Kimi Raikkonen's first run on the supersoft tyre is a 1:42.885, jumping him up to third in the standings. It is an improvement of 1.1s on his soft-tyre run, but still 0.3s slower than the Mercedes' timesheet topping times on the harder, slower tyre.

Its an emotional weekend for Romain Grosjean, with it being his last race for Lotus before he departs for Haas and in the garage is a board with his stats for the team, as well as a fetching picture of him in long-hair days. Oh you guys.

Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

All the times so far have been set on the soft tyre, but Kimi Raikkonen is the first driver to switch to the supersoft compound and cracks on with his qualifying simulation.

Its getting darker all the time and Felipe Massa opts to rip off the tinted tape on his visor, which has lost its use with no glare from the sun to worry about. 

He struggled a bit, part of it staying stuck onto his helmet, before finally fluttering off into the distance.

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Lewis Hamilton's time is 0.375s faster than Nico Rosberg's but he is promptly told there's an engine mode difference between the two Mercedes.

Nico Rosberg improves, his latest lap a second faster than Kimi Raikkonen. Moments later, Lewis Hamilton knocks his team-mate off top spot after a 1:42.524. The Mercedes flexing their muscles with a real show of pace.

The Mercedes have come out to play and Nico Rosberg goes fastest with 1:43.305, more than half a second faster than Kimi Raikkonen. 

Lewis Hamilton's first effort puts him in P4. He'd not been completely happy with his car in FP1 and its a similar story so far in this session. "I pulled the clutch and it didn't make a very nice noise," he says over the radio.

Kimi Raikkonen improves with 1:43.994 as Sebastian Vettel improves to get within three tenths of a second of his Ferrari team-mate.

Raikkonen is a former Abu Dhabi Grand Prix winner, taking victory while at Lotus in 2012.

It was in that race that he produced one of the all-time great radio messages, snapping: "Leave me alone I know what I'm doing" and spawning a thousands internet memes as a result.

Mores times on the board now as Kimi Raikkonen goes fastest with 1:44.236, putting him ahead of Force India's Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg.

A lovely shot of Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari glinting in the golden sunlight as it continues getting darker and, as a result, colder. 

Vettel swiftly gets things and up and running with a 1:45.009 before Will Stevens finds himself in the unfamiliar position of being right behind Vettel on the timing board. I say right behind, six seconds behind. He is the only other driver to clock a timed lap. 

Second practice gets under way to the sound of Sebastian Vettel, who is out on track, belting out a rendition of 'happy birthday to you' in Italian over the radio. As you do.

The brilliant blue skies and sunshine from earlier have gone in Abu Dhabi, with dusk starting to settle in. This is, of course, a twilight race. 

Second practice is under way.

What's this EJ is giving to Felipe Massa I wonder...

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Yes Daniel! Loving the pencil moustache on Ricciardo here, which makes him look like some suave 1940s film noire detective.

Wonder if it also gives him more front end grip?

Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live analyst