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Hamilton leads the second free practice in Canada

Lewis Hamilton was the fastest in the second free practice of the day. His teammate Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel followed him in second and third place respectively.

Things returned to normal in Canada. Lewis Hamilton finished the second practice session in first position. His Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg was second. Sebastian Vettel was third, not far from the times of the first two.
There was no hurry to go out in the first minutes of the session. Kevin Magnussen, Max Chilton and Kvyat were the ones who started the second session activity. They were followed progressively by the other drivers. Jenson Button topped the timesheets after the first few laps, followed by Jean-Eric Vergne and Adrian Sutil.
The Williams came to track and Valtteri Bottas went first, followed by Felipe Massa. The Mercedes cars began to appear shortly after, the second placed Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton third, the German driver achieving the best time in his next attempt.
With both Mercedes drivers standing in the first two positions, Fernando Alonso rose to third place in less than one tenth behind of Hamilton, who was second. His Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen was placed fourth.
After the pit stops began to appear the supersoft tyres. The Mercedes kept the lead, with Hamilton ahead of Rosberg. Ferrari remained behind, also alternating positions, now it was Raikkonen ahead of Alonso. Both drivers were half a second of Hamilton.
During the race simulations, Sebastian Vettel took the third place, slipping between Mercedes and Ferrari. At the end of training, Hamilton was the fastest, followed by Rosberg, Vettel, Alonso and Raikkonen.
Results:
Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 44 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 42 1:16,118
2 6 Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes 39 1:16,293 + 0.175
3 1 Sebastian Vettel GER Red Bull Racing – Renault 26 1:16,573 + 0.455
4 7 Kimi Räikkönen FIN Ferrari 31 1:16,648 + 0.530
5 14 Fernando Alonso SPA Ferrari 27 1:16,701 + 0.583
6 19 Felipe Massa BRA Williams – Mercedes 37 1:16,774 + 0.656
7 77 Valtteri Bottas FIN Williams – Mercedes 37 1:16,893 + 0.775
8 20 Kevin Magnussen DAN R McLaren – Mercedes 42 1:17,052 + 0.934
9 22 Jenson Button GBR McLaren – Mercedes 38 1:17,059 + 0.941
10 25 Jean-Eric Vergne FRA Toro Rosso – Renault 40 1:17,18 + 1.062
11 8 Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus – Renault 28 1:17,626 + 1.508
12 3 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull Racing – Renault 36 1:17,644 + 1.526
13 27 Nico Hülkenberg GER Force India – Mercedes 35 1:17,712 + 1.594
14 11 Sergio Pérez MEX Force India – Mercedes 33 1:17,819 + 1.701
15 13 Pastor Maldonado VEN Lotus – Renault 27 1:17,868 + 1.750
16 99 Adrian Sutil GER Sauber – Ferrari 47 1:17,964 + 1.846
17 21 Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Sauber – Ferrari 43 1:18,34 + 2.222
18 4 Max Chilton GBR Marussia –  Ferrari 34 1:18,693 + 2.575
19 26 Daniil Kvyat RUS R Toro Rosso – Renault 9 1:18,732 + 2.614
20 10 Kamui Kobayashi JAP Caterham – Renault 38 1:20,244 + 4.126
21 9 Marcus Ericsson SWE R Caterham – Renault 13 1:22,418 + 6.300
22 17 Jules Bianchi FRA Marussia –  Ferrari 3 1:32,127 +16.009