Hamilton fastest in second practice, Rosberg second
Mercedes dominate practice with upgraded engine
Ricciardo has gearbox problem, Verstappen spins
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Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live analyst
Quote Message"Both McLarens are up in the air at their garage. They are starting to take the floors off both cars. We know they are taking a double engine penalty but that will be done tonight. Not sure what this is for and there seems to be a problem with both of them.
Nico Hulkenberg goes third fastest just before silence falls at Monza as everyone, except Valtteri Bottas, heads into the pits with 20 minutes remaining.
Meanwhile, there may be trouble at McLaren...
How many attempts did it take to get this shot Jennie!
We've had one red flag in this session, that for Carlos Sainz when he beached his Toro Rosso. He has just been speaking to Lee McKenzie.
"We don't know yet what happened," he says. "It is a bit of an unknown and we are waiting for the car to get back. It looks like we won't have time to go back out but I hope I can get out in FP2 and FP3."
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton re-emerge on the circuit and the former edges out in front with a 1:25.423s.
Not for long, though, as Hamilton goes three tenths faster to reclaim P1.
Lee McKenzie
BBC F1 pit-lane reporter
Quote MessageThere is no real drama but there is a telemetry issue on Felipe Massa's car.
Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live analyst
Quote MessageI am at Parabolica and McLaren look really good into this corner, really stable and balanced but their approach speed is significantly slower.
Jenson Button has 10 laps under his belt so far in this session, four on the current set of mediums bolted on his McLaren but his best lap - a 1:28.4s is only 16th fastest. His team-mate Fernando Alonso is 18th fastest with 1:28.6.
Imagine Nico Rosberg's surprise when Lewis Hamilton rocked up with his new blond hairstyle this week.
Rosberg said yesterday that he used to get loads of stick about his blond hair from Hamilton while they were karting team-mates.
On track, Hamilton still leads the way with 1:25.653, almost a second faster than his Mercedes team-mate. Eight cars out on circuit at the moment.
Lee McKenzie
BBC F1 pit-lane reporter
Quote Message"I am at Mercedes where there are at least 15 photographers. Everyone is trying to get photos of Lewis Hamilton's hair."
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Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer
“It’s no secret that the drivers do not like the Pirelli tyres - and it’s not just about their concerns regarding whether the company are completely on top of the safety situation. It’s also because they don’t like their characteristics, particularly not being able to push flat out all the way through the race.
"Bernie Ecclestone, who put out an extraordinary statement on Thursday in support of Pirelli, thinks this is a virtue, but the drivers most certainly do not. They don’t often vocalise it, but on Thursday Williams’s Valtteri Bottas did. What would he like from the tyres, he was asked? ‘More grip and it’s important in qualifying to have a one-lap tyre,’ the Finn said. ‘It would also be nice to push a bit more in the race, for longer and of course they need to be safe. In Formula Renault with Michelin every lap was a qualifying lap and in F3 it was the same, with Kumho.’”
Image source, Formula 1Here's the provisional standings with 40 minutes of the session done and dusted. A lull in activity as the bonus set of primes - the medium tyres - are handed back, but Daniel Ricciardo has just broken the silence.
Image source, Getty ImagesLewis Hamilton, by the way, completed the fastest lap in the first part of the session with a 1:25.653. He was fastest in FP1 last year at Monza with 1:25.519
A stat for you. Michael Schumacher holds the record for completing the fastest ever race, having averaged speeds of 153mph during the 2003 Italian Grand Prix.
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