Lewis Hamilton edged out team-mate Nico Rosberg during second practice for the Italian Grand Prix following his domination of FP1.
Key Points from FP2:
– Rosberg closed the gap to Hamilton, but missed out on topping the session by just two-hundredths as the pair dominated practice yet again.
– Sebastian Vettel closed the gap to the Mercedes pair by half, but the seven-tenth gap is still ominous for Saturday and Sunday.
– Force India performed well with Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg coming in fourth and fifth ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.
– Lotus, Williams and Sauber completed the top 12, as Red Bull struggled down in 13th for Daniel Ricciardo.
| # | Driver | Team | Time/Gap | Laps |
| 01 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:24.279 | 27 |
| 02 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 0.021 | 35 |
| 03 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 0.759 | 36 |
| 04 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 0.999 | 34 |
| 05 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1.046 | 43 |
| 06 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1.101 | 39 |
| 07 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1.218 | 41 |
| 08 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 1.234 | 41 |
| 09 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1.368 | 34 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1.612 | 31 |
| 11 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1.835 | 30 |
| 12 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1.854 | 32 |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1.943 | 27 |
| 14 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 2.175 | 38 |
| 15 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 2.362 | 50 |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 2.687 | 31 |
| 17 | Will Stevens | Marussia | 3.922 | 29 |
| 18 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia | 4.160 | 27 |
| 19 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 4.192 | 3 |
| 20 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 4.444 | 28 |
