Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has set the fastest time in the second free practice for the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix. The reigning world champion put in a 1:33.482, but he was closely followed by Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen. Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian claimed P3 and P4, with the top four within 0.108 of a second.

Rain fell towards the end of the session as teams completed their long-runs. There was concern down at McLaren, as Stoffel Vandoonre was forced to stop in the pit-lane after McLaren released him unsafely. 

Max Verstappen was fifth for Red Bull, leading Nico Hulkenberg in sixth. Hulkenberg's teammate Carlos Sainz was eighth, with Kevin Magnussen placing himself between the two Renaults, once again demonstrating the strong pace of the Haas.

Daniel Ricciardo was ninth, ahead of Fernando Alonso who rounded out the top ten. Just 1.1 seconds separated the top ten after the second practice sessions, as teams will now buckle down over the data and look for ways to improve the cars.

Force India will be encouraged by the pace it showed at the Shanghai Circuit, ending the second practice session on in P11 and P13. Locked in between the two pink panthers was Pierre Gasly, who impressed last time out in Bahrain with his fourth place finish.

Romain Grosjean still appears to be struggling with his Haas, only managing to set the nineteenth fastest lap in the session. Williams too look to be struggling, with Sergey Sirotkin and Lance Stroll lingering towards the end of the bottom of the timesheets.