Lewis Hamilton bounced back from his false start to the 2014 season to top a Practice Two session in Australia in which Mercedes endorsed their status as favourites for victory and Red Bull showed the first glimpses of an unexpectedly swift recovery.
2014 Australian GP, Practice Two timesheet:1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:29.625.
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:29.782.
3. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:30.132.
4. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:30.381.
5. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:30.510.
6. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1:30.538.
7. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:30.898.
8. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:30.920.
9. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1:31.031.
10. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:31.054.
11. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1:31.060.
12. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1:31.119.
13. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1:31.283.
14. Adrian Sutil, Sauber, 1:32.355.
15. Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber, 1:32.468.
16. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, 1:32.495.
17. Jules Bianchi, Marussia, 1:33.486.
18. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1:33.646.
19. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1:34.757.
20. Marcus Ericsson, Caterham, No time.
21. Kamui Kobayashi, Caterham, No time.
22. Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, No time.