So how did it go?
Medium compound tyres were used at the beginning. This was to learn Q1 pace. Again the Mercedes both put in quick laps. Rosberg being 6 tenths faster then any one else. During this period Max Chilton of Marussia stopped out on track with an electronic failure, the car was then recovered.
Everyone was happy, so we stated to see people switch to the quicker softer compound tyre. This is where it got interesting. Mark Webber was one of the first people we saw with the yellow marked tyre on, putting a healthy lap knocking over a 1.5 seconds off his medium compound tyre and some 7 tenths quicker the leader Rosberg.
Not long after, Rosberg put in an even faster lap 3 tenths faster then Webber. This set off all the other drivers to push and we saw the lap times drop. Putting in faster laps then Rosberg we had, Alonso, Räikkönen and Felipe Massa who put in an outstanding lap time late in the session. Lewis Hamilton kept up with the pace, but on his quickest flying lap he came across traffic that slowed him right down. This mean't that he stayed in 7th place behind Jenson Button.
With around 45 minutes to go, the teams then started to try and do long stints on both tyres, seeing how long they last. Hamilton and Massa both stayed out for more then 20 laps on the same tyre putting in consistent laps. When teams came into change tyre, we saw that a lot of them had high tyre ware and graining. Mercedes and Ferrari were the two teams who showed that they could look after their tyres as the degradation and graining were not as much as others.
People who had good race pace -
The two Force India's looked consistent and competitive,
Mercedes looked strongest with their pace,
Red Bull putting in good laps,
Ferrari up there with the faster teams
Lotus looking strong to get good points
McLaren look like they can get good points for both drivers.
Thats the round up of Practice 2. Hope you enjoyed reading.
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