Spanish GP: Button tops Practice 2
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| Jenson Button |
Jenson Button posted the quickest time of the day in second practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. The McLaren driver used Pirelli's soft tires to set a best time of 1m23.399s to beat world champion Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull by 0.164 seconds.
Nico Rosberg put Mercedes in third position, with Button's teammate Lewis Hamilton in fourth and Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen completing the top five.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m23.399s | +0.000s | 38 |
| 2. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m23.563s | +0.164 | 38 |
| 3. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m23.771s | +0.372 | 41 |
| 4. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m23.909s | +0.510 | 32 |
| 5. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m23.918s | +0.519 | 32 |
| 6. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m23.964s | +0.565 | 37 |
| 7. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m24.065s | +0.666 | 34 |
| 8. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m24.080s | +0.681 | 36 |
| 9. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m24.214s | +0.815 | 41 |
| 10. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1m24.365s | +0.966 | 22 |
| 11. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m24.418s | +1.019 | 35 |
| 12. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m24.422s | +1.023 | 32 |
| 13. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m24.468s | +1.069 | 40 |
| 14. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m24.600s | +1.201 | 33 |
| 15. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m24.688s | +1.289 | 30 |
| 16. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m24.733s | +1.334 | 34 |
| 17. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m24.769s | +1.370 | 37 |
| 18. | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1m25.047s | +1.648 | 42 |
| 19. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m26.296s | +2.897 | 36 |
| 20. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m26.740s | +3.341 | 35 |
| 21. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m27.314s | +3.915 | 27 |
| 22. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m27.664s | +4.265 | 30 |
| 23. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1m28.235s | +4.836 | 26 |
| 24. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | no time | no time | 2 |