Williams driver Pastor Maldonado.Pastor Maldonado topped the timesheets in the second free practice session at Hockenheim, largely by virtue of taking to the track at the right time in a session disrupted by rain.
Maldonados lap of 1:27.476 was scored on intermediate tyres in the second half of the session as early rain gave way to an emerging dry line. As the times tumbled, the Venezuelan recorded his lap just a few minutes before another rain shower hit the circuit. At the end of the session, Nico Rosberg was second, just eight hundredths of a second behind the Williams man. Sebastian Vettel was third, four tenths further back.Heavy rain at the start of proceedings meant there was little activity initially, and more than 20 minutes elapsed before Jean-Eric Vergne, Nico Rosberg and Charles Pic tip-toed onto the circuit to test the conditions. As the rain held off, Rosberg was the first to move to intermediates and as his lap times improved, everybody followed suit, with Maldonado eventually setting his session-topping time. When the rains came again, there were inevitably mishaps. Daniel Ricciardo spun his Toro Rosso into the gravel at Turn 13, the corner where Valtteri Bottas had crashed his Williams in the morning session. Ricciardo was lucky to get away with no major damage to his car, but moments later Michael Schumacher was not as fortunate. The Mercedes drive lost control on the exit of Turn 12. His car was pitched into the barriers, with both ends of the car sustaining damage.
1. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m27.476 14 laps2. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m27.564s + 0.088 243. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m27.902s + 0.426 244. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m28.402s + 0.926 265. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m28.420s + 0.944 206. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m28.495s + 1.019 227. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m28.513s + 1.037 238. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m28.516s + 1.040 169. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m28.877s + 1.401 2110 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m29.327s + 1.851 2211 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m29.364s + 1.888 2612 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m29.719s + 2.243 1513 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m29.785s + 2.309 2414 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m30.090s + 2.614 1915 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m30.220s + 2.744 161. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m30.291s + 2.815 2217 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m30.331s + 2.855 2618 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m30.437s + 2.961 1419 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m30.617s + 3.141 1620 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m31.207s + 3.731 2021 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m32.241s + 4.765 2222 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m32.349s + 4.873 1723 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m32.777s + 5.301 1824 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m42.566s + 15.090 8
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