Practice 2 in Bahrain and Nico Rosberg takes the top spot for Mercedes
With the second practice session over Nico Rosberg sits at the top of the times for Mercedes beating Michael Schumacher for the second session. McLaren and Mercedes took the top spots for the session to show that they are the teams to beat.
There was also some good times for Nico Hulkenberg who hauled himself up to 6th place in the times. The Ferrari’s seemed to be concentrating on long runs and so don’t really feature in the times but don’t let that fool you – they are faster than that.
It seems that tyre wear is going to play a big part in Sunday’s GP with some teams treating their tyres nicely and some chewing through them extremely fast. The Red Bull seems to be hard on it’s tyres whereas the McLaren is able to look after them better. If this is the case it will play into the hands of the smoother drivers like Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher over the course of the race distance even if the ultimate performance needs a harsher approach. The new rule that means the drivers will have to start the race on their qualifying tyres may mean that we see a trade off between ultimate pace and caution for the next days event.
All of the drivers seem to be struggling with the cars with everyone seeming very scrappy, it seems that the no refuelling rules may spice up the action a bit after all.
Times in full:
1. Rosberg Mercedes 1:55.409
2. Hamilton McLaren 1:55.854
3. Schumacher Mercedes 1:55.903
4. Button McLaren 1:56.076
5. Vettel Red Bull 1:56.459
6. Hulkenberg Williams 1:56.501
7. Massa Ferrari 1:56.555
8. Petrov Renault 1:56.750
9. Alonso Ferrari 1:57.140
10. de la Rosa Sauber 1:57.255
11. Kobayashi Sauber 1:57.352
12. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:57.361
13. Barrichello Williams 1:57.452
14. Liuzzi Force India 1:57.833
15. Kubica Renault 1:58.155
16. Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:59.799
17. Webber Red Bull 2:00.444
18. Kovalainen Lotus 2:00.873
19. Trulli Lotus 2:00.990
20. Glock Virgin 2:02.037
21. di Grassi Virgin 2:02.188
22. Senna HRT-Cosworth 2:06.968
23. Buemi Toro Rosso no time
24. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth no time
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