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Rosberg fastest in second practice, Hamilton 2nd
Rosberg suffers violent tyre failure
Ericsson crashes heavily
1) Rosberg 2) Hamilton 3) Ricciardo 4) Raikkonen 5) Vettel 6) Kvyat 7) Verstappen 8) Sainz 9) Perez 10) Bottas
11) Maldonado 12) Hulkenberg 13) Nasr 14) Massa 15) Ericsson 16) Alonso 17) Palmer 18) Button 19) Stevens 20) Merhi
NICO ROSBERG FINISHES FASTEST IN FIRST PRACTICE FOR THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX.
Everyone bar Pastor is out on the track to squeeze a little bit more out with a couple more minutes left. Nico Rosberg set to top the first practice session in Belgium this weekend...
Image source, AFPPastor Maldonado's Lotus here looks not too dissimilar to the Delorean from Back to the Future when taking off.
It is back in the Lotus garage as the team work on getting the damage fixed asap and get him back out for the second session.
Into the final 10 minutes of this session and the top of the order currently looks like this:
1) Nico Rosberg 2) Lewis Hamilton 3) Daniel Ricciardo 4) Kimi Raikkonen 5) Sebastian Vettel 6) Daniil Kvyat 7) Max Verstappen 8) Carlos Sainz 9) Sergio Perez 10) Valtteri Bottas
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Fernando Alonso hasn't had much running today. He is out on the circuit at the moment to complete his ninth lap and improves with a 1:53.502, but it is only the 14th fastest time so far.
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Lewis Hamilton improves with a 1:51.324 but it doesn't knock Nico Rosberg off his perch. The German's time is two tenths faster than his team-mate's best effort.
Would bookies even bother? Giving money away.
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Nico Rosberg is fastest of all through the first sector...he keeps it up for the remainder of his lap and shoots into P1 with a 1:51.200.
And the track is open again. Cars stream out, among them Nico Rosberg who will be itching for plenty of time on the circuit over the next 30 minutes. Just five laps completed so far.
A good shot here of Mercedes's sculpted low-drag rear-wing. Niceeee.
Image source, Formula 1Some chaps with staplers (I'm sure it will be more technical than that) have just been out to patch up the barrier Pastor Maldonado made a mess of.
His Lotus has been whisked away, the debris cleared and the green light is about to pop on again.
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Hands up from Pastor Maldonado, taking responsibility for the crash. He lost the back of his Lotus.
Only took him 50 minutes into the resumption of the season for him to cause a fair few moans in the Lotus garage. Busy day ahead for that lot...