Postpublished at 06:00 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver
That is much more like it in midfield, it is so close.
Summary
Hamilton fastest in second practice, but top teams appear close
Rain expected across qualifying and the race
Bottas, Ocon & Alonso all go off track
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Very bunched up in the midfield pack with just eight tenths of a second separating eighth from 18th.
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A couple of the drivers who had their qualifying simulation runs scuppered by the red flag are finishing them off now. Stoffel Vandoorne is one of them and he gets himself into the top 10 with 1:25.285.
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Kimi Raikkonen has been summoned to the stewards after the incident earlier that led to Valtteri Bottas skipping across the gravel.
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Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driverIt is a train of cars now. That red flag has put a bit of pressure on everybody to get out there and make the most of what's left of the session.
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The session gets back under way and with just under 40 minutes remaining we're steaming straight into long runs territory.
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A couple of marshals strolled down to the start-finish line, picked up that bit of wire or whatever it is, and the session is set to get going again in one minute.
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It looks like there is a bit of debris on the start-finish line.
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"Noooooo," screams Lance Stroll, doing his best Darth Vader impression.
He was also on a good lap there.
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But the red flag scuppers Daniel Ricciardo's lap.
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Finally, Daniel Ricciardo emerges. He kicks his lap on the ultrasofts off with a personal best through sector one.
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Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driverIt certainly looks like Red Bull are in the mix.
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Nice from Max Verstappen, very nice! He splits the Mercedes to go second quickest, a 1:24.058 putting him within a tenth of a second of Lewis Hamilton.
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Max Verstappen is out on the ultrasofts now.
Meanwhile, second practice is ticking along nicely for McLaren after their exhaust issues in FP1. Fernando Alonso's ultrasoft run has him eighth quickest with 1:25.552 while Stoffel Vandoorne is 13th quickest (1:25.997).
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Still nothing from the Red Bulls yet. Both Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen are yet to venture out on the ultrasofts in this session.
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Valtteri Bottas goes second quickest with 1:24.159 but he lost a chunk of time with a big slide coming out of Turn 12.
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But Lewis Hamilton responds in style as his first lap on the ultra-softs sees him go three tenths quicker than Kimi Raikkonen with 1:23.931.
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Hello. Sebastian Vettel may not be looking comfortable, but Kimi Raikkonen is! He goes quickest of all with 1:24.314.