Lewis Hamilton kept himself on top of the times sheets by a slender margin in the second practice session, outpacing team mate Valtteri Bottas by less than five-hundredths of a second.
Esteban Ocon was next behind the usual ‘big six’ with Felipe Massa in close attendance in his Williams. Nico Hulkenberg and Fernando Alonso joined them in the top ten, the latter despite having to contend with power deployment problems.
Alonso was just four-hundredths faster than Carlos Sainz Jnr’s Renault and Sergio Perez’s Force India. Stoffel Vandoorne put his McLaren 13th following a spin at turn two.
Lance Stroll was a frustrated 14th, almost seven-tenths of a second slower than his team mate, after complaining about traffic on several occasions during the session.
The Toro Rosso drivers had a more productive time than in their abbreviated morning outing. Pierre Gasly was the quicker of the two in 16th place.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Best lap | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’09.515 | 42 | |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’09.563 | 0.048 | 45 |
| 3 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’09.743 | 0.228 | 37 |
| 4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’09.875 | 0.360 | 48 |
| 5 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’09.886 | 0.371 | 38 |
| 6 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’10.117 | 0.602 | 45 |
| 7 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1’10.306 | 0.791 | 49 |
| 8 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’10.373 | 0.858 | 42 |
| 9 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’10.396 | 0.881 | 39 |
| 10 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1’10.655 | 1.140 | 31 |
| 11 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Renault | 1’10.685 | 1.170 | 42 |
| 12 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’10.695 | 1.180 | 43 |
| 13 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 1’10.902 | 1.387 | 38 |
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1’11.064 | 1.549 | 44 |
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’11.300 | 1.785 | 39 |
| 16 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’11.422 | 1.907 | 44 |
| 17 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’11.821 | 2.306 | 54 |
| 18 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’11.857 | 2.342 | 43 |
| 19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’11.989 | 2.474 | 17 |
| 20 | 50 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Haas-Ferrari | 1’12.417 | 2.902 | 37 |
Second practice visual gaps
Lewis Hamilton – 1’09.515
+0.048 Valtteri Bottas – 1’09.563
+0.228 Daniel Ricciardo – 1’09.743
+0.360 Sebastian Vettel – 1’09.875
+0.371 Max Verstappen – 1’09.886
+0.602 Kimi Raikkonen – 1’10.117
+0.791 Esteban Ocon – 1’10.306
+0.858 Felipe Massa – 1’10.373
+0.881 Nico Hulkenberg – 1’10.396
+1.140 Fernando Alonso – 1’10.655
+1.170 Carlos Sainz Jnr – 1’10.685
+1.180 Sergio Perez – 1’10.695
+1.387 Stoffel Vandoorne – 1’10.902
+1.549 Lance Stroll – 1’11.064
+1.785 Romain Grosjean – 1’11.300
+1.907 Pierre Gasly – 1’11.422
+2.306 Brendon Hartley – 1’11.821
+2.342 Pascal Wehrlein – 1’11.857
+2.474 Marcus Ericsson – 1’11.989
+2.902 Antonio Giovinazzi – 1’12.417
Drivers more then ten seconds off the pace omitted.
Drivers’ best times by tyre
| Driver | Team | Best super-soft time | Super-soft gap | Best soft time | Soft gap | Best medium time | Medium gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’09.515 | 1’09.742 | None | |||
| Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’09.563 | 0.048 | 1’09.860 | 0.118 | None | |
| Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1’09.743 | 0.228 | 1’10.657 | 0.915 | None | |
| Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1’09.886 | 0.371 | 1’10.175 | 0.433 | None | |
| Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’09.875 | 0.36 | 1’10.522 | 0.78 | None | |
| Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’10.117 | 0.602 | 1’10.450 | 0.708 | None | |
| Sergio Perez | Force India | 1’10.695 | 1.18 | 1’11.282 | 1.54 | None | |
| Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1’10.306 | 0.791 | 1’10.904 | 1.162 | None | |
| Felipe Massa | Williams | 1’10.373 | 0.858 | 1’10.893 | 1.151 | None | |
| Lance Stroll | Williams | 1’11.064 | 1.549 | 1’11.852 | 2.11 | None | |
| Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1’10.655 | 1.14 | 1’11.101 | 1.359 | None | |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1’10.902 | 1.387 | 1’10.925 | 1.183 | None | |
| Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1’11.821 | 2.306 | 1’12.460 | 2.718 | None | |
| Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1’11.422 | 1.907 | 1’11.838 | 2.096 | 2’27.911 | |
| Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1’11.300 | 1.785 | 1’12.116 | 2.374 | None | |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | Haas | None | 1’12.417 | 2.675 | None | ||
| Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’10.396 | 0.881 | 1’10.972 | 1.23 | None | |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | Renault | 1’10.685 | 1.17 | 1’10.965 | 1.223 | None | |
| Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1’21.128 | 11.613 | 1’11.989 | 2.247 | None | |
| Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1’11.857 | 2.342 | 1’12.371 | 2.629 | None |
Ashwin (@redbullf1)
10th November 2017, 17:48
Leaving Ferraris, Mercs and RedBulls, Ocon seems to be consistently the best of the rest !
schudha (@reganama)
11th November 2017, 7:37
He’s quick, but George Russel got pretty close in FP1.
A lot of tall drivers making there way in to F1. I hope they’re not all as cheesy as Ocon.
x303 (@x303)
11th November 2017, 15:08
6 tenth is not pretty close in F1 standards @reganama.
schudha (@reganama)
12th November 2017, 8:53
It is if it’s his time in the car
Jere (@jerejj)
10th November 2017, 17:51
How is it that the fastest FP1 time didn’t get beaten? That isn’t common.
Ashwin (@redbullf1)
10th November 2017, 18:11
Temperatures can be a big difference, optimal temperature = record breaking conditions !
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
10th November 2017, 18:27
@jerejj @redbullf1 It was the same at this race last year.
Jere (@jerejj)
10th November 2017, 20:30
@keithcollantine OK, thanks for that info. I didn’t remember that from last season’s edition, but since it was the case also twelve months ago, then I guess this is the norm for this circuit for some reason although in general on each circuit the fastest FP2 time is faster than the FP1 equivalent.
Michael (@cavman99)
10th November 2017, 18:48
Why is giovanazzi in the car?
MattyPF1 (@mattypf1)
10th November 2017, 21:35
Because for whatever reason, Haas decided against putting GIO in the car for FP1 so they put him in the car for FP2 instead
Martin (@ardy)
10th November 2017, 19:41
I love the “visual gaps” graphic. It’s a lot of information quickly.
How about doing two versions: the one you’ve got; and a second one where you group team mates together so we can see the relative performance.
It would look something like:
Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas
Daniel Ricciardo
Max Verstappen
Sebastian Vettel
Kimi Raikkonen
Esteban Ocon
&nbso; Sergio Perez
Felipe Massa
Lance Stroll
etc…
Martin (@ardy)
10th November 2017, 19:44
…and provide an edit function >:o(
(That was supposed to be nbsp, not nbso.)
digitalrurouni
10th November 2017, 21:01
I read track temps were 53 degrees. That’s really high and should technically be affecting the Mercs adversely no? How come that is not happening here I wonder.
Blazzz
10th November 2017, 22:43
short lap, tyre selection, sweeping corners etc
BaKano (@bakano)
10th November 2017, 23:08
Again we see a Renault less than 1 second from the fastest time. They seemed to made a good job in the latest updates and looking also at how fast Red Bull has been, the engine is looking good (still worse than Merc and Ferrari but closer it seems, at least on peak performance).
Now, let’s see if the cars make it to the end of the race … and also if they don’t take 2 steps back for the 2018 power unit (and also the chassis for the works team).