Here are the results from FP2
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1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’38.315 25
2 14 F. Alonso Ferrari 1’38.456 0.141 28
3 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1’38.726 0.411 30
4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1’38.811 0.496 30
5 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1’39.015 0.700 31
6 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1’39.118 0.803 25
7 7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1’39.283 0.968 25
8 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1’39.491 1.176 29
9 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1’39.537 1.222 36
10 26 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1’39.648 1.333 26
11 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1’39.736 1.421 30
12 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1’39.744 1.429 29
13 25 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1’39.759 1.444 28
14 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1’39.830 1.515 25
15 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1’40.124 1.809 32
16 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1’40.359 2.044 32
17 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1’40.395 2.080 30
18 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1’40.455 2.140 12
19 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1’42.327 4.012 27
20 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1’43.473 5.158 30
21 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1’43.530 5.215 32
22 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1’43.679 5.364 32
Some rain is expected for Sunday's race. Graining is a concern for tire management.
Pastor crashed on his way into the pits. He didn't blame the wall this time.
Lewis reported problems as did Kimi. Alonso led in P1, as well as being second fastest on P2.
I hope qualifying spices things up in the Williams-McLaren-Force India battle, as that's been the exciting thing so far into the season. RBR appear to have be running well given their power unit limitations, So once we head back to Europe and they have their B-spec car ready, they're gonna take the battle to the Mercs I suppose. But as they demonstrated in the final sprint in Bahrain, Mercedes have a little over 2 seconds of race pace advantage on the rest of the field, that's a mountain of time. Can Newey and Co. make that up in time? Will reliability be a factor in keeping the championship close? Things to watch for in the first part of the euro season.
Anyway, I sincerely hope the Mattiaci affair comes back and bites Alonso in the ass. Hard. I'd be happy with a string of retirements, I'll be double glad if they come from somewhere in the lead. I don't know, some Monaco spectacular first two thirds of the race and bam, DNF. That'll teach the fucker. His moaning and belittling of his team's, although way more refined than Maldonado's, is the most annoying thing in F1 for me. Ferrari gave him a good shot at the title in 2010 and 2012, how much of those two chances were lost to him, we'll never know, but to publicly cry out incompetence since 2009 is a sign the guy's ego has gotten the best of him. Go Kimi, just show him.
As always: Go Guti!, Go Kamui! Go Britney! Go Sauber!