Hamilton beats everyone in FP2 in Austria

Lewis Hamilton snatched the advantage back from team mate Nico Rosberg in second practice in Austria on Friday afternoon, registering a lap time more than three-tenths quicker than the German’s best effort.

The Briton had already been quicker on the soft compound – setting a 1m 10.460s to Rosberg’s 1m 10.499s – but increased that gap as the field switched onto supersofts around the halfway mark.

Hamilton instantly dropped down to a 1m 09.542s, the first sub-1m 10s lap of the weekend, which was never headed. Rosberg outbraked himself on his first flyer with the red-marked Pirellis, but managed to pull it together to record a 1m 09.919s.

Behind the Silver Arrows pair, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso was again third fastest, fractions ahead of Williams’ Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa. The Spaniard, who took his F14 T round in 1m 10.470s, also looked strong on a long run, although he was told by his race engineer: “This pace is still okay, it’s competitive, except for Mercedes…”

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Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:09.542 37
2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:09.919 0.377 50
3 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:10.470 0.928 40
4 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:10.519 0.977 44
5 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:10.521 0.979 39
6 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:10.807 1.265 39
7 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:10.813 1.271 44
8 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:10.920 1.378 36
9 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:10.936 1.394 45
10 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:10.972 1.430 39
11 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:10.974 1.432 45
12 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:11.261 1.719 45
13 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:11.296 1.754 36
14 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:11.491 1.949 42
15 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:11.765 2.223 30
16 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:11.806 2.264 42
17 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:11.935 2.393 39
18 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:12.229 2.687 43
19 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:12.262 2.720 46
20 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:12.279 2.737 36
21 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:12.937 3.395 24
22 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:13.596 4.054 48