FP2: Hamilton edges ahead at Sepang

Lewis Hamilton pulled one back against Nico Rosberg as he beat the championship leader by 0.2s in Friday’s second practice for the Malaysian GP.

Second practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix got underway in sweltering conditions as the track temperature reached a high of 58’C.

There was an interesting mix of medium, hard and soft compounds at the start with Rosberg the early pace-setter on a 1:36.543.

Hamilton, who was on the hard tyres to team-mate’s mediums, was 0.079s down on his first flying lap. His second saw him slide up into P1 with a 1:36.144.

Swapping to the soft tyres, Sebastian Vettel went quickest with a 1:35.605 and reported that he was “reasonably happy” with his lap.

That, though, was not enough to hold off the Mercedes drivers as Rosberg’s soft tyre saw him cross the line with a 1:35.177 before than was bettered by Hamilton with a 1:34.944.

The World Champ’s time stood through to the chequered flag as he topped FP2 by 0.233s ahead of Rosberg. Vettel dropped to …

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