FP2 – Hamilton and Mercedes take command in Spain

Lewis Hamilton stamped his authority over the rest of the field at Barcelona on Friday afternoon with commanding showings over both short and long runs.

The Briton finished more than four-tenths of a second clear of team mate Nico Rosberg as Mercedes lost little time in disabusing their rivals of any aspirations of matching their speed.

The silver cars set the pace whenever they were running fast on Pirelli’s hard compound tyre, and after Daniel Ricciardo had briefly moved ahead on his first run on the medium rubber, Hamilton and Rosberg replied on the same tyre with times that left the Red Bull trailing.

Hamilton’s best of 1m 25.524s was 0.449s faster than Rosberg’s 1m 25.973s, and a whopping 0.985s faster than Ricciardo’s 1m 26.509s. And just to rub it in, he was 1.597s quicker than fourth man Fernando Alonso’s 1m 27.121s. If there was meagre consolation for Ferrari, it was that Alonso’s team mate Kimi Raikkonen was back on form in fifth place with 1m 27.296s.

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:25.524 33
2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:25.973 0.449 36
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.509 0.985 38
4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:27.121 1.597 33
5 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.296 1.772 33
6 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.788 2.264 37
7 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.811 2.287 29
8 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:27.824 2.300 31
9 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:27.866 2.342 42
10 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:28.049 2.525 35
11 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:28.074 2.550 31
12 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:28.246 2.722 30
13 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.284 2.760 33
14 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:28.698 3.174 33
15 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:29.105 3.581 24
16 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:29.129 3.605 34
17 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:29.493 3.969 26
18 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:29.991 4.467 26
19 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:31.148 5.624 28
20 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:31.338 5.814 38
21 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:31.586 6.062 39

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  1. Post By Nondi Ploom

    “FP2 – Hamilton and Mercedes take command in Spain”
    Wow! What a surprise!
    Z-z-z-z-z-z

  2. Post By GoldStandard

    … and Big John seems once again to be buried in the black abyss of nothingness, whilst his partner Maldonado appears to be making waves in the top ten rundown.
    Other wierdo scenarios are Bottass & Perez (plus obviously Vettel).
    It is looking increasingly likely that driver skill is critical to making theses cars work.

    Under normal conditions, we would expect team mates to be close together…… yet this year, they can sometimes be separated by as much as a second!

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