| 13:50:43
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and live coverage of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend. The second free practice session starts shortly. |
| 13:53:01
| This morning we saw fairly routine running for most as they completed long stints on the harder of the two Bridgestone Potenza tyres. Lewis Hamilton set the pace with a best lap of 1:35.630s, just under four-tenths clear of title rival Felipe Massa. |
| 13:54:34
| Underlining the ongoing performance advantage of Ferrari and McLaren, Kimi Raikkonen was third fastest ahead of Heikki Kovalainen while Robert Kubica was back in his customary fifth position in the leading BMW Sauber. |
| 13:55:35
| Fernando Alonso was next up in the much-improved Renault ahead of Nick Heidfeld, Sebastien Bourdais, Nelson Piquet and Sebastian Vettel. |
| 13:57:39
| It wasn’t a good morning for the Toyota team with Timo Glock just 16th and Jarno Trulli 18th. The team have recently relinquished fourth position to Renault and seems to be unable to extract much pace from the TF108. |
| 14:00:03
| The second 90-minute free practice session is now underway. |
| 14:01:01
| Piquet, Kubica, Alonso, Heidfeld, Button and others straight out. |
| 14:01:48
| Half of the field is straight out. |
| 14:02:47
| Unlike this morning, they get straight on with the programme and do not pit for checks. |
| 14:03:25
| All on track except Raikkonen, Massa, Glock and Sutil. |
| 14:04:06
| Now only the Ferrari duo not on track. |
| 14:04:26
| Alonso sets the initial pace from Bourdais. |
| 14:04:58
| The order changes as the first lap times are completed. Trulli is now fastest from Alonso, Bourdais, Kubica, Piquet. |
| 14:05:42
| Now Hamilton vaults to the top of the timesheets as Kubica runs off track and loses times. |
| 14:06:45
| Raikkonen is now on track. They all seems to be on the harder tyre again. |
| 14:07:56
| Alonso is now second fastest with Trulli third ahead of Kovalainen, Webber and Heidfeld. |
| 14:08:29
| Vettel vaults second fastest and he is on the soft tyre for his first stint in this session. |
| 14:08:54
| Hamilton finds another six-tenths and improves his own best. |
| 14:09:30
| Glock has moved third. The lap before he had a quick spin in his Toyota. |
| 14:09:52
| Massa is on track for the first time in this session. |
| 14:10:25
| Raikkonen is sixth fastest at the moment. |
| 14:11:17
| Hamilton is on another fast lap. |
| 14:12:46
| Hamilton clips the final kerb but holds the McLaren nicely as he improves his own best again to a 1:35.7, just a tenth slower than his morning best. |
| 14:13:39
| Massa has moved seventh fastest as Kovalainen makes it a McLaren one-two at the head of the timesheets. |
| 14:15:10
| The early runners are pitting now. Kovalainen, Vettel, Trulli, Raikkonen, Massa and Alonso remain on track. |
| 14:16:03
| Button is currently the slowest of the 20 runners. |
| 14:17:28
| Trulli is fifth at the moment as Kubica spends a long time at the end of the pit lane before heading out. |
| 14:18:07
| Trulli moves second fastest. He is on the soft tyre as was Vettel. |
| 14:19:24
| Nico Rosberg moves fifth fastest in the Williams. |
| 14:19:55
| Kubica is down in 19th but is on track and on a better lap. |
| 14:21:22
| A small gain for Kubica who moves 17th. Bourdais moves into the top ten in his Toro Rosso. Webber, 11th, is on the softer tyre. |
| 14:23:05
| Alonso, tenths, runs wide at the final turn and loses time. He too is having a run on the soft tyre. |
| 14:24:43
| The fastest six are in the pits. Bourdais runs off track and resumes. |
| 14:25:09
| Bourdais, seventh at the moment, is on the soft tyre. |
| 14:25:37
| Hamilton is back out for a second stint. |
| 14:25:58
| A better lap from Bourdais as he moves second fastest. |
| 14:27:50
| Heidfeld is down in 14th but on a better lap. Kubica is just 16th and back in the BMW Sauber pit. |
| 14:29:12
| Raikkonen is back out for a second stint and like Hamilton, he remains on the harder tyre. |
| 14:30:11
| Raikkonen locks up a brake at turn 14 and loses time. He moves seventh. |
| 14:31:31
| Massa, tenth, is back on track looking to make up time. |
| 14:32:16
| Massa improves and is now fifth 1.1s behind Hamilton. |
| 14:32:32
| Rosberg continues to lap well as he moves third fastest. |
| 14:32:46
| Glock is now up to fourth on the soft tyre. |
| 14:33:04
| Kimi Raikkonen has a quick spin and continues. |
| 14:33:49
| Raikkonen simply lost grip at the rear end spun. He resumes. |
| 14:34:31
| Kubica, 16th, is now on the soft tyre. |
| 14:34:45
| A gain for the BMW Sauber driver who moves P6. |
| 14:35:33
| Ferrari seem to still be on the same set of tyres as this morning, hence the lack of lap time at the moment. |
| 14:37:43
| The circuit remains busy. Rosberg and Glock have both just pitted. |
| 14:38:04
| Honda remain slowest at the moment with Barrichello 19th and Button 20th. |
| 14:38:56
| Trulli loses a little time passing a slow BMW Sauber, but still improves on the soft tyre to second fastest. |
| 14:40:33
| Heidfeld moves ninth fastest. |
| 14:42:06
| Bourdais runs wide at turn one, takes to the grass and then resumes. |
| 14:43:12
| Force India are running well at the moment. Fisichella is 14th with Sutil 16th. |
| 14:44:20
| Barrichello has a spin on the softer tyre. |
| 14:45:43
| Trulli remains on track. Hamilton and Bourdais are in the pits at the moment. The Ferrari duo continue to lap but are not making gains. |
| 14:47:57
| Trulli is pushing hard. He is second fastest at the moment and on the soft tyre. |
| 14:48:42
| A hot in-lap for Trulli who now pits his Toyota. |
| 14:49:17
| Nakajima, 13th, is out of the FW30 as the Williams team work on his car. |
| 14:50:20
| Vettel is on track looking to move up from 11th. |
| 14:51:15
| Hamilton is back out in his McLaren Mercedes as Vettel has a wild ride off track at turn 13. |
| 14:52:12
| Hamilton is warming his new set of soft tyres on his out-lap. |
| 14:54:53
| Hamilton now has his advantage out to four-tenths of a second from Trulli who is in the pits. Bourdais, third, is on track. |
| 14:55:20
| Hamilton is not making gains on the soft tyre at the moment. |
| 14:55:58
| The soft tyre is not working well for Hamilton as his last lap was 1.2s off his own best. |
| 14:56:32
| Nakajima is back out on the soft tyre. He is 13th at the moment. |
| 14:57:43
| A small gain for Nakajima as he moves 12th. |
| 14:59:57
| Raikkonen, seventh, is now on a run with the soft tyre. |
| 15:00:52
| Raikkonen remains seventh on that lap as Nakajima spins his Williams. |
| 15:02:43
| The soft tyre is not producing gains for either Hamilton or Raikkonen. Massa is now having a run with the tyre. |
| 15:04:18
| Massa finds just over a tenth and moves fifth fastest on the soft tyre. |
| 15:05:21
| Kubica runs behind team-mate Heidfeld on track. The former has the soft tyre, the latter the hard. |
| 15:06:33
| Kovalainen is currently down in ninth position and is lapping on the soft tyre. |
| 15:08:00
| Bourdais remaisn third in the leading Toro Rosso and is running well again. |
| 15:09:31
| Kovalainen pits without making any progress up the timesheets. |
| 15:10:50
| Piquet spins his Renault after clipping the kerbing at turn 12. |
| 15:13:27
| There are few gains at the moment. Some will take a new set of tyres to try and make gains in the final ten minutes of running. |
| 15:15:37
| Webber wuns off track after being caught out by Raikkonen exiting the pits. |
| 15:17:18
| Vettel, 11th, is back out on the soft tyre. |
| 15:18:43
| Bourdais has a spin and brings out the yellows. |
| 15:19:33
| Bourdais is stuck in the gravel on the outside of turns one and two having lost the rear end of the Toro Rosso. |
| 15:20:42
| A shame for Bourdais who is having a strong end to his first season of Formula One. |
| 15:21:18
| There are no gains in terms of the lap times at the moment. Nine minutes remain as Bourdais walks back towards the pits. |
| 15:24:11
| Hamilton remains fastest and is back out on the soft tyre. The circuit is now quite busy with six minutes remaining. |
| 15:24:49
| All on track but Massa, Alonso and Coulthard. |
| 15:25:55
| Hamilton runs off track and then resumes. |
| 15:26:16
| Heidfeld moves fourth fastest, a gain of six positions. |
| 15:26:47
| Now Piquet vaults second fastest for Renault. |
| 15:27:23
| All on track as Webber moves fourth fastest from 15th. |
| 15:28:20
| A gain for Raikkonen who moves P6 ahead of Heidfeld. |
| 15:28:57
| Alonso, 15th, is on a fast lap. Coulthard is also going for a lap time. |
| 15:29:31
| Coulthard moves 13th. |
| 15:29:45
| Alonso moves second fastest. |
| 15:30:15
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 15:30:40
| Massa moves sixth despite running wide at the final turn. |
| 15:31:59
| Hamilton is fastest again in this session with a best lap of 1:35.7 ahead of Alonso, Piquet, Trulli, Webber, Massa, Bourdais, Raikkonen, Heidfeld, Rosberg and Glock. |
