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FP2: Back-to-back P1s for Hamilton

Despite insisting that Ferrari were the team to beat, it was Lewis Hamilton who dominated Friday's running in Melbourne, up by half a second in FP2. Ferrari took the fight to Mercedes in Friday's second practice with Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen leading the way on the supersoft tyres ahead of Hamilton on the softs. However, a swap to the ultrasoft Pirellis heralded a Mercedes P1. Hamilton went top with a 1:23.620, which was half a second shy of the Albert Park lap record. Vettel put an end to a Mercedes 1-2 as he slotted into second place, 0.547s down on Hamilton, and 0.009s faster than Valtteri Bottas. Kimi Raikkonen was fourth ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen. The...
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