Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

This is a turn up for the books. The Honda manager will be pretty happy to see what!

And how about this!? Fernando Alonso has just gone quicker than both Mercedes, the McLaren completing a lap of the circuit in 1:32.564.

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Lewis Hamilton improves to go fifth quickest but still Mercedes are nowhere near. He's 1.416s slower than Sebastian Vettel.

Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

He will be pretty anxious to get back out on the track with 43 minutes remaining.

Lewis Hamilton is finally heading back out onto the track for the first time since his little trip into the gravel some 20 minutes or so ago.

Let's see what he's got on the super-softs.

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Pierre Gasly continues to do well. He's currently P15 having done a 1:34.043, which is almost a tenth of a second quicker than his Toro Rosso team-mate Carlos Sainz.

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It's only a 1:32.720 for Valtteri Bottas, putting him fifth and way off the pace of the Ferraris. He's 1.459 seconds slower than Sebastian Vettel.

Valtteri Bottas heads on out but Lewis Hamilton stays in the Mercedes garage for now.

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Few drivers struggling to keep their cars on the circuit at the moment. Lance Stroll takes out a bollard when he runs wide before Marcus Ericsson takes a trundle through the grass after locking up.

And Sebastian Vettel goes quickest. He does a 1:31.261 on the super-softs, six tenths of a second quicker than fellow Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen, who had briefly held top spot.

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Third quickest for Max Verstappen on the super-softs. He's almost half a second slower than Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo.

Meanwhile, here come the Ferraris on their qualifying simulation runs...

Both Ferraris are back out on the circuit but Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are still in the Mercedes garage.

Daniel Ricciardo is fastest of all through the first sectors. It's going to put him P1 but how much quicker than Sebastian Vettel? Three tenths quicker is the answer. The Australian does a 1:32.099 on the super-softs although lost some time in a scrappy final sector.

And it's a 1:33.069 for Nico Hulkenberg, putting him P5.

Here come the super-softs.

Nico Hulkenberg is the first to head on the red-walled tyre but is quickly followed by the Red Bulls.

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Lewis Hamilton is currently fifth quickest, seven tenths of a second down on Sebastian Vettel, with Valtteri Bottas sixth quickest.

Everyone is back in the pits now apart from Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz.

One hour of second practice remaining.

Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

Both Mercedes off in this session, that is a little bit of drama when they need to get some running in.