Jenson Button ended on top of the timesheets at the end os Second practice session in Barcelona. The Brit initially suffered from understeer issues with is Mclaren but managed to sort out the issues and nail a lap good enough to secure first position.

Sebastian Vettel was second on the time-sheets in his Red Bull. The Red Bull driver looked to be continuing from were he left three weeks ago in Bahrain. Nico Rosberg lapped his Mercedes in third place while his teammate Michael Schumacher ended the day eighth fastest.

Lewis Hamilton ended the day fourth fastest after having problems with handling of his Mclaren. He was followed up by the lotus duo of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. Both the lotus drivers looked very strong on long runs with very heavy fuel loads. Mark Webber was seventh fastest after an excursion to the gravel trap. He was followed up by the Sauber and Force India of Kamui Kobayashi and Nico Hulkenberg.

Ferrari couldn’t keep with the pace Fernando Alonso showed in the first practice session and ended up in 11th and 14th places respectively for Felipe Massa and Fernado Alonso. The new updates on the F2012 doesn’t seem to be reducing the struggles of the Italian team.

Narain Karthikeyan had his day cut short after mechanical problems with his HRT and ended up 24th and last on the time-sheets.

Pos No Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.399 38
2 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:23.563 0.164 38
3 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:23.771 0.372 41
4 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:23.909 0.510 32
5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:23.918 0.519 32
6 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:23.964 0.565 37
7 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:24.065 0.666 34
8 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:24.080 0.681 36
9 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:24.214 0.815 41
10 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:24.365 0.966 22
11 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:24.418 1.019 35
12 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:24.422 1.023 32
13 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:24.468 1.069 40
14 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:24.600 1.201 33
15 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:24.688 1.289 30
16 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:24.733 1.334 34
17 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:24.769 1.370 37
18 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:25.047 1.648 42
19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:26.296 2.897 36
20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:26.740 3.341 35
21 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:27.314 3.915
22 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:27.664 4.265
23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:28.235 4.836
24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 

                            
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