Day two of testing started off wet, so Pirelli brought forward their proposed “wet day” from Friday to today for the teams to test the new wet weather tyres.
Today saw the Mercedes powered cars completing 212 laps, with Nico Rosberg doing 97 of those on his own and McLaren taking the fastest time via Button. The Renult powered cars seemed to have a lot of issues today, with Red Bull struggling the most with only 8 laps completed and the slowest time set. While it is probably to early to start basing predictions on the lap times, it is plain to see that Mercedes, and those with the Mercedes engine, seem to be the strongest at this point.
Lap times
1. Jenson Button (McLaren) 1:24.165, 43 laps
2. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1:24.812, 47 laps
3. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 1:25.344, 35 laps
4. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:25.588, 97 laps
5. Sergio Perez (Force India) 1:28.376 , 37 laps
6. Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber) 1:33.270, 53 laps
7. Marcus Ericsson (Caterham) 1:37.975, 11 laps
8. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1:38.320, 8 laps
8 Engine Rule 