Russian GP practice 2 results: Hamilton snatches P1
Lewis Hamilton overshadowed his nearest rival by more than eight tenths. McLaren rookie outpaced his teammate. Fernando Alonso in third in his Ferrari.
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Drivers continued to work on their programmes setting up cars for inaugural Russian GP race.
But when it came to qualifying pace simulation using soft tires the picture has changed, showing the advantage of Mercedes power. With only one Ferrari powered car of Fernando Alonso in third.
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:39.630 | 27 | |
| 2 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 01:40.494 | 0.864 | 32 |
| 3 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 01:40.504 | 0.874 | 32 |
| 4 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:40.542 | 0.912 | 30 |
| 5 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 01:40.573 | 0.943 | 33 |
| 6 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 01:40.718 | 1.088 | 32 |
| 7 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 01:40.731 | 1.101 | 30 |
| 8 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 01:41.108 | 1.478 | 32 |
| 9 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 01:41.396 | 1.766 | 30 |
| 10 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 01:41.531 | 1.901 | 33 |
| 11 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 01:41.531 | 2.000 | 24 |
| 12 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 01:41.677 | 2.047 | 27 |
| 13 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 01:42.061 | 2.431 | 25 |
| 14 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 01:42.090 | 2.460 | 29 |
| 15 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 01:42.233 | 2.603 | 31 |
| 16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 01:42.892 | 3.262 | 30 |
| 17 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 01:42.905 | 3.275 | 33 |
| 18 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 01:43.055 | 3.425 | 33 |
| 19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 01:44.135 | 4.505 | 22 |
| 20 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 01:44.530 | 4.900 | 29 |
| 21 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 01:44.952 | 5.322 | 27 |
For the complete results, visit our Formula One result pages.
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