Everyone but Vettel, Ricciardo and Hamilton are currently in the pit lane.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:10:51 PM
Hulkenberg moves into third, 0.686s down on Button. The Lotuses are fourth and fifth in the early stages.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:12:14 PM
Bottas improves on his earlier time and moves four tenths behind Button. As we saw in Sochi, McLaren looks very impressive out there on the prime tyre.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:12:36 PM
Hey Nate, this is America, journalistic standards need no longer apply...

by mfbull 10/31/2014 7:12:49 PM
...you will be biting your u-know-what for missing this one...

by Nigel 10/31/2014 7:13:19 PM
Hard to see how Vettel's treatment of Webber was not arrogant.

by Phil, Maidenhead 10/31/2014 7:13:51 PM
Alonso slots into P2, 0.650s behind Button.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:14:08 PM
Button sounding a bit tetchy on the radio. Says both ends of his car are struggling due to the wind, but McLaren can't hear him, and he snaps: "Sort the radio out!"

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:14:37 PM
Rosberg has just gone purple in the first sector.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:14:54 PM
Jesus how many drivers have disobeyed team orders over the years even webber had done that previously

by tony 10/31/2014 7:15:21 PM
Not sure if driver arrogance is really a criticism.

by mfbull 10/31/2014 7:16:15 PM
Looks like Rosberg had to back out of his latest lap as he did not improve on 16th. Hamilton, meanwhile, has no problems with his lap, going purple in sectors one and three and jumping clear of Magnussen by nine tenths.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:16:56 PM
One way to cut the costs of F1 would be to have Google install the software for driverless cars. We now have cars with no sound, teams with no money, tracks with no fans, why not cars with no drivers?

by Jonathan 10/31/2014 7:17:03 PM
Just 0.03s separating the McLaren drivers at the moment.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:17:43 PM
The fact that others have been arrogant doesn't mean that Vettel was not. In any case I would say that every F1 WDC has been a bit arrogant

by Phil, Maidenhead 10/31/2014 7:17:56 PM
Personally, I've never understood why arrogance is seen as a negative trait in a sportsman.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:18:21 PM
A negative trait in a person, sure. But in a sportsman surely it's part of what's needed to dominate.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:18:37 PM
Rosberg finally hooks a lap together but is still a full half second off Hamilton.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:18:47 PM
Ricciardo's first lap has put him seventh, 1.5s off Hamilton - he then tells Red Bull the Red Bulls are giving him a hard time.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:19:10 PM
@Jonathan: don't trash Formula E like that!

by mfbull 10/31/2014 7:19:15 PM
Senna was the best and the most arrogant, so I don't think it's negative

by Mariosenna 10/31/2014 7:19:17 PM
Vettel may not be arrogant, and may be a very good driver, but a few decades ago, in order to have 4 titles, you needed to be one of the greatest, had some luck an a good, car. Now only the car is needed, the driver talent comes third or fourth. 3 Cars teams will make races more interesting, and champions more valuable.

by Mariosenna 10/31/2014 7:19:26 PM
Are Ricciardo's problems with the rear to do with the wind this afternoon? Several drivers complaining about that so far.

by Nate Saunders 10/31/2014 7:19:59 PM

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