Second practice ends with Hamilton ahead of Vettel

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F1 Grand Prix, GP Canada, Circuit Gilles Villeneuveca

Just like in the first practice session, Lewis Hamilton proved fastest around the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve at Montreal. The Mercedes driver was a few tenths faster than Sebastian Vettel who managed to outpace the second Mercedes of Nico Rosberg.

After a hectic start to the session, with times quickly improving as drivers fitted ever softer tyres, Hamilton put down the marker when he took on the super softs, relegating Nico Rosberg by a demonstrable margin.

As for the men troubled in FP1, Felipe Massa was fortunate to be able to get out immediately as FP2 started. The damage at the rear of his Williams proved less serious than expected, enabling the team to get the car sorted in 2 hours time.

Jenson Button on the other hand had to wait a little bit longer, as McLaren Honda were busy replacing the MGU-H, MGU-K and Turbo with new components, all of which were the 4th new items that got fitted on Button's car this season. The internal combustion engine meanwhile is the one used on Monaco. Once out on track, Button immediately got on with it, eventually setting a best laptime 1.001s down on pace setter Hamilton, good for 7th on the timesheet.

Results

Pos.No.DriverCarTimeGapLaps
144Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:14.212-43
25Sebastian VettelFerrari1:14.469+0.257s45
36Nico RosbergMercedes1:14.738+0.526s46
433Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing Tag Heuer1:15.156+0.944s29
53Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing Tag Heuer1:15.168+0.956s43
677Valtteri BottasWilliams Mercedes1:15.213+1.001s46
722Jenson ButtonMcLaren Honda1:15.213+1.001s35
87Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:15.234+1.022s43
927Nico HulkenbergForce India Mercedes1:15.321+1.109s50
1055Carlos SainzToro Rosso Ferrari1:15.410+1.198s42
1114Fernando AlonsoMcLaren Honda1:15.450+1.238s40
1211Sergio PerezForce India Mercedes1:15.493+1.281s47
1319Felipe MassaWilliams Mercedes1:15.513+1.301s44
1426Daniil KvyatToro Rosso Ferrari1:15.559+1.347s42
158Romain GrosjeanHaas Ferrari1:16.093+1.881s35
1620Kevin MagnussenRenault1:16.255+2.043s39
1712Felipe NasrSauber Ferrari1:16.582+2.370s40
1821Esteban GutierrezHaas Ferrari1:16.591+2.379s32
199Marcus EricssonSauber Ferrari1:16.902+2.690s51
2030Jolyon PalmerRenault1:17.001+2.789s48
2194Pascal WehrleinMrt Mercedes1:17.023+2.811s32
2288Rio HaryantoMrt Mercedes1:17.423+3.211s49