Lewis Hamilton bounces back to lead FP2

In the second practice session in Sepang, Lewis Hamilton leads his team mate Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel as the drivers struggled with low grip levels early in FP2 on Sepang’s brand new surface, with track temperatures soaring to 56C, but conditions improved as more rubber was put down.

But it was Lewis Hamilton who was fastest with a lap time of 1:34.944 ahead of his team mate Nico Rosberg in second place who was 0.233 seconds behind him and ahead of Sebastian Vettel in third place who was 0.661 seconds behind Hamilton.

Kimi Raikkonen finished the session in fourth place ahead of Max Verstappen in fifth place, Sergio Perez in sixth place, Fernando Alonso in seventh place, Daniel Ricciardo in eighth place, Nico Hulkenberg in ninth place and Jenson Button who rounded off the top ten finishers.

Carlos Sainz Jr ended the session in eleventh place ahead of Jolyon Palmer in twelfth place, Valtteri Bottas in thirteenth place, Esteban Gutierrez in fourteenth place and Felipe Massa in fifteenth place.
As we head into the latter stages of the grid, Daniil Kvyat ended the session in sixteenth place ahead of Marcus Ericsson in seventeenth place, Felipe Nasr in eighteenth place, Kevin Magnussen in nineteenth place, Romain Grosjean in twentieth place, Pascal Wehrlein in twenty-first place and Esteban Ocon in twenty-second place.

The classification of FP2 for the Malysian GP is as follows:-

1.Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1.34.944
2.Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 0.233s
3.Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 0.661s
4.Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 0.898s
5.Max Verstappen, Red-Bull-TAG Heuer, 1.093s
6.Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes, 1.340s
7.Fernando Alonso, McLaren-Honda, 1.352s
8.Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-TAG Heuer, 1.393s
9.Nico Hulkenberg, Force India-Mercedes, 1.446s
10.Jenson Button, McLaren-Honda, 1.771s
11.Carlos Sainz Jr, Toro Rosso, 1.892s
12.Jolyon Palmer, Renault, 1.996s
13.Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes, 2.072s
14.Esteban Gutierrez, Haas Ferrari, 2.104s
15.Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes, 2.166s
16.Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 2.353s
17.Marcus Ericsson, Sauber-Ferrari, 2.505s
18.Felipe Nasr, Sauber-Ferrari, 2.603s
19.Kevin Magnussen, Renault, 2.720s
20.Romain Grosjean, Haas Ferrari, 2.845s
21.Esteban Ocon, MRT Racing, 2.934s
22.Pascal Wehrlein, MRT Racing, 3.046s

Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa