Spanish Grand Prix 2018 FP2 results: Lewis Hamilton tops Daniel Ricciardo
LEWIS HAMILTON had to settle for second place in opening practice at the Spanish Grand Prix as his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas lit up the time sheets - but went one better in FP2.
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Lewis Hamilton raised the bar by setting the fastest time in second practice on Friday.
The world champion was beaten to top spot by his Mercedes team-mate Bottas in the opening running, but the reigning champion ended the day fastest.
The British driver's best effort of one minute and 18.259 seconds enabled him to edge out Ricciardo by less than two tenths with his Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen third.
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Ricciardo crashed out of opening practice earlier on Friday after he lost control of his Red Bull at Turn 4 and slid helplessly across the sand trap and into the barriers.
But following repairs to his car, the Australian, backed up by Verstappen, ran Hamilton close to suggest Red Bull have the credentials to take the fight to Mercedes and Ferrari.
Ferrari rarely show their true pace on Friday and Vettel, who trails Hamilton by four points, finished in fourth, a third of a second down on Hamilton's best time.
Spanish Grand Prix FP2 results
Final Times after Second Practice:
1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 18.259secs
2 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:18.392
3 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:18.533
4 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:18.585
5 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:18.611
6 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:18.829
7 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:19.579
8 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:19.643
9 Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel) McLaren 1:19.722
10 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:19.962
11 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Force India 1:20.024
12 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:20.035
13 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:20.183
14 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:20.373
15 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:20.501
16 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Sauber-Ferrari 1:20.514
17 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Renault 1:20.672
18 Brendon Hartley (Nzl) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:21.265
19 Lance Stroll (Can) Williams 1:21.556
20 Sergey Sirotkin (Rus) Williams 1:22.060