RedBull's Mark Webber set the fastest time in the second free practice for Sunday's Japanese GrandPrix. The Australian topped the time sheets in a very eventful session that saw Force India's Paul Di Resta crash, losing his front wing.
It was another frustrating session for the Mercedes team as for the second session in a row one of their car's was involved in a crash, this time however, it Michael Schumacher's turn as he had a heavy crash coming out of the spoon curve. I believe Michael Schumacher may be relieved that he has announced his decision to retie from Formula One at the end of the season.
Meanwhile it was a frustrating session for Kimi Raikkonen's side of the Lotus garage, while team mate Romain Grosjean finished the session in 6th place, Kimi had a KERS failure at the start of the session and when he eventually got out at the end of the session he could only manage the 14th fastest time.
In my opinion, Kimi appears to be getting frustrated with the lack of progress from Lotus in recent races and despite the fact that he has a contract in place with the team for next season he is waiting to see what happens in the last races before deciding his future as at the moment he is in contention for this years driver's title.
Lewis Hamilton, fresh from signing a deal with Mercedes AMG for next season was second fastest, splitting the two RedBull's, Vettel was third fastest, but the surprise of the session was Nico Hulkenborg who placed his Force India in 4th place ahead of Fernando Alosno.
I believe hat this was a great performance for a driver who has been linked to a drive alongside Alonso at Ferrari for 2013.
So heading into FP3 tomorrow, it is all still to play for in my opinion, watch out for the Lotus pair, particularly Kimi as he will be looking to bounce back from this morning's difficult session.
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