Scuderia Ferrari took to the track for the second free practice session with the intention of making up for the time lost in the morning with Alonsos car. With the electrical problem on his F138 solved, the Spaniard was then able to get 39 laps under his belt, setting the sixth fastest time of 1.31.056. He did two runs on Medium tyres, then switching to the Soft, followed by the usual long run test.

Felipe Massa was seventh in 1.31.059, completing 41 laps, running a similar programme to his team-mate, but with more visits to the pits. Felipe also ran the first half of the session on the Mediums, before switching to the Softs before going back onto the Prime again for a long run. Fastest was Sebastian Vettel, with a 1.30.416 in the Red Bull.

This morning, practice for the German Grand Prix, the ninth round of the World Championship, got underway on a dry track and with spring-like temperatures. Felipe Massa was sixth fastest in his Ferrari in a time of 1.33.065, while topping the time sheet were the two Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, (1.31.754) and Nico Rosberg (1.31.973) ahead of the Red Bull of Mark Webber (1.32.789.) In the other F138, Fernando Alonso did not set a time, as he was hit with electrical problems currently being investigated by the engineers. Both Ferrari men ran the Prime Medium tyre as Felipe evaluated various aero configurations, on a programme that naturally had to be changed while Fernandos car was out of action.

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