FP2 Hockenheim 2014: Hamilton pips Rosberg but Ricciardo is there

Leiws Hamilton just beat Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to the fastest time in second practice for the German Grand Prix as the two look closely matched ahead of this weekend’s race.

After making a mistake on his first super-soft tyre run, Rosberg was fastest in the first and third sectors but still fell 0.024s short of Hamilton’s best lap. Rosberg briefly held the top spot ahead of Daniel Ricciardo before Hamilton popped up with a quicker effort.

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:18.341 38
2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:18.365 0.024 39
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:18.443 0.102 35
4 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:18.887 0.546 38
5 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.960 0.619 40
6 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:19.024 0.683 36
7 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.221 0.880 40
8 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:19.248 0.907 35
9 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:19.329 0.988 32
10 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:19.385 1.044 34
11 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:19.417 1.076 41
12 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:19.452 1.111 27
13 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:19.581 1.240 28
14 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:19.593 1.252 32
15 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:19.760 1.419 32
16 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:20.158 1.817 35
17 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:20.358 2.017 35
18 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:20.504 2.163 40
19 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:21.328 2.987 31
20 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:21.870 3.529 21
21 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:21.898 3.557 28
22 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:23.728 5.387 12