Fernando Alonso once again came out on top over the course of the second free practice for the Monaco Grand Prix, as light rain played its part in the latter stages of the session.
The Ferrari driver became the first driver to break into the one minute fourteen seconds barrier with a stunning lap with less than an hour a later.
Nico Rosberg improved to second for Mercedes, a tenth behind the Spaniard, with Sebastian Vettel in third.
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button failed to challenge the top of the times, finishing sixth and ninth respectively.
Light rain fell for the last half hour of the session, but that did not deter the drivers from continuing to work on their set-ups for Sunday’s Grand Prix. However, as the track temperature dropped, nobody could get close to matching Alonso’s time.
Robert Kubica was once again the first driver to set a benchmark time, pushing his R30 to its limits. However, the Pole soon found himself further down the times in eight.
The incident ran relatively untroubled with no big accidents. However a number of drivers once again encountered traffic, giving the teams a taste of what things might be like for Saturday’s first segment of qualifying.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Alonso Ferrari 1:14.904 36 2. Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.013 + 0.109 39 3. Vettel Red Bull 1:15.099 + 0.195 47 4. Massa Ferrari 1:15.120 + 0.216 44 5. Schumacher Mercedes 1:15.143 + 0.239 38 6. Kubica Renault 1:15.192 + 0.288 38 7. Hamilton McLaren 1:15.249 + 0.345 32 8. Sutil Force India 1:15.460 + 0.556 42 9. Button McLaren 1:15.619 + 0.715 37 10. Webber Red Bull 1:15.620 + 0.716 28 11. Petrov Renault 1:15.746 + 0.842 44 12. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:16.276 + 1.372 46 13. Hulkenberg Williams 1:16.348 + 1.444 48 14. Barrichello Williams 1:16.522 + 1.618 37 15. Liuzzi Force India 1:16.528 + 1.624 42 16. de la Rosa Sauber 1:16.599 + 1.695 36 17. Kobayashi Sauber 1:16.818 + 1.914 45 18. Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:17.023 + 2.119 28 19. Kovalainen Lotus 1:18.184 + 3.280 47 20. di Grassi Virgin 1:18.478 + 3.574 38 21. Trulli Lotus 1:18.667 + 3.763 13 22. Glock Virgin 1:18.721 + 3.817 41 23. Chandhok HRT 1:20.313 + 5.409 35 24. Senna HRT 1:22.148 + 7.244 11
