Ahead of today's free practice session the air temperature is 20 degrees C, while the track temperature is 31 degrees. It is bright and sunny.Benefitting from his team's engine (ahem) reliability updates, not to mention another raft of aero updates, Fernando Alonso was quickest in yesterday morning's session.Normal service was resumed in the afternoon when Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes 1-2, but the Ferraris remained competitive as did Red Bull and Williams. Indeed, on the longer runs towards the end of FP2 the Martini liveried cars were keeping pace with the championship leaders.Indeed, wear and degradation are extremely contained. In terms of wear, Pirelli believes the soft tyres could go...
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