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Lewis Hamilton continued to set the pace in Canada as the McLaren driver finished a mere 0.054s ahead of Fernando Alonso on Friday afternoon.

Jean-Eric Vergne got proceedings underway with a 1:21.108 but within five minutes was outside the top ten with Kamui Kobayashi, Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Rosberg taking the P1 slot. The benchmark was down to 1:16.738.

Pastor Maldonado was the next to lead the way as Timo Glock had the sessions first incident as he spun his Marussia at Turn 1 and came to a halt in the middle of the track facing the wrong direction. Thankfully everyone was aware he was there and avoided him before he spun around and continued on his way.

Rosberg returned to the front before losing out to Fernando Alonso. Minutes later the Spaniard became the latest in a long list to get it wrong at Turn 8. But while most cut the grass, Alonso put his F2012 into a full 360' across the grass and returned to the action at Turn 9.

Lewis Hamilton took over at the front on the super soft tyres and lap by lap lowered his lap time to a 1:15.439. With drivers switching to longer runs, Hamilton was secure in the P1 slot when the session was red flagged.

With 40 minutes remaining in practice, Bruno Senna lost the back end of his Williams into the Turn 14, the infamous Wall of Champions. The Brazilian, who was testing the latest rear wing, hit it backwards hard before his FW34 rebounded to hit the wall again with the front right.

Back underway with 30 minutes left, the drivers were quickly out on track. The two Ferraris were the big movers with Alonso taking second place, 0.054s down on Hamilton, and Felipe Massa third.

Practice Two ended with Hamilton in the P1 slot with a 1:15.259 followed by the two Ferraris. Sebastian Vettel was fourth while a late appearance from Jenson Button after a gearbox change put him down in 13th place.

Times

01 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:15.259 43 laps

02 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:15.313 0.054 36 laps

03 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.410 0.151 39 laps

04 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:15.531 0.272 44 laps

05 Paul di Resta Force India 1:15.544 0.285 32 laps

06 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:15.651 0.392 37 laps

07 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:15.697 0.438 32 laps

08 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:15.799 0.540 39 laps

09 Jenson Button McLaren 1:15.812 0.553 14 laps

10 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.878 0.619 40 laps

11 Sergio Perez Sauber 1:15.898 0.639 38 laps

12 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:15.907 0.648 41 laps

13 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:15.987 0.728 39 laps

14 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:16.360 1.101 29 laps

15 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:16.562 1.303 33 laps

16 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:16.981 1.722 24 laps

17 Bruno Senna Williams 1:17.022 1.763 22 laps

18 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:17.075 1.816 41 laps

19 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:17.124 1.865 41 laps

20 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:17.716 2.457 34 laps

21 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:18.908 3.649 27 laps

22 Timo Glock Marussia 1:19.084 3.825 40 laps

23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:19.378 4.119 21 laps

24 Charles Pic Marussia 1:19.902 4.643 18 laps

http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/7801713/Hamilton-Remains-The-Driver-To-Beat

Senna is going to find himself coming under rather close scrutiny soon. I am pretty confident in saying Rubens would have smashed his performances to date in the same car....and Williams will be having to look very hard for any signs of promise in light of the fact they have a competitive car and yet Senna has had some rather poor showings.

I like the guy and want to see him do well...but :( A bit like Dan, I think he needs some strong showings in the next few races and that French Fellow (FF) is doing a great job in the races

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