| 13:50:17
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and live coverage of the second free practice session from Magny Cours. The 90-minute session gets underway shortly. |
| 13:53:00
| Felipe Massa topped the timesheets this morning for Ferrari with a best lap of 1:15.306s, seven tenths clear of Lewis Hamilton. The McLaren driver seems to be suffering with locking front brakes for much of the morning running. |
| 13:55:09
| Heikki Kovalainen was third fastest in the second McLaren ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Robert Kubica in the leading BMW Sauber. Fernando Alonso’s R28 suffered an engine failure at the end of the session but the Renault driver remained sixth on the timesheets. |
| 13:56:38
| Jarno Trulli, Sebastian Vettel, Nick Heidfeld and Timo Glock rounded out the top ten ahead of Nelson Piquet, David Coulthard and Mark Webber. It was a tough morning for Williams Toyota with Rosberg just 14th ahead of Barrichello and Bourdais while Nakajima was just 17th ahead of Button and the Force India duo. |
| 13:58:24
| The teams will continue to work on race strategy and setup for much of the afternoon and some will opt for a simulated qualifying run on the softer Bridgestone option later in the 90 minute session. |
| 14:00:12
| It is a sunny and dry afternoon at Magny Cours. The afternoon free practice session is underway. |
| 14:00:59
| Fernando Alonso heads out in his Renault. He will be checking the new V8 engine. |
| 14:01:34
| Bourdais, Heidfeld and Piquet head out. |
| 14:01:57
| Kubica heads out in his BMW Sauber. |
| 14:02:24
| After an installation lap Alonso pits. The rest should get straight on with the programme. |
| 14:03:37
| Kovalainen and Glock head out. The early runners are on their first timed laps of the session. |
| 14:04:10
| Bourdais sets a 1:18.7s lap, the first of the sessions. That is roughly a second slower than his morning best. |
| 14:04:42
| Kubica now fastest from Heidfeld and Piquet. |
| 14:05:18
| The circuit is now busy with most out on a first run. |
| 14:06:10
| Kubica improves his own best as Kovalainen slots in second ahead of Piquet. |
| 14:07:10
| Kovalainen runs wide at Estoril as does Trulli. |
| 14:07:46
| Kovalainen is now fastest from Vettel and Hamilton. |
| 14:08:01
| Raikkonen and Massa remain in the pits. |
| 14:09:19
| Following the chequered flag, the FIA are to conduct a test in view to safety car changes in the future. |
| 14:10:16
| Kubica has joined Heidfeld in the pits. |
| 14:10:46
| Hamilton has moved fastest from Vettel and Kovalainen with Coulthard up tp P4. |
| 14:12:13
| Adrian Sutil gets wide but continues. |
| 14:12:45
| Raikkonen is now out on track. Massa remains in the pits for now. |
| 14:13:20
| Alonso is working his way up the order in the Renault. |
| 14:14:13
| A big gain from Alonso who moves second fastest behind Hamilton who has pitted. |
| 14:15:02
| Bourdais moves fourth as Raikkonen moves 11th as he gets up to speed. |
| 14:15:35
| Most of the early runners have pitted. Bourdais, Raikkonen, Piquet and Coulthard on track. |
| 14:16:13
| Raikkonen runs wide and is able to continue. |
| 14:16:35
| Bourdais is on the soft tyre, the others the hard. |
| 14:17:38
| Raikkonen is working his way up the order and is now seventh as Button runs too deep into the Adelaide hairpin. |
| 14:19:45
| Piquet moves into the top ten in the second Renault as Glock runs a little wide. |
| 14:20:13
| Massa vaults second fastest on his very first timed lap of the session. |
| 14:21:53
| Raikkonen remains on track but is currently just seventh. |
| 14:22:06
| Button is on track on the softer tyre. |
| 14:22:39
| Raikkonen ups the pace and moves second behind Hamilton. |
| 14:23:02
| Button remains P19 at the moment on the soft tyre. |
| 14:24:11
| Alonso runs off track after losing the back end. A trip across the dusty outser circuit and he is back on track. |
| 14:25:21
| Coulthard improves and is now fifth fastest in the RB4. |
| 14:26:09
| Massa moves fastest as Kubica has problems on his F1.08. He has been in the pits for some time. |
| 14:26:48
| Rosberg, 16th, is now on the soft tyre. |
| 14:28:07
| Rosberg making no progress on the softer tyre. |
| 14:28:57
| Of the front-runners Hamilton and Alonso are on track. |
| 14:29:26
| Hamilton runs wide but is able to continue. |
| 14:31:01
| Kovalainen moves fastest from P8. He is now ahead of Massa, Hamilton and Raikkonen. |
| 14:31:26
| Kovalainen is using the soft tyres on this run. Massa, Hamilton and Raikkonen the harder tyre. |
| 14:32:29
| The track temperature is much higher this afternoon as Hamilton runs wide at Estoril. |
| 14:33:14
| Hamilton lost the back end and when correcting the car - had to take to the gravel. |
| 14:33:57
| Kubica is back out in his BMW Sauber. He is 12th at the moment after just a short run at the start of the session. |
| 14:35:04
| Raikkonen moves fastest by three-tenths from Kovalainen. |
| 14:36:20
| Raikkonen catches a Force India by surprise though the fast Estoril turn. I think it was Fisichella who did not see him coming. |
| 14:37:51
| Raikkonen continuing to lap fast. Massa remains third and is on track. |
| 14:39:06
| Fisichella runs wide and remains 14th. |
| 14:40:37
| Massa takes over at the head of the timesheets from Ferrari team-mate Raikkonen. |
| 14:41:42
| Ferrari remain on the hard tyre. Of the front-runners, Kovalainen has used the soft to set his third fastest time. |
| 14:42:51
| A big gain from Rosberg who moves up nint places to P8 on the hard tyre. |
| 14:44:13
| Massa runs side in turn eight and cuts across the gravel trap before rejoining the circuit. |
| 14:45:20
| Massa returns to the pits as Vettel moves fourth in his STR. |
| 14:47:33
| Most are still running on the harder tyre. Some have tried the soft and found no real time - except Kovalainen. |
| 14:47:56
| Vettel however is on the soft and on a good lap. |
| 14:48:50
| Nakajima moves 11th from 20th as Glock gets air over the final turn kerbing. |
| 14:49:39
| Trulli moves tenth on the softer tyre. |
| 14:52:21
| Adrian Sutil runs wide and is able to continue. |
| 14:53:11
| Piquet has been off and into the gravel. |
| 14:53:57
| Sutil now hits the high kerbing at the final turn, gets some air and then soon after into the gravel again. |
| 14:54:27
| Most have pitted. Kovalainen, Piquet and Trulli on track. |
| 14:54:59
| The track has clearly lost grip as it had got warmer. |
| 14:55:44
| Kubica is now out on the soft tyre. |
| 14:56:50
| The fastest four are now out again with just over 30 minutes remaining. |
| 14:57:23
| Kubica moves fifth fastest. |
| 14:58:53
| A gain from Vettel who is now third in his STR. |
| 14:59:15
| Vettel is running well on the soft tyre. |
| 14:59:49
| A small gain from Heidfeld who is now P7. |
| 15:00:27
| Glock is moving forward as he was in 19th position for a long time in the second Toyota. |
| 15:02:42
| Hamilton has been in the pits for some time and remains sixth. The fastest four are all on track but not improving their times. |
| 15:03:18
| Now Hamilton is going back out. |
| 15:04:25
| Webber is 17th and now on the soft tyre. |
| 15:06:16
| Using the soft tyre Hamilton does not improve on that lap. |
| 15:07:36
| Alonso vaults third fastest despite a moment in the final chicane. He is also on the soft tyre. |
| 15:08:43
| Cloud is moving in and the track is cooling. This should help for some faster times. |
| 15:09:16
| Piquet picks up one position and is now 13th. |
| 15:11:37
| Raikkonen is putting in a lot of laps. Massa remains in the pits and has been there some time. Raikkonen is actually of the softer tyre. |
| 15:12:39
| Hamilton off and on at turn eight. |
| 15:13:07
| A quick stop from Raikkonen and he's staright back out. |
| 15:14:17
| Heidfeld moves seventh just behind Kubica. |
| 15:15:58
| Vettel is back out in his Toro Rosso. He remains an impressive fourth. |
| 15:16:42
| The Honda crew are working on the rear end of Button's RA108. |
| 15:18:07
| Vettel is now out on the harder tyre. |
| 15:18:18
| No gains at the moment. |
| 15:20:42
| Less than ten minutes remain and Massa's morning time remains half a second clear of his own best this afternoon. |
| 15:21:32
| Hamilton moves third fastest. Alonso is on a fast lap. |
| 15:22:29
| Alonso moves fastest on a 1:15.8. He too is on the softer tyre like most in the late stages of this session. |
| 15:22:57
| Piquet also improves and is now ninth in the second Renault. |
| 15:23:21
| The circuit is now busy with seven minutes remaining. |
| 15:23:33
| All on track but Coulthard. |
| 15:25:21
| Massa runs wide and though the gravel at Estoril. |
| 15:25:57
| Massa's moment was identical to Kovalainen's off this morning. |
| 15:28:33
| Alonso has a moment at Estoril but I think he held the back end. |
| 15:28:52
| Massa and Heidfeld pit. |
| 15:30:01
| The chequered flag is out. The FIA have requested a safety car simulation test now. The drivers will switch on a limiter when requested which should limit the lap time to 125 percent of the best time. |
| 15:31:03
| Alonso is fastest but slower than Massa's morning time. Massa is second fastest this afternoon from Raikkonen, Hamilton, Vettel, Kubica, Kovalainen, Heidfeld, Piquet and Coulthard. |
