2015 F1 Round 9 British Grand Prix FP2 – Rosberg stays fastest, Räikkönen and Vettel follow

Rosberg again led FP2 for the British Grand Prix on the afternoon of July 3 with a 1:34.155. Räikkönen was second, 0.347 seconds behind, and Vettel third, putting both Ferraris ahead of Hamilton in this session.

Rosberg had lost running time to a hydraulic problem in the morning and encountered intermittent gearshift trouble again in the afternoon. His fastest lap was still good enough to keep him first. Hamilton was fourth on a 1:34.621.

Räikkönen set a 1:34.502 and Vettel a 1:34.522, leaving just 0.020 seconds between the Ferraris. Mercedes and Ferrari occupied the top four, with Red Bull’s Kvyat fifth.

Ricciardo was sixth, Verstappen seventh, Hülkenberg eighth and Sainz ninth. Both Red Bull and Toro Rosso placed drivers in the top ten, while Massa secured tenth for Williams.

Grosjean went off at Luffield, briefly stopping practice with a red flag. He returned to the track and finished fourteenth. Near the end of the session, Merhi also spun at the same corner, causing another brief red flag.

Williams found that its medium tyres were overheating, and Massa and Bottas ultimately finished tenth and twelfth. Maldonado was eleventh, Pérez thirteenth, Alonso fifteenth and Nasr sixteenth.

Alonso also went into the gravel at Luffield. Button reported pronounced bouncing from his McLaren and finished seventeenth. Ericsson was eighteenth and Stevens nineteenth.

Merhi was twentieth, the last driver in the session to record a valid lap time. The two short red flags reduced the time available for uninterrupted running and repeatedly disrupted Friday afternoon’s practice rhythm.