FP2 in Monza: Mercedes still above

Nico Rosberg set the quickest time during the second practice session for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix as Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton was hampered by an electrical issue.

Mercedes was unable to fire up Hamilton’s W05 Hybrid for much of the session, and while they managed to repair the problem, the Brit was only able to join the action with 30 minutes of the 90 remaining.

Rosberg set a time of 1:26.225, while Hamilton’s best was 0.061s slower than his primary title rival. Hamilton was on course to improve his time but encountered the Toro Rosso of Jean-Éric Vergne at Parabolica and had to back off.

Full results:

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.225 41
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:26.286 0.061 16
3 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:26.331 0.106 31
4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.565 0.340 26
5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:26.758 0.533 34
6 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.762 0.537 34
7 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.762 0.537 27
8 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.881 0.656 44
9 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:26.935 0.710 33
10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.992 0.767 37
11 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:27.079 0.854 42
12 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:27.227 1.002 39
13 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:27.476 1.251 37
14 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.840 1.615 33
15 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:27.929 1.704 33
16 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.029 1.804 35
17 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:28.659 2.434 34
18 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:28.700 2.475 42
19 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:28.786 2.561 29
20 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:29.085 2.860 29
21 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:29.178 2.953 32
22 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:29.275 3.050 37