Vettel also got the second practice

Sebastian Vettel increased his advantage over his rivals in the second practice. With super-soft tires, he drove a lap of 1: 25.908, his teammate Mark Webber was second and was 0.264 seconds behind. Nico Rosberg, who stopped at the track with a broken gearbox towards the end of training, was third.

The second practice was awaited by clear weather, so the racers were able to try out the super soft tires. These allowed for faster times, and teams were able to find that the tires would last longer than indicated in the winter tests.

Lotus seems to have solved the reliability issues. Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean were fourth and fifth. Fernando Alonso finished sixth in training with the Ferrari F138. In the second Mercedes W04, Lewis Hamilton crashed into the sand along the track in the sixth turn and lightly touched the protective tires. The trip was allegedly caused by a damaged bottom of the car. The Briton had previously set a time that prevailed as the seventh best. Felipe Massa finished just behind the champion of the 2008 season. Adrian Sutil and Nico Hulkenberg finished in the top ten, and Jenson Button finished training behind them. At McLarn, they expressed concern about the uncompetitiveness of their car.

 

 

	Racer	The team	Hour	Circles
1.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	01:25.908	33
2.	Mark Webber	Red Bull	01:26.172	31
3.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	01:26.322	26
4.	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	01:26.361	38
5.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	01:26.680	32
6.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	01:26.748	35
7.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	01:26.772	28
8.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	01:26.855	32
9.	Adrian Sutil	Force India	01:27.435	35
10.	Nico Hulkenberg	Clean	01:28.187	34
11.	Jenson Button	McLaren	01:28.294	30
12.	Paul di Resta	Force India	01:28.311	37
13.	Sergio Perez	McLaren	01:28.566	33
14.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	01:28.627	31
15.	Esteban Gutierrez	Clean	01:28.772	33
16.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	01:28.852	36
17.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	01:28.968	36
18.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	01:29.386	39
19.	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	01:29.696	32
20.	Charles Pic	Caterham	01:30.165	37
21.	Max Chilton	Marussia	01:30.600	36
22.	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	01:32.450	11