Summary

  • Raikkonen fastest in second practice, Vettel 2nd, Rosberg 3rd, Hamilton 4th

  • Ferrari beat Mercedes in qualifying simulations

  • Gutierrez's rear brakes catch fire

  • Rosberg fastest in first practice, multiple car failures

  1. Postpublished at 03:56 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Felipe Massa is back out, by the way, but there's a problem, it's the left rear again!

    "I need to stop, same problem," he says.

    Deja vu for Massa and Lewis Hamilton in this session.

  2. Postpublished at 03:55 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Two spins clearly not worrying Lewis Hamilton at the moment...

  3. Postpublished at 03:52 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

  4. Postpublished at 03:51 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Jolyon Palmer's run on the softs sees him post the 15th quickest time with 1:41.816.

  5. Postpublished at 03:50 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    It's been a cracking start to the season for Haas with Romain Grosjean following up a sixth place finish in Australia with fifth in Bahrain.

    His team-mate has got a problem at the moment, though...

  6. Postpublished at 03:49 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Jolyon Palmer has bobbed out now to give Rio some company.

    A chance now to see the lovely yellow livery of the Renault glinting under the Shanghai sun. No time yet for Palmer.

  7. Postpublished at 03:48 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do...

    Not for Rio Haryanto, he is out on the track by himself at the moment and loving it. 

  8. No puncture for Massapublished at 03:46 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

  9. Postpublished at 03:45 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

  10. Postpublished at 03:45 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    The teams have just had to hand back their first set of tyres, so that is why we saw it busy on the track a few moments ago. Now, Nico Rosberg is out of his car, Felipe Massa is out of his car and they are just hoping for some cars to go out and clean up this track so that towards the end of this session they can start making some set up changes and try to get the maximum out of the car.

  11. Get involved #bbcf1published at 03:43 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Some of you are not too happy to see Fernando Alonso listed as the third greatest ever driver in a recent study by Sheffield University...

    Kevin Bradshaw: Alonso, is this meant to be a joke or something, i could easily name at least 20 current or former drivers that are better than you pal, get a grip man, as to name one, Michael Schumacher

    Paudy Power I love Alonso as a driver. Huge fan. But putting him above Schumacher or Senna is just ridiculous. My favourite driver on the current grid nonetheless.

  12. Postpublished at 03:41 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Everyone is back in the pits at the moment, so silence descends on the circuit. 

    Go grab another strong coffee.

  13. Postpublished at 03:41 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    It is all those little things that could start to irritate Lewis Hamilton and when he gets irritated he gets upset and that's when we could see some toys being thrown.

  14. Postpublished at 03:40 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    With his grid penalty, Lewis Hamilton really needs the perfect weeks, but there's nothiong perfect about how practice has gone so far. 

    He spins for the second time today, once again at Turn 11.

    "Something's up," he reports. "I keep getting this locking into Turn 11."

    Oh dear...

  15. The good old dayspublished at 03:38 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Loving this picture Jenson Button posted on Instagram yesterday of the Briton and Mark Webber playing golf way back in 2001.

    Not sure about that technique though, JB...

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  16. Postpublished at 03:38 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    The McLaren get into the mix as Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso go fourth and fifth quickest respectively. Button's time was 1:39.974 while Alonso's was 1:40.538 and both had the super softs on.

  17. Postpublished at 03:36 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Kimi Raikkonen, on the medium compound tyre, goes fourth quickest with 1:40.940 before Sebastian Vettel slips into third with 1:39.291, but that's done on the softs.

  18. Postpublished at 03:35 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

  19. Go! Go! Go!published at 03:32 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Green light and we are back up and running. Fifteen cars pile out onto the track.

  20. Get involved #bbcf1published at 03:32 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Your greatest three drivers

    Come on now Anthony, you've got to commit! No sitting on the fence.