Full results from second practice for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, round five of the 2019 Formula 1 season.<doc-sep>Barcelona FP2: Bottas edges Hamilton as Ferrari fade Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas dominated day one of free practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, topping the timesheets in FP2 as he did earlier in the day at the end of FP1. Bottas was a mere five-hundredth of a second faster than his teammate Lewis Hamilton as the Silver Arrows set a first-day marker which left their rivals trailing by three-tenths of a second. This time last year Bottas also topped the timing screens at the end of the first day, his time almost a full second down on his effort today, proof of how the F1 new rules have made this generation car faster than their 2018 predecessor. Charles Leclerc was the faster of the Ferrari duo, however his best effort was 0.301 of a second down on the top time of the day, with Sebastian Vettel a further 0.088 of a second down on his teammate. After a troubled FP1, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was back at the sharp end, fifth fastest albeit a quarter of second down on the benchmark pace, with teammate Pierre Gasly a couple of tenths down on the sister car in seventh. After rolling out their latest major update, Haas seem to have found the sweetspot with the latest spec chassis which Romain Grosjean used to good effect to split the Red Bulls on the timesheets, and was only eight tenths down on the fastest time of the day. Teammate Kevin Magnussen, who ran the earlier spec car in FP1, was a couple of tenths shy of Grosjean in eighth suggesting that the American team are onto something special in their quest for Best of the Rest. McLaren’s Carlos Sainz was ninth quickest, fastest of the four Renault powered cars and four tenths up on his rookie teammate Lando Norris whose best shot was good for 16th. Daniil Kvyat rounded out the top ten in the Toro Rosso making it three Honda-powered cars in the top ten. Ominously down the order were both Renault drivers, the team are either keeping their powder dry for Saturday or are in serious trouble with their latest package. Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo ended the day 14th and 15th respectively – 1.5 seconds down on where they wish they were. Also underperforming were Racing Point. Lance Stroll recovered from his late FP1 crash to finish the day 13th and 1.5 seconds off top spot, while Sergio Perez struggled all day and his best was only good for 18th. For Williams, as expected, the crisis continues as their cars were again hopeless, with rookie George Russell three seconds off the top time, and Robert Kubica six tenths off that and stone last.<doc-sep>Bottas, who also set the pace in the morning session, was fastest in the early stages when using medium-compound Pirellis, seven tenths faster than Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel. Vettel and teammate Charles Leclerc then traded top spot as the first frontrunners to use the soft Pirellis, with the latter eventually winning the intra-team battle with a lap 0.088s quicker than Vettel. But at the halfway mark of the session, Bottas and Hamilton were out and lapping quickly on the softs. Hamilton initially took first place with a lap of 1m17.410s, only for Bottas to eclipse it with a 1m17.284 on his first flier on softs. Although Hamilton subsequently improved, it wasn't by enough and he ended up just behind his teammate and a quarter-of-a-second faster than the lead Ferrari of Leclerc. Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, who suffered an oil leak in the first session that led to an engine change – fitting the spec 2 engine that was slated to be put in overnight anyway – was fifth fastest and 0.750s down. He subsequently complained of a loss of power that led to him returning to the pits after completing only 15 laps, although he did return to the track for the final 15 minutes of the session. Romain Grosjean, driving the upgraded Haas, split the Red Bulls in sixth place after outpacing Pierre Gasly. Kevin Magnussen was running in the old-spec Haas to allow the team to compare its revised package to the known one, and ended up eighth – two tenths slower than Grosjean. McLaren driver Carlos Sainz pipped Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat to 10th. Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen was one of the last drivers to improve during the session, allowing him to jump from 15th to 11th, putting him just ahead of the second Toro Rosso of Alex Albon. Lance Stroll, who crashed his Racing Point machine at the ultra-fast Campsa right-hander in the morning and drove a car without the latest aero upgrades as a result, was 13th fastest ahead of the Renaults of Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo. Lando Norris was 16th, albeit only three tenths off the top 10, and ahead of the second Alfa Romeo of Antonio Giovinazzi. Sergio Perez was 18th in the Racing Point, ahead of Williams pair George Russell and Robert Kubica – the latter duo separated by six tenths.<doc-sep>
Valtteri Bottas continued to set the pace for Mercedes in second practice for the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday afternoon, edging out teammate Lewis Hamilton by a fine margin. After heading the field in opening practice at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya earlier in the day, Bottas once again rose to the top of the timesheets in FP2 as he led Mercedes to a one-two finish. Bottas turned in a fastest lap time of 1m17.284s to beat Hamilton by just 0.049 seconds, with Mercedes pulling out a healthy gap over the rest of the chasing pack. Charles Leclerc took P3 for Ferrari in second practice, but finished three-tenths of a second adrift from Bottas’ benchmark time. Leclerc’s teammate Sebastian Vettel was almost four-tenths of a second back from Bottas come the end of the session, leaving Ferrari with ground to make up heading into the remainder of the weekend. Hamilton was not entirely satisfied with the performance of his car through FP2, though, reporting late in the session that something "felt wrong" as he visibly struggled to get it turned in for a number of corners. Max Verstappen bounced back from his oil leak in FP1 to finish the session fifth for Red Bull as the Spec 2 Honda power unit made its on-track debut. Romain Grosjean finished as the leading midfield driver in sixth for Haas ahead of Pierre Gasly in the second Red Bull. Gasly had a close on-track moment with Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo on the run down to Turn 1 late in the session, but contact was avoided. Kevin Magnussen wound up eighth overall for Haas ahead of McLaren’s Carlos Sainz, while Daniil Kvyat rounded out the top 10 positions for Toro Rosso. Final practice for the Spanish Grand Prix begins at 12pm local time on Saturday (11am BST). FORMULA 1 SPANISH GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE 2 RESULTS