Free Practice 2 results - Britain 2014 - Hamilton leads (and stops out on track) as Alonso is best of the rest

Published 4 July 2014 by Christine

Alonso, best of the rest on Friday in Silverstone — Credit: Ercole Colombo

Reliability became a key concern in the second Silverstone practice session. Sebastian Vettel suffered a damaged under tray which delayed his running. Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time before drawing to a halt out on track. The front left tyre of Jean-Éric Vergne's Toro Rosso just popped off midway through a lap, and Valtteri Bottas saw his engine cover explode off the Williams in a shower of debris.

Hamilton's lap time was enough to see him take top honours as the long runs drew to their conclusion, with teammate Nico Rosberg only managing second behind him. Third place was once again reserved for Fernando Alonso, proving the Ferraris can't be counted out just yet.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:34.508	14
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:34.736	35
3	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:35.244	32
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:35.511	11
5	Sebastian Vettel	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:35.627	27
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:36.016	33
7	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	1:36.228	34
8	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren Mercedes	1:36.299	35
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:36.554	29
10	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:36.583	26
11	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:36.671	29
12	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:36.778	31
13	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber F1 Team	1:36.951	35
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:37.064	35
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:37.097	33
16	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:37.236	37
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:37.449	27
18	Adrian Sutil	Sauber F1 Team	1:37.520	25
19	Jules Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team	1:38.658	11
20	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham F1 Team	1:39.068	31
21	Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	1:39.224	28
22	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team	1:39.762	21