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Daniil Kvyat, who also showed good wet weather pace in the first session, was the fastest driver at the end of practice 2. The Russian had been the first man to lay down a lap time before being beaten by over a second by Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg. Daniil would later come back out to set his fastest lap of a 1’48.277; 0.023 second quicker than Rosberg who would end the session 2nd fastest.<\/p>\n 3rd fastest would go to the second Silver Arrow of Lewis Hamilton, who was struggling to match his team-mate in the wet conditions. He would later go on to say that he had learned\u00a0absolutely nothing from the Friday practice sessions. In fact, his exact words were ‘diddly squat’.<\/p>\n 4th and 5th fastest would go to former team-mates Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel; with the pair separated by a whopping 1.1 second gap. Vettel was followed by current team-mate Kimi Raikkonen in 6th and then the two Toro Rosso drivers in 7th and 8th. Felipe Nasr and newly-resigned Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado completed the top 10.<\/p>\n All but one driver set a lap time in the second practice session, with Valtteri Bottas the only driver not to do so after a mechanical issue befell his Williams.<\/p>\n Suzuka practice 2\u00a0time-sheets:<\/p>\n \n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n| \n POS<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Driver<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Team<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Time<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Laps<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Daniil Kvyat<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Red Bull<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’48.277<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Nico Rosberg<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Mercedes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’48.300<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Lewis Hamilton<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Mercedes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’48.853<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Daniel Ricciardo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Red Bull<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’49.097<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Sebastian Vettel<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Ferrari<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’50.268<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 18<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Kimi Raikkonen<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Ferrari<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’50.319<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 16<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Carlos Sainz<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Toro Rosso<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’50.418<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Max Verstappen<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Toro Rosso<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’50.542<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Felipe Nasr<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Sauber<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’50.968<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Pastor Maldonado<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Lotus<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’51.557<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 11<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Nico Hulkenberg<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Force India<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’51.674<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 11<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 12<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Jenson Button<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n McLaren<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’51.861<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 9<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 13<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Marcus Ericsson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Sauber<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’51.934<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 12<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 14<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Sergio Perez<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Force India<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’52.070<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 15<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Romain Grosjean<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Lotus<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’52.534<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 16<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Felipe Massa<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Williams<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’52.765<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 17<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Fernando Alonso<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n McLaren<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’55.239<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 10<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 18<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Will Stevens<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Manor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’58.059<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 19<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Alexander Rossi<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Manor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 1’59.419<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n 20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Valtteri Bottas<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Williams<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n No time<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n 0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Sainz and Daniil Kvyat have topped the two Friday practice sessions for this weekend’s Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. 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Limited running for the teams and drivers is always a given when a wet Friday practice session occurs. This was absolutely the case in Suzuka for practice 1. No drivers completed a flying lap until well over halfway through the session. It was Max Verstappen in the Toro Rosso who was the first to put himself on the leader-board with a 1’51.640.<\/p>\n