The Flying Finn set the fastest time this afternoon - after fellow racecar client Felipe Massa went quickest this morning
Kimi Raikkonen took over at the top of the timesheets ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, the Lotus driver logging a lap of 1:34.154 in the weekends second free practice session.
Using the medium Pirelli tyre compound, the Finn rose to the top of the timesheet as the session neared the hour mark. With most of the field opting for long runs on the hard compound in the final half hour the Lotus drivers time remained the benchmark.
Mark Webber claimed the afternoons second quickest time with a lap of 1:34.184, just three hundredths of a second slower than the Lotus diver. Red Bull Racing team-mate Sebastian Vettel was third, just under a tenth of a second further back.
Fourth place went to the mornings second-quickest man Fernando Alonso, the Ferrari driver finishing his afternoons work just 0.156 adrift of Raikkonen. Force Indias Paul Di Resta continued to look competitive with a repeat of his fifth-place finish from the morning. After finishing in P1 in the morning session Ferraris Felipe Massa ended the day with the sixth-fastest time, a lap of 1:34.552.
Nico Rosberg was eighth fastest, the German being separated from 10th-fastest Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by Force Indias Adrian Sutil.
The only drama in the session came when Caterhams Charles Pic and Saubers Esteban Gutierrez were involved in a minor collision, with the Mexican needing to return to the pits with a puncture.
1. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m34.154s 31 LAPS2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m34.184s + 0.030s 263. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m34.282s + 0.128s 294. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m34.310s + 0.156s 285. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m34.543s + 0.389s 356. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m34.552s + 0.398s 347. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m34.631s + 0.477s 338. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m34.666s + 0.512s 379. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m34.932s + 0.778s 3310. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m34.976s + 0.822s 2911. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.356s + 1.202s 3212. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m35.506s + 1.352s 3613. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.5$9s + 1.435s 3614. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m35.761s + 1.607s 3315. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.133s + 1.979s 3616. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m36.279s + 2.125s 3317. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m36.579s + 2.425s 2818. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.616s + 2.462s 3419. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m37.061s + 2.907s 3220. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m37.313s + 3.159s 3321. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m37.363s + 3.209s 2922. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m37.970s + 3.816s 34
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