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Lewis Hamilton continues to set the pace in Brazil

Published on 11 Nov 2016 18:40
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By: Dominik Wilde

Lewis Hamilton was once again top of the charts during second practice in Brazil.

The reigning champion's time of One minute 12.271 seconds narrowly beat team mate Nico Rosberg, who was three hundredths of a second behind.

Williams were surprisingly high up the table with Valtteri Bottas in third and Felipe Massa in fourth - his highest practice placing of the season in what is his final home Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo beat Max Vertappen in the other red Bull to the final top five spot, while Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Nico Hulkenberg, and Jenson button rounded out the top 10. Button's session was cut short due to a gearbox problem in what was a tough session for McLaren.

11th placed Fernando Alonso's session reached a premature end after a cooling problem on his ERS threatened to cause a more serous problem. He was able to make light of the situation, recreating his famous deckchair pose from last year's Brazilian Grand Prix practice as he watched the remainder of the session from the side of the track.

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— Formula 1 (@F1) November 11, 2016

Daniil Kvyat was 12th fastest, ahead of Carlos Sainz who was involved in an incident with Raikkonen which saw the Ferrari driver cut across him as he entered the pits. The incident is set to be investigated by the stewards in due course.

Sergio Perez was 14th fastest ahead of the 2017 Haas duo of Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen, while Felipe Nasr was 17th, ahead of Esteban Ocon, Jolyon Palmer, Esteban Gutierrez, Marcus Ericsson, who spun early in the session, ruining his tyres; and Pascal Wehrlein.

F1Grand Prix Brazil - Free practice 2

Interlagos - 11 November 2016

Driver

Team

Time

Difference

#
1

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:12.271

41
2

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

1:12.301

+0.030

40
3

Valtteri Bottas

Williams

1:12.761

+0.490

47
4

Felipe Massa

Williams

1:12.789

+0.518

43
5

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing

1:12.828

+0.557

43
6

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

1:12.928

+0.657

45
7

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

1:13.002

+0.731

45
8

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

1:13.047

+0.776

24
9

Nico Hülkenberg

Force India

1:13.299

+1.028

42
10

Jenson Button

McLaren

1:13.440

+1.169

19
11

Fernando Alonso

McLaren

1:13.572

+1.301

18
12

Daniil Kvyat

Toro Rosso

1:13.689

+1.418

46
13

Carlos Sainz jr

Toro Rosso

1:13.801

+1.530

47
14

Sergio Perez

Force India

1:13.918

+1.647

38
15

Romain Grosjean

Haas F1

1:14.074

+1.803

35
16

Kevin Magnussen

Renault

1:14.109

+1.838

47
17

Felipe Nasr

Sauber

1:14.309

+2.038

40
18

Esteban Ocon

Manor F1

1:14.317

+2.046

46
19

Jolyon Palmer

Renault

1:14.436

+2.165

43
20

Esteban Gutierrez

Haas F1

1:14.558

+2.287

42
21

Marcus Ericsson

Sauber

1:14.695

+2.424

21
22

Pascal Wehrlein

Manor F1

1:14.958

+2.687

22

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