by 0.1s.
Kimi Raikkonen took over from Nico Rosberg at the top of the Chinese Grand Prix practice timesheets as Ferrari finished one-two in the afternoon session at the Shanghai International Circuit.
As the teams worked through performance runs on the supersoft tyres, Ferrari held out until later in the session and when Sebastian Vettel eventually took to the track on the red-banded Pirelli tyre he went quickest by 0.1s ahead of Rosberg.
Vettel, though, quickly eclipsed by Kimi Raikkonen, with the Finn edging his team-mate by just over a tenth of a second.
As in the morning session, Rosberg went marginally quicker than Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, with the German setting a best time of 1:37.133 to beat the champion by 0.196s.
After appearing to struggle with an intractable car in the morning, Hamilton again looked to be having difficulty finding a comfort zone in the afternoon and he had an off at Turn 6 during the session and suffered a major lock-up late on.
Behind the champion, Daniel Ricciardo was fifth for Red Bull Racing. His best of the rest status was the result of a best lap of 1:38.143, some 1.2s adrift of Raikkonen's P1 time.
The Australian was followed by Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen, with the Dutch teenager almost three tenths of second clear of eighth-placed team-mate Carlos Sainz after the Spaniard had gone quicker in the morning session.
Spliting the Toro Rossos was Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg who set a best time of 1:38.527 31. He was followed by team-mate Carlos Sainz, while William’s Valtteri Bottas rounded out the top ten order with a time of 1:38.723 34.
Elsewhere, Kevin Magnussen sat out the session as Renault investigated the cause of the left rear suspension failure that brought his FP1 running to an early end.
Esteban Gutierrez also had a difficult session. After a gearbox sensor issue prevented him setting a time in the morning, the Haas driver’s woes continued when a brake issue restricted his FP2 running to just four laps.
2016 Chinese Grand Prix – Free Practice 2 1 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:36.896 352 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:37.005 333 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:37.133 334 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.329 335 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 1:38.143 316 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 1:38.268 287 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:38.527 318 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1:38.542 329 Sergio Perez Force India 1:38.569 3110 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:38.723 3411 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1:38.728 3112 Jenson Button McLaren 1:38.828 2813 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing 1:39.178 3114 Felipe Massa Williams 1:39.214 3415 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1:39.774 3216 Romain Grosjean Haas 1:39.890 2217 Pascal Wehrlein Manor 1:39.941 3618 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1:39.979 3519 Rio Haryanto Manor 1:40.550 3320 Felipe Nasr Sauber 1:41.066 3221 Esteban Gutierrez Haas 1:42.954 422 Kevin Magnussen Renault 0
1. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m36.896s - 2. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m37.005s3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m37.133s 4. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m37.329s 5. Daniel RicciardoRed Bull1m38.143s 6. Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 1m38.268s 7. Nico Hulkenberg Force Indias 1m38.527s 8. Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1m38.542s 9. Sergio Perez Force India 1m38.569s 10 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1m38.723s 11 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m38.728s 12 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m38.828s 13 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull 1m39.178s 14 Felipe Massa Williams 1m39.214s 15 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1m39.774s 16 Romain Grosjean Haas 1m39.890s 17 Pascal Wehrlein Manor 1m39.941s 18 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1m39.979s 19 Rio Haryanto Manor 1m40.550s 20 Felipe Nasr Sauber 1m41.066s 21 Esteban Gutierrez Haas 1m42.954s
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