Sebastian Vettel topped the times during second practice for the Belgian Grand Prix despite suffering a right-rear puncture.
The Red Bull driver was just ahead of his team-mate Mark Webber as the pair dominated the session to go eight tenths ahead of Romain Grosjean in third.
Vettel’s session wasn’t all smooth running as he suffered a puncture in the closing minutes, causing some minor damage to the floor of his RB9.
Felipe Massa meanwhile continued Ferrari’s strong pace to go fourth quickest ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne and Kimi Raikkonen.
Caterham’s Giedo van der Garde lost control of his car and impacted the barriers at turn 15, ending his session early.
FP2 Times – 2013 Belgian Grand Prix:
# | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 1:49.331 | 22 | |
02 | M. Webber | Red Bull | 1:49.390 | +0.059 | 34 |
03 | R. Grosjean | Lotus | 1:50.149 | +0.818 | 34 |
04 | F. Massa | Ferrari | 1:50.164 | +0.833 | 27 |
05 | J-E. Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:50.253 | +0.922 | 28 |
06 | K. Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:50.318 | +0.987 | 33 |
07 | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 1:50.510 | +1.179 | 21 |
08 | S. Perez | McLaren | 1:50.536 | +1.205 | 27 |
09 | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:50.601 | +1.270 | 33 |
10 | P. di Resta | Force India | 1:50.611 | +1.280 | 27 |
11 | A. Sutil | Force India | 1:50.629 | +1.298 | 30 |
12 | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:50.751 | +1.420 | 27 |
13 | N. Hulkenberg | Sauber | 1:50.972 | +1.641 | 33 |
14 | P. Maldonado | Williams | 1:50.991 | +1.660 | 28 |
15 | J. Button | McLaren | 1:51.195 | +1.864 | 28 |
16 | D. Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:51.447 | +2.116 | 26 |
17 | V. Bottas | Williams | 1:51.568 | +2.237 | 28 |
18 | E. Gutierrez | Sauber | 1:51.644 | +2.313 | 26 |
19 | G. van der Garde | Caterham | 1:53.157 | +3.826 | 21 |
20 | C. Pic | Caterham | 1:53.251 | +3.920 | 29 |
21 | J. Bianchi | Marussia | 1:53.482 | +4.151 | 28 |
22 | M. Chilton | Marussia | 1:54.418 | +5.087 | 12 |